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The Connective Tissue of Democracy

Photo by Bioscience Image Library by Fayette Reynolds on Unsplash The connective tissue of American civil society—the associations, clubs, ...

🚨New WP: Can LLMs predict results of social science experiments?🚨 Prior work uses LLMs to simulate survey responses, but can they predict results of social science experiments? Across 70 studies, we find striking alignment (r = .85) between simulated and observed effects 🧵👇

A new paper by @digcivsoc.bsky.sociallink.springer.com/article/10.1...

Datafying African Agriculture: From Data Governance to Farmers’ Rights - Development

This article explores the impact of digital agricultural technologies on African agricultural systems. As we describe, the datafication of African agricultural systems is poised to reshape agrarian po...

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The Polarization Myth

The growing evidence that—even heading into this year’s election—Americans are less divided than you may think.

Join us in October to earn your Stanford PACS Certificate of Effective Philanthropy when you complete our 6-day hybrid executive education course: Education for #Philanthropystanford.io/3l4C2ma

Please join us in welcoming Jenessa and Isha to the Stanford PACS community!

Isha holds a PhD in Sociology and uses collaborative and mixed-methods approaches to study how AI-mediated digital platforms shape work, social life, and wellbeing, with particular attention to gender inequalities in Majority World contexts. Learn more: pacscenter.stanford.edu/person/isha-...

Isha Bhallamudi - Stanford PACS

Isha Bhallamudi is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford. She holds a PhD in Sociology and an MA in Demographic & Social Analysis from UC Irvine, as well as an Integrated ...

With a background in music journalism and a PhD in Media & Communication, Jenessa explores how marginalized groups engage with and influence music communities. Learn more about her work: pacscenter.stanford.edu/person/jenes...

Jenessa Williams - Stanford PACS

Jenessa Williams is a graduate of the Media and Communication PhD programme at The University of Leeds, UK, and an incoming postdoctoral fellow at Stanford’s Digital Civil Society Lab for 2024-2025/6....

We are pleased to welcome two new Postdoctoral Fellows for the 2024-25 year, Jenessa Williams and Isha Bhallamudi! Jenessa and Isha will work with our @digcivsoc.bsky.social@angele.bsky.social.

This Thursday, @robbwiller.bsky.social@pascl-stanford.bsky.social#DisagreeBetter#polarizationwww.ksl.com/article/5105...

Spencer Cox, Matthew McConaughey to speak at US governors event in Salt Lake City

Spencer Cox will speak as chairman of the National Governors Association in Salt Lake City next week, along with actor Matthew McConaughey.