Social & Behavior
Updates every hour. Last Updated: 13-Sep-2025 10:11 ET (13-Sep-2025 14:11 GMT/UTC)
FAU’s Paulina DeVito awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Florida Atlantic UniversityGrant and Award Announcement
Paulina DeVito, 22, has received the award for her groundbreaking work in AI and education. A standout scholar who earned two bachelor’s degrees by 20 and a master’s with a perfect GPA in just one year, DeVito now investigates how generative AI is discussed across social media – especially among young women in STEM. Her research analyzes themes, sentiments, and engagement around hashtags like #WomenInSTEM to inform ethical, AI-based educational tools and policy, spotlighting issues like flawed AI cheating detectors in schools.
Creativity across disciplines
PNAS NexusPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- PNAS Nexus
Social Probing: indirect surveys to better understand society
IMDEA Networks InstituteGrant and Award Announcement
How can we understand what a society thinks without relying on traditional surveys that require large samples and significant investment? The Social Probing project, now completed and coordinated by researcher Antonio Fernández Anta at IMDEA Networks, was carried out in collaboration with UC3M, UPM, and Universitat Jaume I to achieve precisely that: develop scalable, cost-effective, and privacy-preserving tools that allow for continuous societal monitoring. Their solution: indirect surveys.
New publication calls for a bold redefinition of education in the age of AI: from meritocracy to human interdependence
ECNU Review of EducationPeer-Reviewed Publication
Challenging traditional meritocratic models, this research calls for redefining the purpose of education in the age of AI. It argues that systems based on ranking and standardized testing ignore deep social inequalities and are misaligned with a world shaped by artificial intelligence and complexity. Instead, the authors propose an education model rooted in human interdependence—emphasizing collaboration, empathy, and creativity as essential skills for thriving in an interconnected, uncertain, and rapidly evolving global landscape.
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- ECNU Review of Education
Is “balance” just gentrification in disguise? New study challenges Rotterdam’s housing policy
Complexity Science HubPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- npj Urban Sustainability
Study reveals impact of crime exposure on Arab men in Israel: power, isolation, and a call for change
The Hebrew University of JerusalemReports and Proceedings
A new study titled “The Perception of the Meaning of Exposure to Crime in the Community Among Men from Arab Society in Israel” by Amal Khatib, conducted under the supervision of Dr. Ohad Gilbar from the School of Social Work at the Hebrew University, explores how Arab men living in violent, crime-prone environments interpret and internalize their experiences. Using a phenomenological approach, the study involved in-depth interviews with 15 men aged 25–60 from Arab communities in Israel, all of whom grew up amid persistent violence and criminal activity.