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Robb Willer is a Professor of Sociology at Stanford University (with courtesy appointments in Psychology and the Graduate School of Business). He directs the Politics and Social Change Lab, the AI for Public Benefit Lab, and co-directs the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society.
He studies politics, democracy, social change, and social impacts of artificial intelligence.
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Hewitt, L.*, Ashokkumar, A*., Ghezae, I., & Willer, R. 2026. Large Language Models Can Predict the Results of Social Science Experiments. Nature.
Willer, R. 2026. Every Social Science Should Improve Replicability. Nature.
Broska, D., Kamphorst, J., Willer, R. In Press. Americans Favor Predistributive Over Redistributive Economic Policies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Voelkel, J. G., Ashokkumar, A., Abeles, A. T... [18 Authors] ... Willenbring, J. K., Malhotra, N., & Willer, R. 2026. A Registered Report Megastudy on the Persuasiveness of the Most-Cited Climate Messages. Nature Climate Change.
Media Coverage: Woods Institute (01/2026)
Stagnaro, M. N., Druckman, J., Berinsky, A., Arechar, A. A., Willer, R., & Rand, D. G. 2026. Representativeness and Response Validity Across Nine Opt-In Online Samples. Nature Human Behavior.
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Our field experiment on bridging divides honored with Expy "Bridge Builder" award by the Analyst Institute