NEW from me in @pnas.org on the risks of data sharing with qualitative research: "Today, confidentiality risks are amplified by social media, surveillance, and AI tools, which make ample data about people publicly available, thus making deidentification less effective" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Congratulations to educational theorist Michael W. Apple, chemist Helen E. Blackwell, communication researcher Dominique Brossard, mathematician Jordan Ellenberg and geographer Holly Gibbs — UW–Madison's newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences!

Five UW–Madison professors elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

The new members, representing a wide range of academic research areas, were selected for accomplishments in their fields.

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Come work with us, experimenting with new evidence-based approaches in science communication and community engagement at @morgridgeinstitute.bsky.social ! Two #scicomm #CivicScience postdoc positions starting Sept 1, deadline for applications May 30th lnkd.in/gkS2y8WN lnkd.in/gABTMPm7

"At an internal all-hands meeting on Friday, NSF leaders announced that they would dissolve the agency’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences directorate based on the budget request." www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

Trump administration proposes massive budget cuts to science

The White House budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing

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Excited to announce a special issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science on science-society divides. We invite abstract submissions by May 15, 2026. Full call is here:  bit.ly/annals_goodf.... #scicomm #scipol

This JCOM editorial by @marinajoubert.bsky.social & @riedlinm.bsky.social tackles the problem of "ghost references" in academic publishing. 👻 We welcome your feedback. #scicomm - doi.org/10.22323/388... @brossard.bsky.social @mss7676.bsky.social Photo by Jonny Gios on Unsplash

Integrity under pressure: on generative AI, fabricated references and ethical publishing

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are increasingly present in academic writing workflows, and their irresponsible use poses a growing threat to the integrity of scholarly publishing. In th...

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[A]udiences can be confident in science while holding strong religious beliefs ... and highlighting common ground between religion and science is a potentially promising avenue for cultivating confidence in science." Somehow missed this important work by @freiling.bsky.social and colleagues ...

Religious values and confidence in science: Perceived tensions and common ground

While confidence in science is high compared to other institutions, many Americans question whether scientists share their values, including religious ones. Narratives surrounding science and religion...

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Thanks to @erinmcgroarty.bsky.social for chatting with me about vaccine hesitancy! In these turbulent times, we need good reporting more than ever @captimes.com captimes.com/news/health/...

Fewer Wisconsinites got the flu shot this year. Some blame Trump.

Dane County's vaccination rate is above average, but the statewide decline comes as a new strain raises worries.

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"[T]he reliance on industry-controlled conceptualization and categorization of data by academic researchers undermines ... peer review and the replicability of what Meta claims are highly policy-relevant findings." Glad our field is continuing these difficult but important conversations ...

Reply to González-Bailón and Lazer: Industry control and conflicts of interest in social media research | PNAS

Reply to González-Bailón and Lazer: Industry control and conflicts of interest in social media research

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This nicely reinforces findings from our recent @pnas.org piece in which we argue “that industry players like Meta make significant investments into long-term research streams … to absolve their platforms of responsibility for adverse effects on society or individuals.” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Our changing information ecosystem for science and why it matters for effective science communication | PNAS

Current information ecologies present unique opportunities to communicate science and engage diverse publics in science. Unfortunately, they also p...

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Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 10mo ago

2. Here's the paper itself: arxiv.org/abs/2510.19894

Let’s not be naive: We need to be very aware of industry influence in computational social science! Through control of data (and experiment) access the situation is even more problematic than in other industries, which makes the data access rights under DSA article 40 particular important!

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 10mo ago

1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv. There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.

#Disasters are becoming more frequent and severe, but research on #DisasterManagement remains limited and siloed. A recent @IssuesInST.bsky.social piece advocates for researchers to work together to develop a unified U.S. #DisasterResearch strategy: buff.ly/KLvNNgz

Open-rank faculty positions in Artificial Intelligence in Education and Organizations at Vanderbilt University. The faculty will work within our new college of connected computing and one of the five departments in Peabody College (including psychology!) jobs.chronicle.com/job/37894746...

Open-Rank Tenure Line Position in Artificial Intelligence in Education and Organizations - Nashville, Tennessee job with Peabody College of Education and Human Development | 37894746

Vanderbilt University invites applications for two open rank tenure-track faculty positions in the area of AI and Education in Organizations.

