This Friday, March 6, join Creative Agency in the Age of AI at Northwestern from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. for a day of panels and conversation on human-AI collaboration. Organized by Duri Long, Noshir Contractor (@noshir), and Karan Ahuja.

More info: https://www.hci.northwestern.edu/news-events/colloquia-special-events/hci-d-ai-symposia-2026/creative-agency-in-the-age-of-ai.html

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17 Feb

Congrats to NU undergrads Shraeya Iyer, Jeffrey Tu, & Isabel Su—presenting at NetSciX (Feb 17–20) in New Zealand, supported by @BuffettInst scholarship!

Talk: A Multiplex Lens on Influencer Performance, Group Synergy, and Network Centralization
Co-Authors: Megan Chan & @noshir

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11 Feb

New in Research Policy with Noshir Contractor (@noshir), Pamela Hinds, Aaron Schecter, and Elisa Mattarelli: Want better ideas in open innovation? It matters who gives you feedback — and who they're connected to.

Check it out: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733325001611

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3 Feb

SIAM News: Diego Gómez-Zará & Noshir Contractor (@noshir) on AI for better, more representative teams.

In MyDreamTeam (380+ participants), creativity was highest when people chose teammates—with representation-aware AI nudges.

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9 Jan

In an in-press study, Leslie DeChurch, Alina Lungeanu, Megan Chan, and Noshir Contractor analyze data from NASA space analog teams and Ancient Rome, finding that dyadic shared leadership is uniquely unstable, while solo or 3+ leader structures persist.

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