Exciting tenure-line hiring at Kellogg!! Led by Northwestern Innovation Institute. Open to all ranks, including junior, adv junior, and senior. Can be hosted in any Kellogg dept as the tenure home. focus area: innovation / science of science / AI.

Good thread, and has me thinking of @alexanderfurnas.com, @dashunwang.bsky.social, et al's recent Science, too: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Shobita Parthasarathy@shobitap.org · 2mo ago

Over the last few days, there has been a lot of discussion about the proposed regulation to increase political oversight of grantmaking. Some have argued this represents increased politicization of science. As someone who studies the politics of science, I think that's the wrong argument to make. 🧵

Very nice story on risk in science from @georgemusser.com, featuring @cbo.bsky.social, @dashunwang.bsky.social, and me.

I've got a paper "Bipartisan-cited science is rare, unevenly distributed, and disproportionately influential" published today at @pnas.org with @dashunwang.bsky.social. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

AI agents are "airplanes for the mind" - check out my latest piece in Nature. The question is not whether machines replace scientists, but what kind of scientist emerges when we learn to fly. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

AI agents are ‘aeroplanes for the mind’: five ways to ensure that scientists are responsible pilots

As artificial-intelligence systems take on more of the scientific workflow, the central goal should not be complete automation, but designing platforms that preserve creativity, responsibility and sur...

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I've got a piece out today @theatlantic.com with @dashunwang.bsky.social on how the Republican Party in Congress continues to fund science, pushing back against the Trump Administration's most anti science funding proposals. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Republicans Made Peace With Science

The Trump administration’s hostility to science is real, but it isn’t matched by the rest of the GOP’s.

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📢Out now! @dashunwang.bsky.social and colleagues introduce SciSciGPT, a prototype AI collaborator for the domain of science of science that streamlines a wide range of empirical and analytical research tasks. www.nature.com/articles/s43... #cssky

SciSciGPT: advancing human–AI collaboration in the science of science - Nature Computational Science

SciSciGPT is an open-source prototype AI collaborator that explores the use of LLM research tools to automate workflows, support diverse analytical approaches and enhance reproducibility in the domain...

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Postdoc openings at Kellogg/Northwestern! Review begins Feb 15 (rolling until filled). Apply / details: www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/academics-re...

This was a very insightful read! There is a price to pay for making hard pivots in science and technology. By @dashunwang.bsky.social's group. Read here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

The pivot penalty in research - Nature

An analysis of millions of scientific papers and patents reveals a ‘pivot penalty’ when researchers shift direction, with the impact of studies decreasing rapidly the further they move from their prev...

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What happens when scientists leave their original research theme to explore a new field? A new @nature.com paper by @dashunwang.bsky.social et al quantifies this "pivot" and shows that it comes at a cost: work in new fields receives relatively fewer citations 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The pivot penalty in research - Nature

An analysis of millions of scientific papers and patents reveals a ‘pivot penalty’ when researchers shift direction, with the impact of studies decreasing rapidly the further they move from their prev...

nature.com

Do US politicians listen to science? Democrat-led congressional committees and leftwing think tanks cite research papers more than their rightwing counterparts, finds vast analysis by @dashunwang.bsky.social @alexanderfurnas.com www.nature.com/articles/d41... With comments from @ejfagan.com