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Shir Raviv

@shirraviv.bsky.social
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Postdoc at the Data Science Institute, Columbia University | Nonresident fellow at the ISPS, Yale University | Studying the politics of AI usage. www.ravivshir.net

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Matthias Haslberger @mhaslberger.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Two inspiring days at the Nuffield Politics of AI workshop! This was social science at its best, thanks to all involved! @benansell.bsky.social @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Shir Raviv Receives the 2025 Harold D. Lasswell Award for “The Evolving Politics of Using AI Algorithms in Public Policy Implementation”” The Harold D. Lasswell Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of…
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Shir Raviv Receives the 2025 Harold D. Lasswell Award for “The Evolving Politics of Using AI Algorithms in Public Policy Implementation””
The Harold D. Lasswell Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of public policy. Citation from the Award Committee: “The Evolving Politics of Using AI Algorithms” makes novel and groundbreaking theoretical and empirical observations on a rapidly emerging – and high-stakes – issue area: the use of artificial intelligence in public services.
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The Data Science Institute at Columbia University @datascicolumbia.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Postdoc Spotlight💡Shir Raviv is working on the democratic challenge of AI: aligning algorithms with public values She designs field experiments & large-scale surveys that track how public attitudes shift based on experience & information exposure Read more: datascience.columbia.edu/news/2025/th...
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Shir Raviv @shirraviv.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
🚨 Excited to share that my job market paper is now online at @thejop.bsky.social! "When Do Citizens Resist the Use of AI Algorithms in Public Policy? Theory and Evidence" shorturl.at/hHoxw 1/6
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Yale ISPS @ispsyale.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
What does the latest research tell us about the current and future intersection of AI and democracy? Our Democratic Innovations external fellow @shirraviv.bsky.social hosted a conference to catch us up: bit.ly/3YgKlAl
Shir Raviv talks at a conference table in a classroom
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Shir Raviv @shirraviv.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Honored to organize the mini-conference on AI & Democratic Governance at @ispsyale.bsky.social! This year, we explored the risks AI poses to democracy, approaches to governing it responsibly, and its potential to enhance democratic participation and representation.
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Valentina Gonzalez Rostani @gonzalezrostani.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
On my way to New Haven 🚆 and very excited to take part in the conference “AI and Democratic Governance: Challenges, Oversight, and Potential”🤖 at @ispsyale.bsky.social tomorrow! Thanks to @shirraviv.bsky.social for organizing it!
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Shir Raviv @shirraviv.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Excited to organize the AI and Democratic Governance mini-conference at @ISPSYale this Friday! Join us for a day of conversations on how AI is shaping democracy - its risks, oversight, and potential. ⚠️ Last day to register! shorturl.at/KEaE9 Open to the Yale community!
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Conference: “AI and Democratic Governance: Challenges, Oversight, and Potential” | Institution for Social and Policy Studies
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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
My department is *hiring a PhD* student (3 years, fully funded) for a research project on the social and political effects of AI-related technological change. *Deadline: May 4, '25*. See here for more information & to apply: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... #PoliSky #Sociology #AcademicSky
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PhD Fellowship in Politics & Social Sciences (266956) | University of Stavanger
Job title: PhD Fellowship in Politics & Social Sciences (266956), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Sunday, May 4, 2025
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Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
"The Cultural Origins of Populism" by Yotam Margalit, Shir Raviv, and Omer Solodoch. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Tobias Tober @tobiastober.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
We just launched a call for a workshop and special issue proposal on "The Politics of AI"! Excited to see many great submissions—join us in Oxford!
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Matthias Haslberger @mhaslberger.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
📢Special issue and workshop on "The Politics of AI: Citizen Perceptions, Preferences, and Priorities" 📢 We aim to bring together cutting-edge research on the political ramifications of AI for a workshop in Oxford and a special issue in a leading political science journal.(1/2)
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Yale ISPS @ispsyale.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
We are excited to announce the recipients of our latest research and conference grants: bit.ly/3ZvyXAj @winnievandijk.bsky.social @johneric.bsky.social @barbarabiasi.com @jacobwswallace.bsky.social @leegeiller.bsky.social @elizaoak.bsky.social @shirokuriwaki.bsky.social @nottone.bsky.social
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Yale ISPS @ispsyale.bsky.social · 26/04/2024
Read a summary of last week's conference on AI and Government: bit.ly/49WYO7z @shirraviv.bsky.social
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From Tech Tools to Human Values: ISPS Conference Explores the Impact of AI in Government | Institution for Social and Policy Studies
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Shir Raviv @shirraviv.bsky.social · 23/04/2024
It was an honor to host the conference on AI in Government at @ispsyale.bsky.social with stimulating conversations and reflections by the talented: Savannah Thais, Kirk Bansak, Alan Gerber, Eddie Yang, Virginia Eubanks @geomblog.bsky.social @elizaoak.bsky.social @kaylynjschiff.bsky.social
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Shir Raviv @shirraviv.bsky.social · 05/04/2024
Excited to organize the AI & Algorithms in Government conference at @ispsyale.bsky.social on April 19, 2024. Join us to explore the promise, challenges, and politics of using AI in public policy. Agenda + registration: bit.ly/4ayMzii #Polisky
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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · 25/01/2024
4/6 🧵  In PSRM @shirraviv.bsky.social & Margalit ask: what redistributive policies do citizens consider when asked about inequality reduction? Original survey & experiment in the US. Informing about concrete redistributive measures boosts support for government action doi.org/mdmt
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Shir Raviv @shirraviv.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
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Shir Raviv @shirraviv.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
Very happy to share my paper with Yotam Margalit, now online at PSRM: "Does support for redistribution mean what we think it means?" cup.org/3HthSOR 🧵Here’s a summary thread… 1/
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Alex Coppock @aecoppock.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
Experimental Research Section Award nominations are open! Deadline for nominations is April 15. I'm on the dissertation award committee with @robertblair.bsky.social and Love Christensen -- we want to read your dissertations whose main inferences are grounded in experimental design.
1. Best Dissertation awarded in 2023:

