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The Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy (LCSSP) at Caltech provides a forum for research and debate on topics at the intersection of science, society, and policy | Co-Directors R.M. Alvarez & F. Eberhardt |
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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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Can the Feds Actually Run U.S. Elections?🔸️Is this idle chatter or an actual threat?
Read & subscribe here: electionscience.substack.com/p/can-the-fe...
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?
electionscience.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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🔶Today is the last day to apply to be a Linde Science Policy Intern!🔶
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...!
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...!
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
🔶Today is the last day to apply to be a Linde Science Policy Intern!🔶
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...!
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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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?
Read & subscribe here: electionscience.substack.com/p/can-the-fe...
Can the Feds Actually Run U.S. Elections?🔸️Is this idle chatter or an actual threat?
Read & subscribe here: electionscience.substack.com/p/can-the-fe...
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?
electionscience.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Give it a read - and please subscribe!
"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
@beamagistro.bsky.social & @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
@caltech.edu @caltechlcssp.bsky.social @northeasternu.bsky.social
Appealing to Independents: information on negative externalities increases support for environmental corrective taxes by @beamagistro.bsky.social & @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Appealing to Independents: information on negative externalities increases support for environmental corrective taxes
Climate change requires urgent global action, but efforts to implement solutions like a carbon tax face deep political polarization, particularly in the United States. This study explores how fram...
doi.org
February 7, 2026 at 5:09 PM
"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
@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/...
Paper available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 6, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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/...
Paper available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Join us Wed., Feb 11 at 11am Pacific for the next episode of @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social at @caltech.edu's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours webinar and podcast series with guest Cameron Wimpy, Arkansas State University!
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February 6, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Join us Wed., Feb 11 at 11am Pacific for the next episode of @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social at @caltech.edu's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours webinar and podcast series with guest Cameron Wimpy, Arkansas State University!
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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?
Read & subscribe here: electionscience.substack.com/p/can-the-fe...
Can the Feds Actually Run U.S. Elections?🔸️Is this idle chatter or an actual threat?
Read & subscribe here: electionscience.substack.com/p/can-the-fe...
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?
electionscience.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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?
Read & subscribe here: electionscience.substack.com/p/can-the-fe...
Can the Feds Actually Run U.S. Elections?🔸️Is this idle chatter or an actual threat?
Read & subscribe here: electionscience.substack.com/p/can-the-fe...
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."
Open Access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open Access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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."
Open Access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open Access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Don't miss the latest @caltech.edu AI Alignment speaker, Steven Basart (VIRTUAL), CAIS, Ex-Google!
🔶 RSVP to register on Luma: luma.com/xu95jkou 🔶
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February 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Don't miss the latest @caltech.edu AI Alignment speaker, Steven Basart (VIRTUAL), CAIS, Ex-Google!
🔶 RSVP to register on Luma: luma.com/xu95jkou 🔶
🔶 RSVP to register on Luma: luma.com/xu95jkou 🔶
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...
February 3, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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.
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.
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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.
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
🕕 6:00–7:15 p.m. PT | Zoom
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.
www.alumni.caltech.edu/event/ai-in-...
📅 Thursday, February 12, 2026
🕕 6:00–7:15 p.m. PT | Zoom
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.
www.alumni.caltech.edu/event/ai-in-...
February 2, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Techer Live: AI in the Wild
📅 Thursday, February 12, 2026
🕕 6:00–7:15 p.m. PT | Zoom
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.
www.alumni.caltech.edu/event/ai-in-...
📅 Thursday, February 12, 2026
🕕 6:00–7:15 p.m. PT | Zoom
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.
www.alumni.caltech.edu/event/ai-in-...
Catch the latest episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social and guests @mikespecter.com & Delaney Gomen from Georgia Tech!
Listen to Episode 29 on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3iOqStg...
And Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Listen to Episode 29 on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3iOqStg...
And Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
January 29, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Catch the latest episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social and guests @mikespecter.com & Delaney Gomen from Georgia Tech!
Listen to Episode 29 on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3iOqStg...
And Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Listen to Episode 29 on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3iOqStg...
And Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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
Introducing the Election Technology Education Fund
Bolstering trust & confidence in elections by advancing education, research, and outreach
By Michelle M. Shafer
In the news this week, introducing the Election Technology Education Fund @electionteched.bsky.social. That, plus so much more election news and information: electionline.org/electionline...
electionline Weekly - electionline
electionline.org
January 29, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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
Introducing the Election Technology Education Fund
Bolstering trust & confidence in elections by advancing education, research, and outreach
By Michelle M. Shafer
@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...
Read it here: news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/22/g...
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.
news.northeastern.edu
January 29, 2026 at 6:51 PM
@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...
Read it here: news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/22/g...
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.
January 29, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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.
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.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
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
academic.oup.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
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.
@electionline.bsky.social article as well as on our website: protectingtheelection.us/conference.
January 27, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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.
@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!
Register now and join us: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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January 26, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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!
Register now and join us: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register now and join us: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Wed, 1/28 at 11am Pacific: “Beyond the Hype: A Research Driven Look at Claims About New Voting Technology” #ElectionScienceOfficeHours Host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu & guest Georgia Tech's @mikespecter.com. Register: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 23, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Wed, 1/28 at 11am Pacific: “Beyond the Hype: A Research Driven Look at Claims About New Voting Technology” #ElectionScienceOfficeHours Host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu & guest Georgia Tech's @mikespecter.com. Register: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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":
In the newser this week, Building Trust and Capacity to Protect U.S. Elections–Key Insights from the 2025 Election Integrity Conferences from @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social and Betsy Sinclair. That, plus so much more election news and information: electionline.org/electionline...
electionline Weekly - electionline
electionline.org
January 22, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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":
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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...
www.caltech.edu/about/news/n...
New Study Examines Gender Differences in Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence Risk
How men and women perceive the risks associated with artificial intelligence
www.caltech.edu
January 20, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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...
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
See thread below from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate @beamagistro.bsky.social, Assistant Prof of AI Governance, @northeasternu.bsky.social
1/ 🚨 New paper out today in @pnasnexus.org w/ @sborwein.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @bartbonikowski.bsky.social and Peter Loewen: "Explaining Women's Skepticism toward Artificial Intelligence: The Role of Risk Orientation and Risk Exposure" 🧵
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
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
academic.oup.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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
See thread below from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate @beamagistro.bsky.social, Assistant Prof of AI Governance, @northeasternu.bsky.social