Affiliated Researchers

Visiting Fellow (PhD Researcher)

As a PhD Student in the Department of Political and Social Science at the European University Institute since 2021, I am researching the communication of political parties and their strategic use of emotional language.

Postdoctoral Teaching Associate in English

Max Chapnick recently defended his dissertation “Wild Science: Radical Politics and Rejected Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century Fiction” at Boston University. Before that he earned a B.S. in Physics, studied creative writing on a Fulbright s…

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Daniel L. Engelberg is a postdoctoral associate at Northeastern University who applies mixed methods to understand how diverse communities imagine climate just futures and how those future imaginaries aid climate action.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Lazer Lab, Network Science Institute

Pranav investigates research questions in the social sciences using computational text analysis methods, situated in the understanding of language as a social phenomenon. One of his main interests is agenda-setting & framing in news and social media.

Senior Research Scientist, Lazer Lab

Jon Green is a senior research scientist in the Network Science Institute. He studies American politics with work on the development of ideological belief systems, elite communication, and political behavior.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Steven Lauterwasser is a political and cultural sociologist who studies polarization and the production of politicized knowledge. Using diverse quantitative methods, his work explores the co-constitution of identity, meaning, and political conflict.

Postdoctoral Teaching Associate, English

Abbie Levesque is a postdoctoral teaching associate focusing on gender and sexuality studies, digital humanities, new media, rhetorical genre studies, visual culture, and community literacy. …

Participatory Complex Systems Modeler (School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs)

Dean Massey is a Participatory Complex Systems Modeler at Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. In his career as a modeler, he has worked on projects developing agent-based models of integrated land-use, hydrologi…

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Jacob Murel works with the Open Islamicate Texts Initiative, helping develop OCR models for Arabic print and manuscript. Jacob’s research combines natural language processing and traditional hermeneutics to address issues in bibliographical studies.

Experiential AI Postdoctoral Fellow

Sebastian is a multidisciplinary researcher, writer, and improviser interested in understanding how mathematical tools can help make sense of complex systems. His work spans from mathematical sociology to cognitive science and beyond.

Postdoctoral Researcher, Lazer Lab

Dr. Alauna Safarpour is a political scientist and pollster specializing in prejudice reduction, political participation, and public opinion. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Shorenstein Center and the Network Science Institute.

Experiential AI Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Giulia Taurino is a digital humanist with a background in cultural and media studies. Her research focuses on content classification in archives, cultural implications of algorithmic technologies, and AI applications in the arts and heritage sectors.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Lazer lab

Kai-Cheng Yang is interested in computational social science. His research aims to uncover how technologies like generative AI are used for deceptive and disruptive purposes, study how humans react to these abuses, and develop countermeasures.