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The Power of Us

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel, Asha Rangappa, Center for Conflict + Coop., Steve Rathje, Yvonne Phan, Colin M. Fisher, Jay Van Bavel, Laura K Globig, Alex Madva, Michael Brownstein, Kareena del Rosario, Raunak Pillai, Daniel Thilo, Jonas R. Kunst, Anni Sternisko, Daniel Kelly, Diego Reinero

We share science and the stories about social identity, group dynamics, and collective behavior in organizations and society. Hosted in collaboration with the Center for Conflict & Cooperation.

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Authors

The writers behind this newsletter.

  • Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

    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.

  • Asha Rangappa

    Asha Rangappa is a Senior Lecturer at the Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and a former Special Agent of the FBI, specializing in counterintelligence investigations.

  • Center for Conflict + Coop.

    Conducting research on social identity, morality & politics since 2010. Our newsletter is now hosted by The Power of Us: https://www.powerofusnewsletter.com/

  • Steve Rathje

    Incoming Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University. @stevepsychology on TikTok

  • Yvonne Phan

    managing editor @powerofus ✍️ investigating intergroup contact and housing\ud83c\udfe1policy.

  • Colin M. Fisher

    Professor and occassional jazz trumpeter. Author of "The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups" (Avery/Penguin Random House).

  • Jay Van Bavel

    Psychology Professor at New York University | Author of "The Power Of Us" book & newsletter (http://powerofus.substack.com) | Director of The Social Identity & Morality Lab | On sabbatical

  • Alex Madva

    Professor of Philosophy, Director of the California Center for Ethics and Policy, and Co-Director of the Digital Humanities Consortium at Cal Poly Pomona. Co-author of Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change (MIT 2025)

  • Michael Brownstein

    Professor of philosophy and department chair, John Jay College Professor of philosophy, CUNY Grad Center Alum, Deep Springs College Author, Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change

  • Kareena del Rosario

    Kareena del Rosario is a postdoc at University of Michigan and received her PhD from NYU in 2025. She studies the unseen influence of emotion and morality on social dynamics and health.

  • Raunak Pillai

    Social Psychology Postdoc, NYU Incoming Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science, Stony Brook University ('26)

  • Daniel Thilo

    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.

  • Jonas R. Kunst

    Professor of Communication and Psychology

  • Anni Sternisko

    Co-director Center for Conflict and Cooperation

  • Daniel Kelly

    Philosophy prof at Purdue University who works on issues at the intersection of philosophy of mind and cognitive science, moral theory, and evolution

  • Diego Reinero

    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.

  • Anni Sternisko
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