Scholars@Duke
Alexander Volfovsky

Alexander Volfovsky

Associate Professor of Statistical Science
Statistical Science

Scholarly Works - Preprints

Designing Social Media to Promote Productive Political Dialogue

Preprint · July 20, 2026 Social media are frequently blamed for exacerbating ideological divides. We evaluate whether it is possible to design a social media platform that instead promotes productive, open-minded dialogue among users. We recruited 1,043 Americans to test a new ... Full text Cite

Should We Keep Changing the Clock? Characterizing Causal Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Behavior and Physiology.

Preprint · March 8, 2026 Daylight Saving Time (DST) remains contentious: some policymakers highlight behavioral benefits, while others emphasize health risks. Existing evidence relies largely on aggregated data and strict modeling assumptions, obscuring individual-level patterns a ... Full text Link to item Cite