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Emma Zang

@dremmazang.bsky.social
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Associate Professor @YaleSoc @ysphbiostat @JacksonYale | Advocate for evidence-based family and health policies | Data science enthusiast

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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Remote work is not going away. But loneliness at work is real. I spoke with Science News about what we should take from the growing evidence on remote work, isolation, and mental health. The answer is not blanket return-to-office mandates. www.sciencenews.org/article/remo...
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Remote workers feel isolated. Back-to-office mandates are not a fix
Making social connection part of job design, whether people work remotely, hybrid or in-person, is key to supporting employees‘ well-being.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
In the piece, we argue that work has long served as a form of social infrastructure. As remote and hybrid work become more common, organizations need to design social connection more intentionally instead of assuming it will happen on its own.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
New piece out today in Science with @rourkeobrien.bsky.social. Remote work gave many people flexibility. It also changed how workers build everyday connection, support, mentoring, and belonging. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The lost social infrastructure of work
Remote work has substantially increased social isolation, with measurable consequences for mental health
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Thank you so much, Nicholas!!
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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Fine, perceptive essay by @dremmazang.bsky.social on intersection of the fertility crisis and the AI revolution in China (but applies more broadly): Without reforms to improve wages, housing access, and childcare, automation could entrench a low-fertility crisis and destabilise the social contract.
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Opinion | Why China’s AI automation push is a risky social experiment
Without reforms to improve wages, housing access and childcare, automation could entrench a low-fertility crisis and destabilise the social contract.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Hard to believe the Yale Conference on AI in the Social Sciences is happening next week. Only a couple of spots remain due to space constraints. Last chance to register: yalefds.swoogo.com/socialscienc... Looking forward to welcoming everyone to Yale!
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Mohamed Dhia Hammami @meddhiah.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Done with #APSAVRM26. Looking forward to presenting the same paper at the @yaledatascience.bsky.social. FDS workshop on AI for social science research methods organized by @dremmazang.bsky.social, Daniel Karell, Tong Wang and @harshparikh.bsky.social. fds.yale.edu/events/fds-w...
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Excited to share that our Life-Course Cognitive Inequality Workshop now has a website! You can find the full program and event details here: sites.google.com/view/2026-ya... Registration is now open and closes on May 6. We encourage you to sign up soon and hope to see many of you at Yale.
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2026 Yale Cognition Workshop
About the Workshop
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We’ll be sharing the full program soon. In the meantime, please register as early as possible—space is limited to 150 participants, and spots will go quickly. Looking forward to a great set of conversations at Yale.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Our AI in Social Science conference notifications are out—congrats to everyone who was accepted! 🎉 We have an incredible lineup of presenters across disciplines: yalefds.swoogo.com/socialscienc...
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
In China, divorce can mean this: He keeps the house. Her unpaid work barely counts. And yet, more women are still choosing to leave. I spoke with The Economist: www.economist.com/china/2026/0...
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Soaring numbers of Chinese women demand divorce
They are defying state efforts to make it harder
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
We are still hiring!! Multiple positions open. Interviews will be on a rolling basis.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Excited that Z-CAFE will present two panels at the Yale AI Symposium: one on building a next-generation neighborhood disadvantage index using multimodal data (images + surveys), and another on using LLMs to experimentally test how data presentation shapes human and machine judgment.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
To apply, please send a CV and writing sample to emma.zang@yale.edu
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Appointments are for one year, with the possibility of extension.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Projects include using AI and computer vision to work with multimodal data, build new indices, and design experiments. We’re especially interested in candidates who care about substantive social science questions and have experience with predictive modeling or LLMs.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We’re hiring postdocs and predocs at Yale (ZCAFE) working on AI and social science methods.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Thank you all for the enthusiasm and strong submissions. We’re looking forward to putting together a great program. Notifications will be sent by April 16, and we hope to see many of you in New Haven!
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
We’ve received work from across the globe (Europe, Asia, and beyond) and from a truly interdisciplinary community, including computer science, sociology, political science, economics, communication, statistics, and business.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
We’re blown away by the response to our call for submissions for the Yale AI Social Science Conference — around 170 submissions in just one month!
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
What happens when a country automates before building a stable middle class? China’s AI push is often framed as inevitable. But it may also be a risky social experiment, with consequences for inequality, fertility, and the social contract. My latest op-ed: www.scmp.com/opinion/chin...
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Opinion | Why China’s AI automation push is a risky social experiment
Without reforms to improve wages, housing access and childcare, automation could entrench a low-fertility crisis and destabilise the social contract.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
AI broadly defined!
