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We’re excited to share that Dr. Noshir Contractor, former President of the International Communication Association (ICA) will be speaking at the MU–ICA Conference 2025.
📅 MU–ICA Conference on Human & Digital Mutualism
🗓 21–22 November 2025
📍 Mahindra University, Hyderabad
@noshir.bsky.social
📅 MU–ICA Conference on Human & Digital Mutualism
🗓 21–22 November 2025
📍 Mahindra University, Hyderabad
@noshir.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
We’re excited to share that Dr. Noshir Contractor, former President of the International Communication Association (ICA) will be speaking at the MU–ICA Conference 2025.
📅 MU–ICA Conference on Human & Digital Mutualism
🗓 21–22 November 2025
📍 Mahindra University, Hyderabad
@noshir.bsky.social
📅 MU–ICA Conference on Human & Digital Mutualism
🗓 21–22 November 2025
📍 Mahindra University, Hyderabad
@noshir.bsky.social
We’re proud to share that Professor Noshir Contractor (@noshir.bsky.social) delivered a keynote at the 2025 ICA Regional Conference on “Generative AI in Research: Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovations”
Thank you to Mengxiao Zhu and the International Communication Association.
Thank you to Mengxiao Zhu and the International Communication Association.
October 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We’re proud to share that Professor Noshir Contractor (@noshir.bsky.social) delivered a keynote at the 2025 ICA Regional Conference on “Generative AI in Research: Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovations”
Thank you to Mengxiao Zhu and the International Communication Association.
Thank you to Mengxiao Zhu and the International Communication Association.
We’re excited to share a new hashtag#CSCW2025 publication co-authored by SONIC’s Director Noshir Contractor (@noshir.bsky.social), alongside Diego Gomez-Zara, Dr. Liz Gerber, Darren Gergle, Kapil Garg, Ph.D. , and Michael Massimi.
Read Here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Read Here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
What Remotely Matters? Understanding Individual, Team, and Organizational Factors in Remote Work at Scale | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Although knowledge workers are increasingly able to adopt remote and hybrid working
arrangements and work productively, many organizations continue to question the effectiveness
of remote work and foc...
dl.acm.org
October 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We’re excited to share a new hashtag#CSCW2025 publication co-authored by SONIC’s Director Noshir Contractor (@noshir.bsky.social), alongside Diego Gomez-Zara, Dr. Liz Gerber, Darren Gergle, Kapil Garg, Ph.D. , and Michael Massimi.
Read Here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Read Here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
SONIC Lab was delighted to welcome back Anup Sawant (2010–2017), a proud SONIC alum and Founder of Pyrack!
We’re grateful to Anup for reconnecting with our community and inspiring the next generation of SONIC researchers!
@noshir.bsky.social
We’re grateful to Anup for reconnecting with our community and inspiring the next generation of SONIC researchers!
@noshir.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
SONIC Lab was delighted to welcome back Anup Sawant (2010–2017), a proud SONIC alum and Founder of Pyrack!
We’re grateful to Anup for reconnecting with our community and inspiring the next generation of SONIC researchers!
@noshir.bsky.social
We’re grateful to Anup for reconnecting with our community and inspiring the next generation of SONIC researchers!
@noshir.bsky.social
We’re proud to share that Megan Chan received the IEMS Teaching Assistant Award for her outstanding contributions during the 2024–2025 academic year.
Congratulations, Megan, we’re so lucky to have you in SONIC, and we can’t wait to see all that you accomplish this year!
@noshir.bsky.social
Congratulations, Megan, we’re so lucky to have you in SONIC, and we can’t wait to see all that you accomplish this year!
@noshir.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We’re proud to share that Megan Chan received the IEMS Teaching Assistant Award for her outstanding contributions during the 2024–2025 academic year.
Congratulations, Megan, we’re so lucky to have you in SONIC, and we can’t wait to see all that you accomplish this year!
@noshir.bsky.social
Congratulations, Megan, we’re so lucky to have you in SONIC, and we can’t wait to see all that you accomplish this year!
@noshir.bsky.social
At the NU-Q RAWABET Conference, Professor @noshir.bsky.social discussed the emergence of collaborative intelligence, in which AI, domain experts, and technical specialists converge to create integrated systems of human and machine intelligence that are poised to fundamentally reshape scholarly work.
September 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
At the NU-Q RAWABET Conference, Professor @noshir.bsky.social discussed the emergence of collaborative intelligence, in which AI, domain experts, and technical specialists converge to create integrated systems of human and machine intelligence that are poised to fundamentally reshape scholarly work.
Excited to share the publication of “Leading the crew to Mars: Evidence from NASA HERA analog crews” in Acta Astronautica!
