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Nature: Special issue explores computational social science

Jul 13, 2021 | News

Nature’s special issue on computational social science is now available in digital format. The issue features the perspective piece “Integrating explanation and prediction in computational social science,” co-authored by Lab Director Duncan Watts. Read the full...

Expert advisory committee defines agenda for experimental, social, and behavioral science

Jul 1, 2021 | Group Dynamics, News

The 1st Annual Meeting of the Expert Advisory Committee on Scaling Up Experimental, Social, and Behavioral Science was held on June 30th. Lab Director Duncan Watts, Abdullah Almaatouq, Mark Whiting, Linnea Gandhi, and James Houghton presented an overview of CSS Lab’s...

Can computational social scientists predict social science phenomena?

Jun 30, 2021 | News, Published

Over the past fifteen years, a technological revolution has deepened the intersection between the computational and social sciences. The rise of the internet has created new classes of data for social scientists to analyze—data which, because of its novelty compared...

Something’s in the Water: A broader view of misinformation

Jun 29, 2021 | Article, News, PennMAP

Baird Howland reflects upon his ongoing research on news consumption and misinformation in “Something’s in the Water,” published in The Commonplace. He notes that the picture emerging from his research contradicts the conventional wisdom of Americans drowning in...

Upcoming: NetSci Computational Social Science Panel

Jun 28, 2021 | News

On July 2nd, 10-12 EST, Nature editors Mary Elizabeth Sutherland and Federico Levi will host a virtual round table on Computational Social Science as part of the Networks 2021 conference. The speakers, including CSSLab Director Duncan Watts, have contributed to an...