Jens Koed Madsen
@jenskoedmadsen.bsky.social
At LSE, I work on belief revision and decision-making in dynamic systems - mainly sustainability and information systems.
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Fact for the day: paracetamol does not cause autism
September 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Fact for the day: paracetamol does not cause autism
This is a brilliant department and sounds like a very exciting position!
LSE's Department of Methodogy is searching for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science. Applicants from across the social sciences are very welcome!
Please reach out if you would like any more details.
Please reach out if you would like any more details.
Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science
Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science,
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p>
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jobs.lse.ac.uk
September 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is a brilliant department and sounds like a very exciting position!
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LSE's Department of Methodogy is searching for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science. Applicants from across the social sciences are very welcome!
Please reach out if you would like any more details.
Please reach out if you would like any more details.
Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science
Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science,
,
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p>
<p styl...
jobs.lse.ac.uk
September 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
LSE's Department of Methodogy is searching for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science. Applicants from across the social sciences are very welcome!
Please reach out if you would like any more details.
Please reach out if you would like any more details.
This seems a tremendously sad return to McCarthyist-style patrolling of thought and expression
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This seems a tremendously sad return to McCarthyist-style patrolling of thought and expression
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New paper with Jon Roozenbeek and David Young where we present a Bayesian framework for the wilful rejection of interventions, such as inoculation against misinformation
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The wilful rejection of psychological and behavioural interventions
Psychology and behavioural science play a key role in the development, testing, and implementation of interventions aimed at addressing societal chall…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
New paper with Jon Roozenbeek and David Young where we present a Bayesian framework for the wilful rejection of interventions, such as inoculation against misinformation
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
He probably also fired his bathroom scale for fake weight figures 😂
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump orders firing of labor statistics chief hours after data showed jobs growth slowed
US president accused of ‘firing the messenger’ as he makes claims without evidence about Erika McEntarfer
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
He probably also fired his bathroom scale for fake weight figures 😂
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Remind me why universities, charities and governments are still using X as a platform for advertising their programmes and sharing their activities? With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers: on.ft.com/3Ig3H3l
Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot praises Adolf Hitler on X
Incident follows the xAI bot sharing ‘white genocide’ tropes in response to unrelated questions
www.ft.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Remind me why universities, charities and governments are still using X as a platform for advertising their programmes and sharing their activities? With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers: on.ft.com/3Ig3H3l
Amazingly (and worryingly) this works. I tried this on a paper I am currently working on. Un-prompted, Copilot recommended minor revisions; prompted, it parroted inserted phrases (e.g., 'innovative methodology') and said it was a must-read for all scientists.
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07...
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07...
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
The discovery raises serious concerns about the integrity of the research in the papers and highlights flaws in academic publishing.
www.japantimes.co.jp
July 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Amazingly (and worryingly) this works. I tried this on a paper I am currently working on. Un-prompted, Copilot recommended minor revisions; prompted, it parroted inserted phrases (e.g., 'innovative methodology') and said it was a must-read for all scientists.
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07...
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07...
It was clear that an attack was coming when Trump got Tulsi Gabbard to reverse her statement about Iran's nuclear ambitions. In my view, it looks like 2003 pretense all over again.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tulsi Gabbard now says Iran could produce nuclear weapon 'within weeks'
This comes after US President Donald Trump said she was
www.bbc.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
It was clear that an attack was coming when Trump got Tulsi Gabbard to reverse her statement about Iran's nuclear ambitions. In my view, it looks like 2003 pretense all over again.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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As the sun sets tonight my thoughts are Iranians and Jews and Palestinians greeting the evening with fear. Like many of us watching from afar i am consumed with worry about those I care about. May this madness stop soon.
June 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
As the sun sets tonight my thoughts are Iranians and Jews and Palestinians greeting the evening with fear. Like many of us watching from afar i am consumed with worry about those I care about. May this madness stop soon.
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🚨 Recruiting now!
We’re looking for a LSE Fellow in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies to join the department!
Check out the job listing and apply below!
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jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
We’re looking for a LSE Fellow in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies to join the department!
Check out the job listing and apply below!
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jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
May 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🚨 Recruiting now!
We’re looking for a LSE Fellow in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies to join the department!
Check out the job listing and apply below!
⬇️⬇️⬇️
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
We’re looking for a LSE Fellow in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies to join the department!
Check out the job listing and apply below!
⬇️⬇️⬇️
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
This is a point well made by Rune Lykkeberg - it is a failure of Danish politicians' attitudes toward freedom of speech that school kids are not allowed to debate the questions of genocidal actions or the Palestinian right to self-determination.
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It’s not Denmark’s children who can’t handle debating Gaza. It’s our politicians | Rune Lykkeberg
In banning a schools debate on Palestinian sovereignty, our leaders have revealed the nation we’re becoming, says Rune Lykkeberg, editor-in-chief of the Danish newspaper Information
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 5:51 AM
This is a point well made by Rune Lykkeberg - it is a failure of Danish politicians' attitudes toward freedom of speech that school kids are not allowed to debate the questions of genocidal actions or the Palestinian right to self-determination.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I've called on the UK government to stop ALL arms sales to Israel.
Sign. 👇👇 www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
Sign. 👇👇 www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
Oxfam GB | Stop arming Israel: sign our petition now
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May 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I've called on the UK government to stop ALL arms sales to Israel.
