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Volunteer Science offers people around the world to become involved in scientific projects on everything from collaboration to how people respond to natural disas

Volunteers Still Needed

We are still recruiting volunteers for studies on human behavior. We are interested in people from anywhere in the world. Link: https://volunteerscience.com/

Major Award for Dr. Briony Swire-Thompson

Briony Swire-Thompson has won a Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) from the NIH National Cancer Institute. The objective of this five year award is to help researchers transition to an independent position.

Trump's kingmaking plan threatens GOP's Congress hopes in 2022

David Lazer, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences and Co-Director of NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks, was interviewed by Bloomberg on the upcoming 2022 midterm elections and how the influence of the former President

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Lab People

Alyssa Smith
Jonathan Green
Senior Research Scientist
Jason Radford
Senior Research Scientist
Briony Swire Thompson
Senior Research Scientist
Luke Horgan
Research Programmer
Kristin Lunz Trujillo
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Matthew Simonson
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Hanyu Chwe
PhD Student
Adina Gitomer
PhD Student
Stefan McCabe
PhD Student
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Recent Publications

Journal Article
“Online Engagement with 2020 Election Misinformation and Turnout in the 2021 Georgia Runoff Election.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publication date: 08/2022
Authors: Jonathan Green, William Hobbs, Stefan McCabe, David Lazer

Following the 2020 general election, Republican elected officials, including then-President Donald...

OP ED
“Overturning Roe is not making laws reflect what people want - new survey highlights flaws in Supreme Court’s reasoning in returning abortion authority to states.”
Publication date: 07/2022
Authors: Matthew A. Baum, Alauna Safarpour, Kristin Lunz Trujillo

Kansans overwhelmingly ...

Journal Article
“Studying Science Inequities: How to Use Surveys to Study Diverse Populations.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Publication date: 05/2022
Authors: Robin Bayes, James Druckman, Alauna Safarpour

Scholars have long documented unequal access to the benefits of science among different groups...

OP ED
Why counting vaccinated Americans doesn’t always add up
Publication date: 04/2022
Authors: David Lazer

Millions of Americans are now eligible for a second covid-19 booster shot. By all accounts, efforts to...

Invited Talk
Understanding and Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Decision-Making Among College Students and Younger Adults (Archived)
Publication date: 12/2021
Authors: Kristin Lunz Trujillo

Dr. Lunz Trujillo situates COVID-19 vaccine decision-making among younger adults with previous...

Book Chapter
Vax attacks: How conspiracy theory belief undermines vaccine support
Publication date: 12/2021
Authors: Christina E. Farhart, Ella Douglas-Durham, Kristin Lunz Trujillo, Joseph A. Vitriol

As the world continues to respond to the spread of a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, which causes the...

Journal Article
“When Women Run, Voters Will Follow (Sometimes): Examining the Mobilizing Effect of Female Candidates in the 2014 and 2018 Midterm Elections.”
Publication date: 12/2021
Authors: Alauna Safarpour, SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, Stella M. Rouse, Michele L. Swers

In this paper, we examine whether women candidates are more likely to spur turnout in election years...

Misinformation
Backfire effects after correcting misinformation are strongly associated with reliability
Publication date: 07/2021
Authors: Briony Swire Thompson, Nicholas Miklaucic, John Wihbey, David Lazer, Joseph DeGutis

The backfire effect is when a correction increases belief in the very misconception it is attempting...

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