Joshua A. Tucker

Joshua A. Tucker (@j_a_tucker) is professor of politics at New York University, director of NYU’s Jordan Center for Advanced Study of Russia, and a co-director of the NYU Center for Social Media and Politics. His research focuses on mass political behavior, post-communist politics, computational social science, and the intersection of social media and politics. He is a co-chair for the U.S. 2020 Facebook & Instagram Election Study, and co-editor of Social Media and Democracy: The State of the Field (Cambridge University Press, 2020).


State media control impacts the output of U.S.-based LLMs

Training data for LLMs does not just fall from the sky, our research finds.

Was there censorship on TikTok after the U.S. takeover?

A TikTok outage more likely explains recent anomalies – there’s no evidence of larger platform changes so far.

The Joe Rogan of the left, right, and center is just … Joe Rogan

A new analysis of podcasts shows that Rogan isn't as MAGA as you think.

Who has a policy that would benefit you? More voters say Trump.

Fewer voters say this of Harris – a challenge for Clinton in 2016 but not Biden in 2020.

How the Democratic nomination works now that Biden has dropped out

What to expect when a presidential candidate withdraws during the U.S. election process.

2024: The election that could redefine South Africa’s politics

Everything you need to know about the May 29 elections, including recent changes to South Africa’s electoral system.

Putin will win Russia’s election, but what comes next?

Russians will grapple with another six years of Putinism.

Alexei Navalny has died. What is his legacy?

We asked scholars of Russian politics for their insights.

Hungary’s president just resigned

And that’s the least interesting part of an evolving political scandal.

Putin’s Russia navigates Middle East conflict and war in Ukraine

Two experts discuss the broader impact of the Israel-Hamas war.