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Taha Yasseri
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Workday Full Prof & Chair of Technology & Society at Trinity College Dublin & Technological University Dublin. Director of the Centre for Sociology of Humans and Machines. https://tahayasseri.com

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Taha Yasseri is a physicist and sociologist known for his research on crowdsourcing, collective intelligence and computational social science. He is a full professor at the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Yasseri is one of the leading scholars in computational social science and his research has been widely covered in mainstream media. Yasseri's research investigates complex systems, computational social science, network science, social data science and human dynamics. .. more

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Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · 7d
Thrilled to announce the Handbook of Computational Social Science is officially out! 956 pages, 118 authors, and truly global, interdisciplinary perspectives. Deep thanks to the contributors and anonymous reviewers who shaped this over 4 years. Buy your copy now!
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social

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David Lazer @davidlazer.bsky.social · 3d
Excited to see this out! congrats to @tahayasseri.bsky.social & all contributors!
tahayasseri.bsky.social Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · 7d
Thrilled to announce the Handbook of Computational Social Science is officially out! 956 pages, 118 authors, and truly global, interdisciplinary perspectives. Deep thanks to the contributors and anonymous reviewers who shaped this over 4 years. Buy your copy now!
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social

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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · 4d
Part I: "Foundations"
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|>Chapter 6: "Computational inductive research"

In which I argue for the foundational place of inductive research in computational social science, rooted in interpretation, transparency, and validation.

Thanks @tahayasseri.bsky.social for shepherding this handbook through
Screenshot of the typeset title (6. Computational inductive research"), author (Laura K. Nelson), and introductory paragraph.

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Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · 7d
eBook: play.google.com/store/search...
9781802207309 – Books on Google Play
Enjoy millions of the latest Android apps, games, music, movies, TV, books, magazines & more. Anytime, anywhere, across your devices.
play.google.com

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SOHAM @soham-centre.bsky.social · 11d
We have an opening for a PhD position at SOHAM to work on a very cool project (COOLNET)! Supervised by Guillaume Falmagne, Ph.D. and Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social, they will work on large-scale multiplayer video games to study and compare mechanisms that foster global cooperation in social dilemmas.

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Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · 18d
Read the full report arxiv.org/pdf/2510.26899, and play with the interactive diagram, exploring the content similarity and political shift across topics: wiki-grok-pedia.shinyapps.io/wiki_vs_grok...
arxiv.org

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Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · 18d
BUT
Religion and History are dramatically pushed to the Right.
Read the update report (link below), and a massive thank you to Saeedeh Mohammadi for the great contribution.

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Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · 18d
When we looked more closely into the political shift, analysing the references used in both Wikipedia and Grokipedia, we found:
Grokipedia is shifted to the right, compared to Wikipedia. On average, the shift is not huge, and Grokipedia is still left-leaning, like Wikipedia.

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Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · 18d
A few updates on our Grokipedia analysis: we expanded our sample to 20,000 most edited articles on Wikipedia. Linguistic & stylistic differences are the same as reported before (Generally, Grokipedia articles are longer, more difficult to read, and less referenced.)
@wikiresearch.bsky.social

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Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin @tcdsociology.bsky.social · Nov 20
🚨New Research 🚨
Humans bring gender biases to our interactions with AI. In iScience from our Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social , visiting postdoc Sepideh Bazazi and Jurgis Karpus.

🤖Read more: tinyurl.com/wd3c67d9

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Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · Nov 7
Sociology of Gender and Sexuality: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
Environmental Sociology: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

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Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · Nov 7
We're hiring 2 Assistant Professors of Sociology: Gender and Sexuality and Environmental Sociology. At @tcdsociology.bsky.social, we aspire to be a method-agnostic group of solution-oriented sociologists. Join our welcoming community at @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social. Deadline 1 Dec. Link in the comment.