Love Christensen Love.christensen@ps.au.dk
Robert Blair Robert_Blair@Brown.edu
Alex Coppock Alex.coppock@yale.edu

2. Best Paper Presented in 2023 at APSA:

Chaigai Weiss cmweiss@stanford.edu
Rajeshwari Majumdar majumdar@nyu.edu
Joshua Tucker NYU Joshua.tucker@nyu.edu

3. Best Book Published in 2023:

Nicholas Sambanis Nicholas.Sambanis@yale.edu
Danny Choi dannychoi@brown.edu
Mathias Poertner m.poertner@lse.ac.uk4. Best Article published in Journal of Experimental Political Science (JEPS) in 2023

5. Best paper based on a pre-analysis plan published in JEPS in 2023

6. Best Replication published in JEPS in 2023:

All three awards have the same committee:

Jenn Jerit Jennifer.L.Jerit@dartmouth.edu
Scott Clifford scottaclifford@gmail.com
Bert Bakker B.N.Bakker@uva.nl

7. Best public service in 2023 :

Don Green dpg2110@columbia.edu
Macartan Humphreys macartan@gmail.com
Daniel Posner dposner@polisci.ucla.edu
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andyguess @andyguess.com · 20/11/2023
ICYMI: Apply to be a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton (due Dec. 1)! Most postdocs are matched to a specific faculty advisor (including, possibly, me). See below for more details. citp.princeton.edu/programs/fel...
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Yamil Ricardo Velez @yamilrvelez.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
1/12 It's that time of the year. We're just about done collecting data on 2,000+ participants for my Experimental Research class. This semester, we settled on AI image/video discernment as our key outcome, and 11 students submitted their own interventions.
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Yale ISPS @ispsyale.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
At a Democratic Innovations workshop, @shirraviv.bsky.social shares her work on the politics of using AI in public policy.
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Shir Raviv @shirraviv.bsky.social · 24/09/2023
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Shir Raviv @shirraviv.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
Happy to share a new working paper with Yotam Margalit, "The Politics of Using AI in Public Policy: Experimental Evidence" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 1/7
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Lior Sheffer @liorsheffer.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
Israel's democratic crisis provides us with an opportunity to explore, in real time, who supports democratic backsliding. Our new working paper (w\ Noam Gidron, Yotam Margalit and Itamar Yakir) examines this issue using original pre- and post-reform panel data. Here's what we find: osf.io/zxukm/
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