Dashun Wang

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.

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...

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...

📢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

Candidates from all disciplines are welcome. This year we’re esp excited about candidates interested in one or more of the following areas:
-LLMs & AI agents
-Political science (science, policy & governance)
-Technological progress + societal impacts of science
-Nonequilibrium statistical physics

We’re a purposefully multidisciplinary group working at the intersection of science-of-science, innovation, AI, networks, and complexity. We’re looking for postdocs who want to ask bold new questions, with rigorous data, theory, and computation.

Please share with great candidates! Join us!!!

Postdoc openings at Kellogg/Northwestern!

Review begins Feb 15 (rolling until filled).

Apply / details: www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/academics-re...

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...

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...

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...

Line graphic showing how left-leaning and right-leaning think tanks cite science papers over time.

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