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Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · Oct 31
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...
OSF
osf.io

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Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · Oct 31
#Grokipedia set out to “fix” #Wikipedia.
Turns out it mostly rewrites it, longer, slicker, less sourced.
Fluent, but fragile. @wikiresearch.bsky.social

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Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin @tcdsociology.bsky.social · Oct 20
Professor @tahayasseri.bsky.social will deliver a guest seminar on Combatting Online Misinformation at the @ifisc.uib-csic.es this Wednesday. 👏

@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

For more information: tinyurl.com/yb73m47f

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Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin @tcdsociology.bsky.social · Oct 16
"Just as Wikipedia can learn from AI, the X platform could learn from Wikipedia’s model of consensus building". Our Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social assesses "Grokipedia" in his latest piece for @us.theconversation.com . Read more here: tinyurl.com/3uxn3rp6 @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · Oct 16
Musk’s new WIkipedia rival aims to offer the same service but without the political bias.
Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that Wikipedia is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best
Musk’s new WIkipedia rival aims to offer the same service but without the political bias.
tcnv.link

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SOHAM @soham-centre.bsky.social · Oct 15
#Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that @wikipedia.org is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best
theconversation.com/grokipedia-e...
Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that Wikipedia is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best
Musk’s new WIkipedia rival aims to offer the same service but without the political bias.
theconversation.com

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Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · Oct 13
New preprint: From Birdwatch to CommunityNotes, from Twitter to X: four years of community-based content moderation. Includes a complete literature review, preliminary analysis, and a gigantic dataset #researchgoldmine
arxiv.org/abs/2510.09585

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Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · Oct 10
Very excited to have started my sabbatical visit at @ifisc.uib-csic.es this term! I’ll be giving a public seminar on October 22, hope to see you if you're in Mallorca! ifisc.uib-csic.es/en/events/se...
The Paradox of Openness: Community-Based Approaches to Combating Misinformation Online | Seminars
The openness of online platforms is both their greatest strength and their deepest vulnerability. Wikipedia demonstrates how large-scale collaboration can …
ifisc.uib-csic.es

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Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin @tcdsociology.bsky.social · Oct 8
🧑‍🎓"I believe it's vital that young people engage with AI...with a grounded understanding of how it truly impacts our social lives and communities." Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social shared his research with 100 TY students last Friday in an outreach event. Read more: tinyurl.com/3sz2bdre

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SOHAM @soham-centre.bsky.social · Oct 1
Professor @tahayasseri.bsky.social from @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social joined "The Internet is Crack" podcast to discuss how AI shapes our societies and the challenges of regulating it. youtu.be/pgnRSeVlD3g?...
#49 Data and AI: A Conversation with Professor Taha Yasseri
YouTube video by The Internet is Crack
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TCD Social Sciences & Philosophy @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social · Sep 26
Thank you to Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social for kickstarting our Autumn Public Lecture Series last night!

Next up, @tcdphilosophy.bsky.social will look at the ethics of AI on Thurs 2 Oct.

Join the waitlist or explore other events in this series:
tinyurl.com/5d54a8up

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Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin @tcdsociology.bsky.social · Sep 26
Delighted to see so many attendees at Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social's fully booked up lecture on AI last night. A hugely interesting topic that will be further explored in upcoming talks in the School's Autumn Series. See the next lecture here: tinyurl.com/4ny6hrkj. @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

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Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin @tcdsociology.bsky.social · Sep 23
🤖Our anticipation is building for the first @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Autumn Series lecture by our own Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social. The talk entitled "A New Sociology of Humans and Machines" is on this Thursday. More info and join the waitlist here: tinyurl.com/52z2vv63.

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Vito Trianni @vitotrianni.bsky.social · Sep 22
Meet our speakers:
1. @tahayasseri.bsky.social: How Our Workplace Gender Biases Extend to AI Colleagues
2. Roberta Calegari: From Opportunity to Compliance: Gender and Diversity in the AEQUITAS Framework for Fair AI
3. EM Lewis-Jong: Language, data and cultural identity in AI systems

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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · Sep 18
The next ECSR conference is brought to you by @tcdsociology.bsky.social and @esri.ie!

Trinity College Dublin, 15-16 June 2026
www.ecsr2026.net

#ECSR2026

Abstract submission deadline: 11 January 2026

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Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · Sep 15
This is an important and very well-written paper! I don’t usually praise papers I co-author, but in this case, Michele has done a stellar job! @tcdsociology.bsky.social and @researchireland.ie should be very proud of their PhD students!
osf.io/preprints/so...

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SOHAM @soham-centre.bsky.social · Sep 15
A big welcome to all the new members joining SOHAM this term. Read about them here: www.tcd.ie/soham/news-a... @marinaschenkel.bsky.social @azeezhamzat.bsky.social @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
SOHAM Welcomes New Team Members - Centre for Sociology of Humans and Machines (SOHAM) | Trinity College Dublin
SOHAM welcomes new colleagues this semester in management, postdoctoral research, and PhD study. Their expertise reflects the Centre’s continued growth since its establishment in April.
www.tcd.ie