The Power of Us
Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel, Center for Conflict + Coop., Yvonne Phan, Jay Van Bavel, Michael Inzlicht, Raunak Pillai, Daniel Thilo, Jonas R. Kunst, Anni Sternisko, Diego ReineroWhy does it feel like everyone is more divided than ever? The science of identity offers a blueprint to how we can rebuild a shared sense of “us” in our workplaces, communities, and everyday lives.
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The Power of Us Newsletter provides studies and stories to make people smarter about groups and give them the insights to improve teams, organizations, and society. We also discuss how to avoid the pitfalls of dysfunctional groups.
Conducting research on social identity, morality & politics since 2010. Our newsletter is now hosted by The Power of Us: https://www.powerofusnewsletter.com/
managing editor @powerofus ✍️ investigating intergroup contact and housing \ud83c\udfe1 policy.
Psychology Professor and Director of the Center for Conflict & Cooperation at New York University | Author of "The Power Of Us" book & newsletter @powerofus
Psychology professor at the University of Toronto studying effort, empathy, and AI. Author of Speak Now Regret Later. The ideas are mine though I sometimes collaborate with the machines I study to help me put them into words.
Social Psychology Postdoc, NYU Incoming Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science, Stony Brook University ('26)
I study online influence—how narratives spread, how coordinated actors simulate “majorities,” and how to build resilient digital spaces—using large-scale data, computational social science, and simulation to stress-test attacks and defenses.
Professor of Communication and Psychology
Co-director Center for Conflict and Cooperation
Diego Reinero Ph.D. is a social psychologist and a MindCORE Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. He studies how people develop shared or conflicting realities, influence one another, and find common ground across difference.
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