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Free-rein study: A multidisciplinary approach to research drives a scholar’s policy focus

Wednesday, October 7

student alumni sociology

This is one of a series during Autumn Quarter 2026 chronicling recent SSD alums as they embark upon an academic career. Sociologist Liang Cai (AM’18 (...

The Dallas Morning News - Bo French's American vision: more deportations, less diversity; Assoc. Prof. René Flores comments

Monday, September 21

NYT - The Research We Need to Understand AI is Falling Apart; In op-ed, James Evans joins co-authors to argue that the current state of the social sciences is ill-prepared to provide guidance on AI

Tuesday, September 8

USA Today - In a rare moment of unity, Americans are fighting Big Tech together; Asst. Prof. Bernard Koch comments

Monday, August 31

Nature - Why AI systems are most useful as designers of new scientific tools; In book-review article, Prof. James Evans argues that AI could help drive scientific discovery through the development of new tools

Monday, August 17

Noema - What Humanity Needs To Flourish In The Next Decade; Prof. James Evans joins co-authors warn of the widening gap between AI and regulations

Tuesday, August 4

Nature - Scientists using LLMs will ‘do more, less well’, modelling study predicts; Prof. James Evans comments on impact of LLM-use in scientific research

Monday, August 3

The Infinite Loop - ‘AI scientists’ are exploding across disciplines. Will they morph what gets researched? Prof. James Evans discusses his research on scientists who use AI tools in their research

Tuesday, June 23