Co-authored by Alina Lungeanu, Leslie DeChurch, Megan Chan, and Noshir Contractor (@noshir.bsky.social)
Read Here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Co-authored by Alina Lungeanu, Leslie DeChurch, Megan Chan, and Noshir Contractor (@noshir.bsky.social)
Read Here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
August 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Excited to share the publication of “Leading the crew to Mars: Evidence from NASA HERA analog crews” in Acta Astronautica!
Co-authored by Alina Lungeanu, Leslie DeChurch, Megan Chan, and Noshir Contractor (@noshir.bsky.social)
Read Here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Co-authored by Alina Lungeanu, Leslie DeChurch, Megan Chan, and Noshir Contractor (@noshir.bsky.social)
Read Here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congrats to the Network Canvas Team—winners of the 2025 William D. Richards Software Award! - Kate Banner, Michelle Birkett, Caden Buckhalt, Noshir Contractor, Bernie Hogan, Patrick Janulis, Joshua Melville & Gregory Phillips II
@noshir.bsky.social
@noshir.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Congrats to the Network Canvas Team—winners of the 2025 William D. Richards Software Award! - Kate Banner, Michelle Birkett, Caden Buckhalt, Noshir Contractor, Bernie Hogan, Patrick Janulis, Joshua Melville & Gregory Phillips II
@noshir.bsky.social
@noshir.bsky.social
We are proud to celebrate that paper, “When Two is Too Many and Not Enough: Shared Leadership in Ancient Rome (32 to 491 CE)”, authored by Leslie DeChurch, Alina Lungeanu, Megan Chan, @noshir.bsky.social, received the Sage Publishers Award for Best Management History Division Paper in Leadership.
July 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We are proud to celebrate that paper, “When Two is Too Many and Not Enough: Shared Leadership in Ancient Rome (32 to 491 CE)”, authored by Leslie DeChurch, Alina Lungeanu, Megan Chan, @noshir.bsky.social, received the Sage Publishers Award for Best Management History Division Paper in Leadership.
We are proud to share that Megan Chan presented research at the Academy of Management (AoM) 2025 Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark!
Closing the Loop: Multicommunicating in Multiteam Systems
Authors: Chan, M., Carter, D., DeChurch, L., & Contractor, N.
Date: July 25–29, 2025
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Closing the Loop: Multicommunicating in Multiteam Systems
Authors: Chan, M., Carter, D., DeChurch, L., & Contractor, N.
Date: July 25–29, 2025
@noshir.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
We are proud to share that Megan Chan presented research at the Academy of Management (AoM) 2025 Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark!
Closing the Loop: Multicommunicating in Multiteam Systems
Authors: Chan, M., Carter, D., DeChurch, L., & Contractor, N.
Date: July 25–29, 2025
@noshir.bsky.social
Closing the Loop: Multicommunicating in Multiteam Systems
Authors: Chan, M., Carter, D., DeChurch, L., & Contractor, N.
Date: July 25–29, 2025
@noshir.bsky.social
Congrats to Dr. Neelam Modi on her Ph.D. from Northwestern! Next up: a postdoc at Columbia Business School in the Management Division & Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change.
📸 Pictured with @noshir.bsky.social at commencement!
📸 Pictured with @noshir.bsky.social at commencement!
June 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Congrats to Dr. Neelam Modi on her Ph.D. from Northwestern! Next up: a postdoc at Columbia Business School in the Management Division & Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change.
📸 Pictured with @noshir.bsky.social at commencement!
📸 Pictured with @noshir.bsky.social at commencement!
Join us in congratulating Professor Noshir Contractor (Northwestern University) on receiving the ICA B. Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award. This award honors scholars who’ve made a lasting impact in the academic field of communication.
@noshir.bsky.social
@noshir.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Join us in congratulating Professor Noshir Contractor (Northwestern University) on receiving the ICA B. Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award. This award honors scholars who’ve made a lasting impact in the academic field of communication.
@noshir.bsky.social
@noshir.bsky.social
On June 9, SONIC Lab and @noshir.bsky.social welcomed back Prof. @julianeidhardt.bsky.social (TU Wien) for a talk on “Human-Centered Recommender Systems.” A former visiting scholar at SONIC, she now leads work at the intersection of AI and digital humanism.
June 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
On June 9, SONIC Lab and @noshir.bsky.social welcomed back Prof. @julianeidhardt.bsky.social (TU Wien) for a talk on “Human-Centered Recommender Systems.” A former visiting scholar at SONIC, she now leads work at the intersection of AI and digital humanism.
New research by Brian Uzzi, @noshir.bsky.social, Satyam Mukherjee, and Yun Huang shows teams are 1.6x more likely to win when they recruit from rival teams—not just for talent, but for insider knowledge.
Read: The Upside of Recruiting Your Rivals
insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/the-...
Read: The Upside of Recruiting Your Rivals
insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/the-...
