Applications are open for SFI's 2027 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships. SFI is looking for recent Ph.D. graduates with strong quantitative and computational skills who want to pursue independent, transdisciplinary research. Deadline: September 30, 2026 Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship

Next in the Glushko Dissertation Prize Symposium, Marina Dubova @mdubova.bsky.social presents Cognitive Mechanisms of Discovery, exploring how people generate, evaluate, and refine new ideas and explanations. #CogSci2026

Had so much fun talking with @thomaslewton.bsky.social @newscientist.com about parsimony and the scientific method more generally!

New Scientist@newscientist.com · 4w ago

Seeking out the simplest, most elegant explanations has served scientists well for centuries, but cognitive scientist Marina Dubova’s experiments are revealing better ways to uncover reality

So honored to receive the Glushko prize, and just grateful that @cogscisociety.bsky.social is willing to recognize whatever I’m doing as the study of the “mind” :)

Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 2mo ago

SFI Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow Marina Dubova (@mdubova.bsky.social) has received a 2026 Glushko Dissertation Prize from the Cognitive Science Society and the Glushko-Samuelson Foundation. The prize recognizes recent Ph.D. dissertations for groundbreaking work in cognitive science.

Ever thought we acquire generalizable knowledge by discarding details and compressing our experiences? In a new BBS paper, @sabinasloman.bsky.social and I argue otherwise, proposing a novel way of studying human learning inspired by double descent in ML. Disagree? Propose a commentary by May 15 :)

If science is fundamentally about discovery, then are we doing it wrong by using hypotheses testing? A beautiful and thought provoking piece on the potential limits of theory-driven research by @mdubova.bsky.social & @kevinzollman.com . journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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I’ve written about the (optimistic?) future of science for @nautil.us

The Thrill of Science in 2042

The Thrill of Science in 2042: A science historian explains how science got its groove back. A fictional dispatch from the future.

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How can we best learn about the world? A new paper by SFI's Marina Dubova (@mdubova.bsky.social) and coauthors applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that scientists consider gold standards for designing experiments could perform worse than random choice.

Reassessing the scientific method

Is the scientific method really the best approach to learning about the world? A new paper in Collective Intelligence applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that ...

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Interested in radical exploration in science? There's evidence that it can actually be the best strategy for discovery. We talk about it in our new episode of the Night Science Podcast episode with Marina Dubova (@mdubova.bsky.social)! Apple podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

New episode of my favorite podcast! I had a great discussion with @itaiyanai.bsky.social and @martinlercher.bsky.social about (radical) exploration in science :)

The Night Science Podcast@nightsciencepod.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Sometimes the best way to make a discovery is to allow yourself to get lost! 🔥A new episode of the Night Science Podcast came out today! Prof. (soon) Marina Dubova talked with us about making discoveries from exploratory data collection. @mdubova.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

These job ads have now been posted! 🎉 Social/Personality: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05020 Biological Basis of Behavior: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05054 Please spread the word!

Assistant Professor - Social Personality - Department of Psychology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Amitai Shenhav@ashenhav.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Heads-up that our amazing dept (Berkeley Psych) is anticipating hiring *two* TT Asst Profs this Fall, under the themes of (1) Social & Personality Psychology, and (2) Biological Basis of Behavior. Official job ads coming soon... Send qs for (1) to Iris Mauss/Serena Chen, (2) to Linda Wilbrecht

Congrats to Doug Medin on becoming the next Rumelhart prize winner! 🏆 My “academic grandpa” through multiple pathways! #cogsci2025

Indiana University, home of one of the best cognitive science programs in the world, appears to be cancelling its undergrad cog sci program. Fascist ghouls continuing their horrid torrent of destruction.

Rebecca Spang@rlspang.bsky.social · last yr.

IU has the oldest Folklore Department in the country--no longer a major. Cognitive Science? gone! PhD programs also sacrificed. Full list here: www.in.gov/che/files/In...

I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12

As a psych undergrad in St. Petersburg 6 years ago, I never imagined I’d be starting my own cognitive science lab at one of the world’s best research environments. I’m beyond excited to share that I’ll be starting a Cognitive Epistemology Lab at @BerkeleyPsych in Fall 2026!