Linde Center for Science, Society, & Policy at Caltech | Research & debate on topics at intersection of science, society, & policy | R.M. Alvarez & F. Eberhardt

Caltech, Pasadena CA
🌟Introducing the Cambridge Inequality Lab! Celebrate the launch with @CaltechLCSSP Research Affiliate Ramit Debnath, @Cambridge_Uni & his team with their two-part series. 🔵 Learn more: crassh.cam.ac.uk/research/re… @CRASSHlive @CHIA_Cambridge
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We are delighted that joint paper, "Rethinking Psychometric Evaluation of LLMs: When and Why Self-Reports Predict Behavior," has been accepted at NeurIPS 2026 Main Track as poster. Congratulations to all the authors!! 🎉
🏆So exciting that this joint paper received the Best Paper Award at the 2026 @icmlconf! Big congratulations to lead author @caltechlcssp's Postdoc Scholar @RKocielnik and Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez (@Caltech), and the entire team! arxiv.org/abs/2606.12730
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💡Two years ago, this was just an idea. Last week, it was presented at APSA 2026. @CaltechLCSSP Research Affiliate @BeaMagistro, @Northeastern presented: "The Political Sustainability of Creative Destruction in the AI Age."🎉 🔗papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.… #Research #Caltech
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🚨New publication in @Nature from @CaltechLCSSP Research Affiliate Ramit Debnath, @Cambridge_Uni, "Nepal Disaster is a Wake-Up Call to Take Compound Climate Risks Seriously." We need greater public awareness of compound climate risks! #ActNow nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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📺Watch the new video from @CaltechLCSSP Board Member @chr_fronge, @Caltech & @NASAJPL to see Earth’s carbon cycle change from 2015 to 2026 through observations from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory missions!🌎 piped.video/watch?v=bAhXV6nt…
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🎉Congratulations to caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate Ramit Debnath, cam.ac.uk & team on this well-deserved win for work on early flood warning and preparedness! 🔵Read about the stanforddoerr.bsky.social & CHIA collaboration: sustainability-accelerator.s…
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📢New blog from @CaltechLCSSP's Research Policy Lead Sara Kassir, @Caltech - "Fit for What Purpose? Evaluating Data Centers on Local Terms." Data centers aren't inherently "good" or "bad." What matters is whether they align with community goals. 🔗lcssp.caltech.edu/more/lcssp…
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🔊New blog from @CaltechLCSSP's Science Policy Intern Brenna Outten, @Caltech: 🟠An LCSSP Intern's Update from the Field: How Science & Policy Intersect in the Provision of Disability Services🟠 @CaliforniaDDS internship: lcssp.caltech.edu/more/lcssp… Archive: lcssp.caltech.edu/more/lcssp…
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🔥New @SpringerNature Behind the Paper post! @CaltechLCSSP Research Affiliate Ramit Debnath, @Cambridge_Uni & coauthors explore how governance and agentic AI can enable faster, smarter cross-agency action when it matters most. 🔗communities.springernature.c…
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📢New research from Mitchell Linegar, @CaltechLCSSP Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez, @BetsySinclair1, & @Sander_vdLinden shows AI-generated “pre-bunking” messages can strengthen trust in elections. @Caltech article: caltech.edu/about/news/using… #AIforGood #ElectionIntegrity #Democracy
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Congratulations to @CaltechLCSSP Board Member @georgiagkioxari and team! SAM 3D won @CVPR 2026 Best Paper Honorable Mention! It was selected as 1 of 5 award papers out of 16K+ submissions! 🎉 arxiv.org/abs/2511.16624
An insanely technically challenging project has come to a glorious end! I can't emphasize the amount of hard work behind this effort which I hope will influence the trajectory of 3D perception
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🛰️Many @Caltech researchers were involved with the founding and design of OCO-2 and OCO-3, including @CaltechLCSSP Board Member @chr_fronge, @Caltech Professor and @NASAJPL Senior Research Scientist! 🔷See link to article: caltech.edu/about/news/nasa-…
NASA has selected Caltech to operate the Orbiting Carbon Observatory missions (OCO-2 and OCO-3) beginning this fall. Read more: caltech.edu/about/news/nasa-…
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🔊New blog post from @CaltechLCSSP's Science Policy Intern James Mullahoo, @Caltech! Read more about his internship at @MarylandDNR: lcssp.caltech.edu/more/lcssp… 🔷LCSSP posts & archive: lcssp.caltech.edu/more/lcssp…
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🚨New @Nutrients_MDPI paper co-authored by @CaltechLCSSP Board Member @georgiagkioxari, @Caltech: MAI-DIET shows how clinician expertise, AI-assisted workflows, & nutritional computation work together for Mediterranean meal planning. Paper: mdpi.com/2072-6643/18/16/266…
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🌍🚀Congratulations to @CaltechLCSSP Research Affiliate Ramit Debnath, @Cambridge_Uni on his new role as Founding Director of CSEE at @CRASSHlive! Looking forward to the Fall 2026 launch & the exciting work to come: climatraces.org/csee
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📺See the interactive tutorial created by @CaltechLCSSP Board Member, @chr_fronge showing how solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence is retrieved from a spectrum — and why it works at all! 🔶For details and link to tutorial: rsfralab.github.io/Tutorials…
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📖Read the @politico article that led to an engaging discussion about forces that shape emerging climate technologies. @CaltechLCSSP Research Affiliate Ramit Debnath, @Cambridge_Uni is quoted saying he & coauthors have seen this conspiratorial trajectory on social media before.
How a conspiracy-fueled campaign could turn Republicans against weather modification dlvr.it/TTqyCK
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