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
If done well, this could raise standards while reducing burden on the system.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
More broadly, we need to rethink how we use reviewer time. Not every submission needs 3 full human reviews. A more efficient pipeline might look like: editorial triage, AI-assisted checks/review, targeted human evaluation where it matters most.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Even with restricted data, this is feasible. Authors can generate simulated datasets that preserve structure and run identical pipelines. The goal is just basic verification.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Not to replace reviewers, but to catch coding errors, logic inconsistencies, and reproducibility issues before a paper reaches them. At this point, many of these checks are fast, cheap, and automatable. There’s little reason to rely solely on human detection.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Hot take for the future of peer review: Journals should start asking for a lightweight AI-based replication check (e.g., via Claude) at submission.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Comments are welcome!
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
In a new working paper using CPS panels (2019–2022), we show that pandemic-era remote work: Raised first birth probabilities for women 30–39; Reduced first births among teens; Had no effect on higher-order births; Benefits were concentrated among advantaged households and dual-telework couples
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Did remote work increase fertility? The answer is yes, but only for some women. Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Remote Work and Fertility in the U.S.: Who Benefits?
The rise of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic transformed how employment and family life are organized, with potential implications for fertility. Using
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Two weeks left to submit! Confirmed participants include Kosuke Imai, @5harad.com, Jeremy Freese, Siwei Cheng, Jessica Hullman, Adam Berinsky, Yiqing Xu, @jugander.bsky.social, and many others.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
We are also open to suggestions for editors from other social science disciplines, industry researchers, and ideas for exciting sessions on AI and social science methods!
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The discussion will focus on how journals evaluate AI-enabled research and emerging standards for transparency, replication, and methodological innovation.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Another highlight: We will host a panel on publishing AI research, featuring editors from American Sociological Review, American Journal of Political Science, Management Science, and Sociological Methodology.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
📩 Submit your work: yalefds.swoogo.com/socialscienc... Please share with colleagues working at the AI × social science frontier!
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Call for Submissions: AI for Social Science Methodology (Yale) • Keynote: @nachristakis.bsky.social • Panel with editors of leading journals on publishing AI research • Mentoring roundtables for early-career scholars • Generous travel support Discussion-driven, high-quality research.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Travel support will be provided for all speakers, along with dedicated mentoring opportunities for early-career scholars. More details coming next week — stay tuned!
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Save the date! I’m excited to be co-organizing this workshop with Daniel Karell (Yale Sociology), Harsh Parikh (Yale Biostatistics), and Tong Wang (Yale SOM Marketing). We’re especially eager to feature work using AI to advance social science methodology.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Yale FDS Conference on May 21-22: AI for Social Science Methodology. Registration is opening soon.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Social Security spousal and survivor benefits are built on marital duration and continuity. When partnership trajectories diverge, access to these protections does too, contributing to racial disparities in retirement security. Paper: read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
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Beyond Lifelong Marriage and Spousal Coresidence: A Research Note on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Late-Life Family and Living Arrangements | Demography | Duke University Press
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Partnership histories are far more dynamic, especially for Black older adults, who are less likely to experience continuous marriage and co-residence. This matters well beyond family structure.
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Beyond Lifelong Marriage and Spousal Coresidence: A Research Note on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Late-Life Family and Living Arrangements | Demography | Duke University Press
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
New paper out in Demography. We revisit one of the field’s core assumptions that people remain continuously married and living with a spouse across later life and show that this pathway is no longer the dominant one.
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Beyond Lifelong Marriage and Spousal Coresidence: A Research Note on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Late-Life Family and Living Arrangements | Demography | Duke University Press
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
You still have 2 weeks to submit your work!
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Submission guidelines: drive.google.com/file/d/1S8F0...
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Call for Extended Abstracts.pdf
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
If you’re working on something new, or have a project that could benefit from interdisciplinary feedback, we’d love to see it. And even if you’re not submitting, please consider joining us for what should be a lively and generative conversation.
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Call for Extended Abstracts.pdf
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Hope everyone is having a restful break! A reminder that you still have two full months to submit to our upcoming workshop “New Data, Methods, and Theory: Life-Course Cognitive Inequality”, to be held at Yale on May 11–12, 2026. 🗓 Submission deadline: March 1, 2026 📩 Decisions: March 9, 2026
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Call for Extended Abstracts.pdf
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Jan 21-24 (tentative): The Inaugural Global Fertility Crisis Forum (Hong Kong) Jan 29-30: The Jimmy Carter Forum on U.S.-China Relations (Atlanta, Georgia) Hope to catch up with some old friends and meet new ones!
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Travel Plans in Dec and Jan: Dec 9: NYC Reducing Inequality Network (NYU) Dec 10-11: Asia Society annual meeting (NYC)
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Organizing Committee Emma Zang, Yale University Becca Levy, Yale University Xi Chen, Yale University Deborah Carr, Boston University Hui Zheng, University of Toronto
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Submission Guidelines here: drive.google.com/file/d/1S8F0...
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Call for Extended Abstracts.pdf
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