June 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
New research by Brian Uzzi, @noshir.bsky.social, Satyam Mukherjee, and Yun Huang shows teams are 1.6x more likely to win when they recruit from rival teams—not just for talent, but for insider knowledge.
Read: The Upside of Recruiting Your Rivals
insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/the-...
Read: The Upside of Recruiting Your Rivals
insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/the-...
🎉 Big congrats to SONIC undergrad Faith Do for winning 2nd place in Social & Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern’s Research Expo!
Her project “A Network Analysis of AI Intervention in Human Teams,” guided by PhD student Simon Liu, impressed judges with its clarity and impact.
@noshir.bsky.social
Her project “A Network Analysis of AI Intervention in Human Teams,” guided by PhD student Simon Liu, impressed judges with its clarity and impact.
@noshir.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM
🎉 Big congrats to SONIC undergrad Faith Do for winning 2nd place in Social & Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern’s Research Expo!
Her project “A Network Analysis of AI Intervention in Human Teams,” guided by PhD student Simon Liu, impressed judges with its clarity and impact.
@noshir.bsky.social
Her project “A Network Analysis of AI Intervention in Human Teams,” guided by PhD student Simon Liu, impressed judges with its clarity and impact.
@noshir.bsky.social
Congrats to Dr. Neelam Modi on defending her dissertation, “Essays on Network Approaches to Understanding Social Influence”!
Committee: Noshir Contractor (chair), Dashun Wang, Leslie DeChurch (Northwestern), Johan Koskinen (Stockholm Univ.), Alina Lungeanu (Northeastern Univ.)
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Committee: Noshir Contractor (chair), Dashun Wang, Leslie DeChurch (Northwestern), Johan Koskinen (Stockholm Univ.), Alina Lungeanu (Northeastern Univ.)
@noshir.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Congrats to Dr. Neelam Modi on defending her dissertation, “Essays on Network Approaches to Understanding Social Influence”!
Committee: Noshir Contractor (chair), Dashun Wang, Leslie DeChurch (Northwestern), Johan Koskinen (Stockholm Univ.), Alina Lungeanu (Northeastern Univ.)
@noshir.bsky.social
Committee: Noshir Contractor (chair), Dashun Wang, Leslie DeChurch (Northwestern), Johan Koskinen (Stockholm Univ.), Alina Lungeanu (Northeastern Univ.)
@noshir.bsky.social
We’re excited to share that Glenna Wang, a member of the SONIC lab, has been awarded the Burton and Karol Lefkowitz Prize (Division II) at the 2025 Honors Convocation by Northwestern’s School of Communication!
Her leadership spans marketing, research, and student theatre. Congrats, Glenna!
Her leadership spans marketing, research, and student theatre. Congrats, Glenna!
May 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
We’re excited to share that Glenna Wang, a member of the SONIC lab, has been awarded the Burton and Karol Lefkowitz Prize (Division II) at the 2025 Honors Convocation by Northwestern’s School of Communication!
Her leadership spans marketing, research, and student theatre. Congrats, Glenna!
Her leadership spans marketing, research, and student theatre. Congrats, Glenna!
Northwestern’s MS in Communication presents the Renaissance Leadership Retreat/ Certificate, a immersive experience in the heart of Tuscany. Designed to inspire, this retreat honors 4 decades of advancing communication leadership worldwide.
🗓️ April 27 – May 2
📍 Florence, Italy
@noshir.bsky.social
🗓️ April 27 – May 2
📍 Florence, Italy
@noshir.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Northwestern’s MS in Communication presents the Renaissance Leadership Retreat/ Certificate, a immersive experience in the heart of Tuscany. Designed to inspire, this retreat honors 4 decades of advancing communication leadership worldwide.
🗓️ April 27 – May 2
📍 Florence, Italy
@noshir.bsky.social
🗓️ April 27 – May 2
📍 Florence, Italy
@noshir.bsky.social
🚨 New in Social Networks: “Modeling the ‘who’ & ‘how’ of social influence in health practice adoption” Using data from Kenya, we find that persuasive conversations among close ties, not just exposure, drive behavior change.
By Neelam Modi, Johan Koskinen, Leslie DeChurch & @noshir.bsky.social
By Neelam Modi, Johan Koskinen, Leslie DeChurch & @noshir.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🚨 New in Social Networks: “Modeling the ‘who’ & ‘how’ of social influence in health practice adoption” Using data from Kenya, we find that persuasive conversations among close ties, not just exposure, drive behavior change.
By Neelam Modi, Johan Koskinen, Leslie DeChurch & @noshir.bsky.social
By Neelam Modi, Johan Koskinen, Leslie DeChurch & @noshir.bsky.social
Noshir Contractor will be delivering an inaugural address at the ICA India Chapter’s 1st Anniversary Celebration Symposium on April 22, 2025. The event will also feature inaugural remarks from Prof. Ujwala Chakradeo and Dr. B.P. Sanjay, Chair.
