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A Causal Test of the Strength of Weak Ties

Sep, 2022

Sinan Aral | Director

Research Papers Identity Effects in Social Media

Nov 2022

Sinan Aral | Director

Sean J. Taylor

Lev Muchnik

Madhav Kumar

Research Papers A Causal Test of the Strength of Weak Ties

Sep 2022

Sinan Aral | Director

Karthik Rajkumar

Guillaume Saint-Jacques

Iavor Bojinov

Erik Brynjolfsson

Research Papers Digital Transformation, Risky Investments and Hosting Platform Rivals

Sep 2022

Marshall Van Alstyne | Visiting Scholar

Shiva Shekhar
Sarvesh Bandhu

Research Papers When Does AI Pay Off? AI-adoption intensity, complementary investments, and R&D strategy

Aug 2022

Sukwoong Choi | Post-Doctoral Associate

Yong Suk Lee

Taekyun Kim

Wonjoon Kim

Research Papers The Social Media Context Interferes with Truth Discernment

Aug 2022

David Rand | Misinformation & Fake News Research Group Lead

Ziv Epstein

Nathaniel Sirlin

Antonio Alonso Arechar

Gordon Pennycook

Research Papers Trial by Internet: A Randomized Field Experiment on Wikipedia’s Influence on Judges’ Legal Reasoning

Jul 2022

Neil Thompson | Research Scientist

Brian Flanagan

Edana Richardson

Brian McKenzie

Xueyun Luo

Research Papers The Importance of (Exponentially) More Computing Power

Jun 2022

Neil Thompson | Research Scientist

Shuning Ge

Gabriel F. Manso

Research Papers The Subversion Dilemma: Why Voters Who Cherish Democracy Participate in Democratic Backsliding

Jun 2022

Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland | Data-Driven Societies Research Group Lead

Alia Braley
Gabriel Lenz
Dhaval Adjodah
Hossein Rahnama

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