Sign. 👇👇 www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
Sign. 👇👇 www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
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A blog on an interesting Wisdom of the Crowds experiment I ran across an entire @plnews.bsky.social football season. It turns out that WoC estimates outperform individual participants :)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
May 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
A blog on an interesting Wisdom of the Crowds experiment I ran across an entire @plnews.bsky.social football season. It turns out that WoC estimates outperform individual participants :)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
May 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A blog on an interesting Wisdom of the Crowds experiment I ran across an entire @plnews.bsky.social football season. It turns out that WoC estimates outperform individual participants :)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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💥 New: Football forecasting – harnessing the power of the crowd
✍️ @jenskoedmadsen.bsky.social on whether the wisdom of the crowds can predict football results
✍️ @jenskoedmadsen.bsky.social on whether the wisdom of the crowds can predict football results
Football forecasting – harnessing the power of the crowd
Can the wisdom of the crowds predict football results? New research finds people's guesses about football matches can produce surprisingly accurate predictions.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
May 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
💥 New: Football forecasting – harnessing the power of the crowd
✍️ @jenskoedmadsen.bsky.social on whether the wisdom of the crowds can predict football results
✍️ @jenskoedmadsen.bsky.social on whether the wisdom of the crowds can predict football results
If I was considering where to study as an international student (with all the innovations, new businesses, and more that international students can bring), I would really think twice about the USA. It's grim to undermine protest and freedom of speech in this way.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Fresh attack on Harvard intensifies chaos for international students in US
Students will need to move schools to keep legal status, as US universities reel from funding cuts and Trump orders
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
If I was considering where to study as an international student (with all the innovations, new businesses, and more that international students can bring), I would really think twice about the USA. It's grim to undermine protest and freedom of speech in this way.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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💥 New blog! 👇
In a blog, @davidyoung-psych.bsky.social, @leede-wit.bsky.social, and I discuss why perceived dependencies are so important to political belief formation - and how they might fuel polarisation.
It points to a broader discussion on how to engage with people politically.
shorturl.at/P2e2M
It points to a broader discussion on how to engage with people politically.
shorturl.at/P2e2M
shorturl.at
May 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
💥 New blog! 👇
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The perceived independence of information sources has a powerful impact on polarisation
New research from @jenskoedmadsen.bsky.social (@lsepbs.bsky.social) @davidyoung-psych.bsky.social & @leede-wit.bsky.social
New research from @jenskoedmadsen.bsky.social (@lsepbs.bsky.social) @davidyoung-psych.bsky.social & @leede-wit.bsky.social
The perceived independence of information sources has a powerful impact on polarisation
New research shows that disagreements about the independence of information sources can have a powerful impact on political polarisation.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
May 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The perceived independence of information sources has a powerful impact on polarisation
New research from @jenskoedmadsen.bsky.social (@lsepbs.bsky.social) @davidyoung-psych.bsky.social & @leede-wit.bsky.social
New research from @jenskoedmadsen.bsky.social (@lsepbs.bsky.social) @davidyoung-psych.bsky.social & @leede-wit.bsky.social
In a blog, @davidyoung-psych.bsky.social, @leede-wit.bsky.social, and I discuss why perceived dependencies are so important to political belief formation - and how they might fuel polarisation.
It points to a broader discussion on how to engage with people politically.
shorturl.at/P2e2M
It points to a broader discussion on how to engage with people politically.
shorturl.at/P2e2M
shorturl.at
May 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
In a blog, @davidyoung-psych.bsky.social, @leede-wit.bsky.social, and I discuss why perceived dependencies are so important to political belief formation - and how they might fuel polarisation.
It points to a broader discussion on how to engage with people politically.
shorturl.at/P2e2M
It points to a broader discussion on how to engage with people politically.
shorturl.at/P2e2M
It's a hilarious sign of continued incompetence that the post from The White House where they wanted to paint Trump as a Jedi for the 4th of May didn't realise that red lightsabers are classically Sith weapons 😂
May 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
It's a hilarious sign of continued incompetence that the post from The White House where they wanted to paint Trump as a Jedi for the 4th of May didn't realise that red lightsabers are classically Sith weapons 😂
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A fantastic discussion on misinformation, AI and democracy by our panellists @lewan.bsky.social, @scientificdiscovery.dev, Jonathan Bright and @jenskoedmadsen.bsky.social, and moderator Matteo Bergamini MBE @shoutoutuk.bsky.social.
Thanks to Club Alpbach London for hosting this event!
Thanks to Club Alpbach London for hosting this event!
April 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A fantastic discussion on misinformation, AI and democracy by our panellists @lewan.bsky.social, @scientificdiscovery.dev, Jonathan Bright and @jenskoedmadsen.bsky.social, and moderator Matteo Bergamini MBE @shoutoutuk.bsky.social.
Thanks to Club Alpbach London for hosting this event!
Thanks to Club Alpbach London for hosting this event!
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Link to study:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Belief polarization can be caused by disagreements over source independence: Computational modelling, experimental evidence, and applicability to real-world politics
A large literature debates whether belief polarization, in both experiments and real-world political opinion data, is the result of biased forms of re…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Link to study:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In a new paper in Cognition w. @davidyoung-psych.bsky.social and @leede-wit.bsky.social, we explore perceived dependencies as a possible cause for issue polarisation.
We show that this is possible experimentally where high dependency depresses updating.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We show that this is possible experimentally where high dependency depresses updating.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Belief polarization can be caused by disagreements over source independence: Computational modelling, experimental evidence, and applicability to real-world politics
A large literature debates whether belief polarization, in both experiments and real-world political opinion data, is the result of biased forms of re…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
In a new paper in Cognition w. @davidyoung-psych.bsky.social and @leede-wit.bsky.social, we explore perceived dependencies as a possible cause for issue polarisation.
We show that this is possible experimentally where high dependency depresses updating.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We show that this is possible experimentally where high dependency depresses updating.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...