Joe Bak-ColemanCollective behavior from fish to fascists.https://joebakcoleman.com/The Absurdities and Indignities of False Discovery Rates in Social Sciencehttps://joebakcoleman.com/blog/2026-07-04-fdr/https://joebakcoleman.com/blog/2026-07-04-fdr/As if multiple comparison corrections weren't complicated enough.Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTOur preprint on industry influence in social media research was covered by Science: Nearly one-third of socialhttps://joebakcoleman.com/news/news:2026-01-20-science-industryOur preprint on industry influence in social media research was covered by Science: Nearly one-third of social media research has undisclosed ties to industry.Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTGave the CITP Seminar at Princeton on Scientific Barriers to Evidence-Based Tech Policy — watch the recording.https://joebakcoleman.com/news/news:2025-11-04-citpGave the CITP Seminar at Princeton on Scientific Barriers to Evidence-Based Tech Policy — watch the recording.Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTNew preprint on The Risks of Industry Influence in Tech Research, with Cailin O’Connor, Carl Bergstrom, and Jehttps://joebakcoleman.com/news/news:2025-10-22-industry-influenceNew preprint on The Risks of Industry Influence in Tech Research, with Cailin O’Connor, Carl Bergstrom, and Jevin West.Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTTaught as faculty at the Santa Fe Institute’s Complexity Global School for Emerging Political Economies in Boghttps://joebakcoleman.com/news/news:2025-07-28-sfi-bogotaTaught as faculty at the Santa Fe Institute’s Complexity Global School for Emerging Political Economies in Bogotá, Colombia.Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTUNDP released Development at Risk: Protecting Gains and Unleashing Opportunities Amid Crisis. I served as a Cohttps://joebakcoleman.com/news/news:2025-06-19-undp-development-at-riskUNDP released Development at Risk: Protecting Gains and Unleashing Opportunities Amid Crisis. I served as a Consulting Expert.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTThe UNDP’s flagship Human Development Report 2025, A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of https://joebakcoleman.com/news/news:2025-05-06-undpThe UNDP’s flagship Human Development Report 2025, A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI, was released, for which I served as a Consulting Expert.Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTJoined the University of Washington as a Research Scientist.https://joebakcoleman.com/news/news:2025-05-01-uw-returnJoined the University of Washington as a Research Scientist.Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTJoined the Santa Fe Institute as an External Applied Complexity Fellow.https://joebakcoleman.com/news/news:2025-early-sfi-fellowJoined the Santa Fe Institute as an External Applied Complexity Fellow.Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTI did not want to write another blog post.https://joebakcoleman.com/blog/2024-11-19-nosek/https://joebakcoleman.com/blog/2024-11-19-nosek/The Preregistration Revelation Part IITue, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTAlongside Co-PI Carl Bergstrom, our project Coalescing a Crisis Discipline was awarded funding from Templeton https://joebakcoleman.com/news/news:2024-10-18-twcf-crisis-disciplineAlongside Co-PI Carl Bergstrom, our project Coalescing a Crisis Discipline was awarded funding from Templeton World Charity Foundation ($255,760).Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTI did not want to write this blog post.https://joebakcoleman.com/blog/2024-09-24-protzko/https://joebakcoleman.com/blog/2024-09-24-protzko/The Preregistration RevelationTue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTThe Protzko et al. study was retracted from Nature Human Behaviour following concerns I raised, as covered by https://joebakcoleman.com/news/news:2024-09-24-protzko-retractionThe Protzko et al. study was retracted from Nature Human Behaviour following concerns I raised, as covered by The Chronicle of Higher Education.Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTThe Preregistration Revelationhttps://joebakcoleman.com/blog/2024-06-05-contrarian/https://joebakcoleman.com/blog/2024-06-05-contrarian/On preregistration, open science, and when “contrarian” takes go sideways.Wed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTBegan work for the United Nations as a Consulting Expert on their 2025 Human Development Report.https://joebakcoleman.com/news/news:2024-06-01-undp-consultingBegan work for the United Nations as a Consulting Expert on their 2025 Human Development Report.Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTNew paper in Science Advances: Addressing climate change with behavioral science — a global intervention tournhttps://joebakcoleman.com/news/news:2024-02-07-climate-tournamentNew paper in Science Advances: Addressing climate change with behavioral science — a global intervention tournament in 63 countries.Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTReplication failures from fishy sciencehttps://joebakcoleman.com/blog/2023-11-29-replication/https://joebakcoleman.com/blog/2023-11-29-replication/The title is not what it seems.Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMTRigor Desideradahttps://joebakcoleman.com/blog/2023-06-20-harvard/https://joebakcoleman.com/blog/2023-06-20-harvard/Why Sleuthing Needs StandardsTue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTGave Varying effects and the reliability of the scientific literature for the Frontiers in Social Evolution sehttps://joebakcoleman.com/news/news:2023-06-06-fine-seminarGave Varying effects and the reliability of the scientific literature for the Frontiers in Social Evolution seminar — watch the recording.Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTRetire the P-Curve (On Twitter)https://joebakcoleman.com/blog/2023-03-10-pcurve/https://joebakcoleman.com/blog/2023-03-10-pcurve/It's past time to stop circling P-valuesFri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMTJoined Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center Institute for Rebooting Social Media as an Assembly Fellow for 2022–23.https://joebakcoleman.com/news/news:2022-09-20-rsm-assemblyJoined Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center Institute for Rebooting Social Media as an Assembly Fellow for 2022–23.Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTThe UNDP’s Human Development Report 2021/22, Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives, was released. I contributed bachttps://joebakcoleman.com/news/news:2022-09-08-undp-2021-22The UNDP’s Human Development Report 2021/22, Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives, was released. I contributed background research.Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTStarted as an Associate Research Scholar at Columbia Journalism School’s Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ehttps://joebakcoleman.com/news/news:2022-07-01-columbiaStarted as an Associate Research Scholar at Columbia Journalism School’s Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security.Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT