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AI DebunkBot Effectively Persuades People from Believing Conspiracy Theories
An interview with DebunkBot creator and AU Psychology Professor Thomas Costello
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Mixed-Reality Research Presented at ITS2023
Allowing first responders to administer aid remotely
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Ken Conca, After the Floods: The Search for Resilience in Ellicott City
Ken Conca's timely new book is "After the Floods: The Search for Resilience in Ellicott City."
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Dana Fisher Awarded $1 Million AmeriCorps Grant for Climate Research
Director of the Center for Environment, Community & Equity and SIS professor Dana Fisher discusses her research being supported by an AmeriCorps grant.
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Dana Fisher Awarded $1 Million AmeriCorps Grant for Expanded Climate Research
AmeriCorps has awarded an additional $1.04 million to SIS Professor Dana Fisher to expand her research project “Addressing Climate Change Through Our Nation’s Service Corps.”
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How Does Misinformation Impact Support for Vigilante Violence?
SIS professor Sumitra Badrinathan answers questions about her recent research on misinformation and vigilantism published in the American Political Science Review.
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‘Even the deepest of rabbit holes may have an exit’
Pathbreaking study led by AU psychology professor reveals conversations with AI models can reduce conspiracy theory beliefs
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SIS Faculty and PhD Students Present at APSA Conference
SIS faculty and PhD students presented academic papers at the American Political Science Association 2024 Conference in Philadelphia.
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Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, Facts and Explanations in International Studies and beyond
Patrick Thaddeus Jackson's new published book argues for better accounts of facts and their relationship to explanation in international studies.
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Jordanna Matlon, Tapping imaginaries: Guinness, masculinity, and the promise of Africa Rising
Jordanna Matlon's new article in the International Review of Sociology interrogates masculinity and the consumer politics of late capitalism in urban Africa.
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