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Why 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.

  • 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)

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

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    Co-director Center for Conflict and Cooperation

  • 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.

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    Psychology Professor and Director of the Center for Conflict & Cooperation at New York University | Author of "The Power Of Us" book & newsletter @powerofus

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    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

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    Professor of Communication and Psychology

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

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    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.

  • Michael Inzlicht

    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.

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