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Excited and humbled to have received the Sharon Dunwoody Excellence in Mentoring Award at the 2025 @comsher.bsky.social Convention!Thanks so much to the former students and colleagues who have nominated me, working and learning from all of you is what makes academic life worthwhile!

"Scientists must compete in an attention economy in which they are just one of many voices, and in which ... algorithms now serve as ... gatekeeper." Is #scicomm becoming its own wicked problem? With huge gratitude to my co-authors, excited to finally see this in "print" ... #openaccess

The only way people seem able to navigate diet is to fixate on ONE THING that is the BAD THING. That was wrong when it was sugar, HFCS, GMOs, gluten, lectins, meat, whatever. And of course it's just as wrong for seed oils. www.eater.com/politics/883...

‘No Seed Oil’ Restaurants Seize the Moment

As the anti-seed-oil movement picks up steam, many restaurants are leaning on “no seed oils” as part of their messaging and marketing.

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@morgridgeinstitute.bsky.social CEO Brad Schwartz discussing biomedical research and regulatory processe at the Mount Horeb, WI, public library. #scicomm in action!

Ooo! Ooo! This should be a contest. Can you out-predict the Economist's SCOTUS AI model? Winners get a subscription.

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How might America’s Supreme Court rule in the biggest cases on its docket? We built an AI model to predict the possible outcomes. Find out how it works: https://econ.trib.al/v0WEoBE

👩‍🏫 Und Olaf Kramer wird zusammen mit @hendriks.bsky.social, Ayelet Baram Tsabari und @brossard.bsky.social Teil des Panels "𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀" sein.

Missed this weeks talk? You can find a full recording at the link below! youtu.be/J1wb8hGiNsU

Tiffany Taylor Presents at LSC's 2025 Science Communication Colloquium

YouTube video by Department of Life Sciences Communication

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UW-Madison LSC@uw-lsc.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us this week at LSC's #scicomm colloquium to hear NASEM Senior Program Officer Tiffany Taylor present on "Understanding and Addressing Misinformation about Science: A National Academies Consensus Report". #UWLSC700 Learn more at: lsc.wisc.edu/2025/01/17/l...

Weekend reads: MIT rescinds support of AI paper; should AI write science papers, anyway?; another pub steps in for paused NIH journal

Weekend reads: MIT rescinds support of AI paper; should AI write science papers, anyway?; another pub steps in for paused NIH journal

How do retractions impact researchers’ career paths and collaborations? A Q&A with the study’s authors Clarivate to stop counting citations to retracted articles in journals’ impact facto…

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Clarivate to stop counting citations to retracted articles in journals’ impact factors

Clarivate to stop counting citations to retracted articles in journals’ impact factors

Clarivate will no longer include citations to and from retracted papers when calculating journal impact factors, the company announced today.  The change comes after some have wondered over th…

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“This is why I must step away from my work with two federal institutions … that offer guidance about how the Executive and Legislative branches can be stewards of knowledge and create structure to enable discovery, innovation, and ingenuity.”

Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress

I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

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"Governance should not be understood as an impediment to AI innovation but as an essential component of it." A new article in the National Academy of Engineering's The Bridge from @alondra.bsky.social discusses the value of policy and governance for AI systems. Read now: buff.ly/sFRy6qW

It's that season once again 🍂 ☀️ ❄️ 🌱 so please spread the word: Science, Technology, & Human Values are pleased to announce that we are taking proposals for Special Issues of the journal 📬 ⏰ The call closes 21 June 2025 - and you can find details in the form: forms.gle/6uYdQim9J1z5...

Always exciting to be in the beautiful @nationalacademies.org building and see the amazing, important work they do at the intersection of science and policy! Honored to be a member of one of their Advisory Committees

Important. Politicians may be getting a “false negative” reading of the state of politics from media and social media that monetise polarisation. This sort of thing and more citizen participation can help. @eurcorrespond.bsky.social www.europeancorrespondent.com/article?s=Ri...

Read European Journalism now! — The European Correspondent

The European Correspondent is the place where you read about the climate crisis, migration, digitisation and much more – with an European angle!

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... and thank you to alumna Holly Cho for a powerful reminder of what #scicomm is all about in a keynote that I hope a lot of people will read: lsc.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...