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The Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy (LCSSP) at Caltech is currently accepting applications for Linde Science Policy interns until February 9th, 2026. Submit your application here: lcssp.caltech.edu/more/interns...!

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"Appealing to Independents: information on negative externalities increases support for environmental corrective taxes" - New in late 2025 in @environmentalpol.bsky.social from
@beamagistro.bsky.social & @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
@caltech.edu @caltechlcssp.bsky.social @northeasternu.bsky.social

New paper published in the AJPS by @beamagistro.bsky.social, @sborwein.bsky.social, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @bartbonikowski.bsky.social, and Peter John Loewen.

Paper available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Can the Feds actually run U.S. Elections? During a podcast, President Trump recently said, “The federal government should get involved” in running elections." Is this idle chatter or an actual threat?

New from @caltech.edu Professor @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, Co-Director of @caltechlcssp.bsky.social on his #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack:

Can the Feds Actually Run U.S. Elections?🔸️Is this idle chatter or an actual threat?

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Read the latest research paper from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate Ramit Debnath, @cam.ac.uk: "Data-Efficient Digital Twin for Turbine Heat Rate of Industrial Thermal Power Plant."

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Don't miss the latest @caltech.edu AI Alignment speaker, Steven Basart (VIRTUAL), CAIS, Ex-Google!

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New paper from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate Ramit Debnath, @cam.ac.uk in @natureportfolio.nature.com's npj Climate Action: "Could Lessons from Medical Research Ethics Inform Better Conversations and Governance for Climate Engineering Research?" nature.com/articles/s44...

Founders’ Day 2026 | The Huntington and Caltech: Science and the Humanities, Pasadena and Beyond

Thu, Feb 12, 2026 @ 7-8 pm

@caltech.edu President Rosenbaum joins President Lawrence in a talk about their institutions' historic & current relationship.

More info: www.huntington.org/founders-day.

Techer Live: AI in the Wild
📅 Thursday, February 12, 2026
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Join @caltech.edu alumni from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Veracyte, & NASA for a talk on where AI is making a real difference in science & industry and where it falls short.

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Catch the latest episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social and guests @mikespecter.com & Delaney Gomen from Georgia Tech!

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Great piece by @michelleshafer.bsky.social on the new ETEF was published in today's edition of @electionline.bsky.social Weekly:

Introducing the Election Technology Education Fund
Bolstering trust & confidence in elections by advancing education, research, and outreach
By Michelle M. Shafer

Why women are more skeptical of AI than men, according to a new study Drawing on survey data, the study finds that women consistently perceive AI as riskier, especially when its economic effects are uncertain.

@caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate Prof. @beamagistro.bsky.social, @northeasternu.bsky.social co-authored a new study published in @pnasnexus.org that found that women are more skeptical of AI adoption in the workplace than men.

Read it here: news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/22/g...

Great piece by @michelleshafer.bsky.social on the new ETEF!

Watch today's episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with Host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social - Beyond the Hype: A Research Driven Look at Claims About New Voting - with guests Georgia Tech's @mikespecter.com & Delaney Gomen - on the @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's YouTube channel: youtu.be/tbL1dlFT0NM.

A megastudy of behavioral interventions to catalyze public, political, and financial climate advocacy Abstract. Addressing climate change depends on large-scale system changes, which require public advocacy. Here, we identified and tested 17 expert-crowdsou

New research paper from Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy (LCSSP) at @caltech.edu Research Affiliate, Ramit Debnath! Read this megastudy paper out in @pnasnexus.org on enabling collective climate action.

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In case you missed it, you can download our latest report from @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & @washupolisci.bsky.social's Betsy Sinclair at the link in the
@electionline.bsky.social article as well as on our website: protectingtheelection.us/conference.

There is still time to register for this Wed, 1/28 at 11am Pacific with #ElectionScienceOfficeHours Host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu & guest Georgia Tech's @mikespecter.com!

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Join @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & @mikespecter.com: Conversation on findings from Specter's latest study, tackling important science needed to understand voting system usability & accessibility & how to rebuild trust in elections community w/ computer scientists:
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LCSSP at @caltech.edu Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social and @washupolisci.bsky.social Chair Betsy Sinclair have an article in @electionline.bsky.social Weekly today. Check out "Building Trust and Capacity to Protect U.S. Elections: Key Insights from the 2025 Election Integrity Conferences":

Explaining women’s skepticism toward artificial intelligence: The role of risk orientation and risk exposure Abstract. This article examines the gender gap in attitudes toward the adoption of AI in the workplace, with a focus on how gender differences in risk orie

"Explaining Women's Skepticism toward Artificial Intelligence: The Role of Risk Orientation and Risk Exposure"
By @sborwein.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @beamagistro.bsky.social @bartbonikowski.bsky.social & Peter Loewen. Paper in @pnasnexus.org
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar....

New Study Examines Gender Differences in Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence Risk How men and women perceive the risks associated with artificial intelligence

A new study, which draws on survey data from approximately 3,000 respondents in the United States and Canada, finds that women, on average, exhibit greater skepticism toward artificial intelligence (AI) technologies than men.

www.caltech.edu/about/news/n...

New research in @pnasnexus.org: "Explaining Women's Skepticism toward Artificial Intelligence: The Role of Risk Orientation and Risk Exposure"

See thread below from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate @beamagistro.bsky.social, Assistant Prof of AI Governance, @northeasternu.bsky.social