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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 Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ 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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Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Reflections on Three Decades of Islamic Nonviolence

In a new article in the Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence, Mohammed Abu-Nimer is interviewed about Islamic nonviolence.
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Carl LeVan, Liberal visions of multiculturalism and majoritarianism

Carl LeVan's new article in Frontiers in Political Science is part of a special issue on "Fake News, Disinformation and Post-Truth Politics: Comparing the European Union and other Western Democracies"
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Sumitra Badrinathan, Misinformation and Support for Vigilantism: An Experiment in India and Pakistan

Sumitra Badrinathan's new article for Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Political Science Review provides evidence that support for vigilantism can be reduced through the dissemination of credible information, even in polarized settings
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Samantha Agarwal and Yang Zhang receive ASA Distinguished Article Honorable Mention

Samantha Agarwal and Yang Zhang received honorable mentions for the ASA Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section's Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Article Award.
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Dream On

CAS neuropsychologist Bryan Fantie explains seven things to know about why our brains run wild as we slumber—one of science’s greatest mysteries.
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