🕤 9:30 AM IST
🔗 meet.google.com/wua-kzxh-fxk
🕤 9:30 AM IST
🔗 meet.google.com/wua-kzxh-fxk
April 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Noshir Contractor will be delivering an inaugural address at the ICA India Chapter’s 1st Anniversary Celebration Symposium on April 22, 2025. The event will also feature inaugural remarks from Prof. Ujwala Chakradeo and Dr. B.P. Sanjay, Chair.
🕤 9:30 AM IST
🔗 meet.google.com/wua-kzxh-fxk
🕤 9:30 AM IST
🔗 meet.google.com/wua-kzxh-fxk
We’re thrilled to share that JACR Volume 53, Issue 1 (2025) is live! This edition explores resilience in the context of media and scholarly collaboration across the globe.
A special shoutout to Noshir Contractor and Leslie DeChurch for their Forum article: “We Are a go for launch!" lnkd.in/gBvkhV6j
A special shoutout to Noshir Contractor and Leslie DeChurch for their Forum article: “We Are a go for launch!" lnkd.in/gBvkhV6j
April 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
We’re thrilled to share that JACR Volume 53, Issue 1 (2025) is live! This edition explores resilience in the context of media and scholarly collaboration across the globe.
A special shoutout to Noshir Contractor and Leslie DeChurch for their Forum article: “We Are a go for launch!" lnkd.in/gBvkhV6j
A special shoutout to Noshir Contractor and Leslie DeChurch for their Forum article: “We Are a go for launch!" lnkd.in/gBvkhV6j
We’re thrilled to share that SONIC Lab’s director, Professor Noshir Contractor, has been named a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Congratulations, @noshir.bsky.social
Explore the full list here: bit.ly/4lmkiS2
@casbsstanford.bsky.social
Explore the full list here: bit.ly/4lmkiS2
@casbsstanford.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We’re thrilled to share that SONIC Lab’s director, Professor Noshir Contractor, has been named a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Congratulations, @noshir.bsky.social
Explore the full list here: bit.ly/4lmkiS2
@casbsstanford.bsky.social
Explore the full list here: bit.ly/4lmkiS2
@casbsstanford.bsky.social
Noshir Contractor participated in the "Balancing AI across Regulation, Innovation & Safety" panel at the UK - India AI Conference 2025. He joined leading experts in two panel discussions, exploring the vital intersections of AI development concerning innovation, and safety. @noshir.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Noshir Contractor participated in the "Balancing AI across Regulation, Innovation & Safety" panel at the UK - India AI Conference 2025. He joined leading experts in two panel discussions, exploring the vital intersections of AI development concerning innovation, and safety. @noshir.bsky.social
🌟 SONIC IN THE NEWS 🌟
SONIC Lab had a productive week at the NASA Human Research Program Investigators’ Workshop in Galveston, TX.
Additionally, we presented "Collective Attention in Spaceflight Multiteam Systems: Mitigating the Negative Impact of Communication Delays" at the workshop.
SONIC Lab had a productive week at the NASA Human Research Program Investigators’ Workshop in Galveston, TX.
Additionally, we presented "Collective Attention in Spaceflight Multiteam Systems: Mitigating the Negative Impact of Communication Delays" at the workshop.
February 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
🌟 SONIC IN THE NEWS 🌟
SONIC Lab had a productive week at the NASA Human Research Program Investigators’ Workshop in Galveston, TX.
Additionally, we presented "Collective Attention in Spaceflight Multiteam Systems: Mitigating the Negative Impact of Communication Delays" at the workshop.
SONIC Lab had a productive week at the NASA Human Research Program Investigators’ Workshop in Galveston, TX.
Additionally, we presented "Collective Attention in Spaceflight Multiteam Systems: Mitigating the Negative Impact of Communication Delays" at the workshop.
Join us for a session at the International Conference on Higher Education!
Featured Speaker: Noshir Contractor
📅 Date: February 6th 2025
⏰ Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Don’t miss out as @noshir.bsky.social, discusses strategies in digital education that are shaping the future of learning
Featured Speaker: Noshir Contractor
📅 Date: February 6th 2025
⏰ Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Don’t miss out as @noshir.bsky.social, discusses strategies in digital education that are shaping the future of learning
February 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Join us for a session at the International Conference on Higher Education!
Featured Speaker: Noshir Contractor
📅 Date: February 6th 2025
⏰ Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Don’t miss out as @noshir.bsky.social, discusses strategies in digital education that are shaping the future of learning
Featured Speaker: Noshir Contractor
📅 Date: February 6th 2025
⏰ Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Don’t miss out as @noshir.bsky.social, discusses strategies in digital education that are shaping the future of learning