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Policing, Protests, and Us: Why Force Deepens Division
An identity-based account of how crackdowns on demonstrations can intensify collective action — in the wake of the Minneapolis ICE killing.
Jan 17
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Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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A few of our Favorite things from 2025
Our favorite shows, movies, podcasts, books, music, and more
Jan 15
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Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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Yvonne Phan
3
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Why video evidence is unable to create a shared reality
Why partisans disagree over the tragic shooting by an ICE agent
Jan 12
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Anni Sternisko
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Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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2025 Year in Review: Our most popular and controversial columns
We summarize our top 6 columns from the past year
Jan 5
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Center for Conflict + Coop.
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Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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Yvonne Phan
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December 2025
How Groups Succeed Where Willpower Fails
Why shared goals, social norms, and smart environments are the real engines of lasting behavior change
Dec 29, 2025
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Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change
An interview & book giveaway with Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly about their new book, Somebody Should Do Something
Dec 23, 2025
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Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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Alex Madva
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Michael Brownstein
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Daniel Kelly
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Why Some Ideas Go Viral—and Most Don’t
What decades of research reveal about why certain content spreads—and how social forces shape what we all see.
Dec 16, 2025
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Steve Rathje
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Jay Van Bavel
25
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The Science of Knowing What You Don’t Know
Our new research reveals a better way to detect who actually listens, learns, and updates their beliefs.
Dec 11, 2025
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Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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How Identity Shapes Our Health: The Social Psychology Behind Polarized Behavior
Our new paper explains how group identification—not just misinformation—drives the deep divides in Americans’ health behaviors.
Dec 3, 2025
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Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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Raunak Pillai
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November 2025
Polarized Family Gatherings: The New Holiday Reality
What research reveals about political conflict during family dinners—and how to steer conversations back to connection
Nov 25, 2025
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Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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We need to be more tolerant of hypocrisy
Why hypocrisy is so intuitive and why attacking it can backfire. An interview + book giveaway with Michael Hallsworth
Nov 20, 2025
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Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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Why “doing what’s right” depends on who you are with
Issue 188: Our new paper identifies under what circumstances people act on their moral attitudes and why we are often moral hypocrites.
Nov 11, 2025
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Center for Conflict + Coop.
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Kareena del Rosario
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