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Jiin Jung, PhD

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social psychologist studying minority influence on social change | assistant professor at lehigh university | secretary of the computational social science society of the americas | http://jiinjung.com

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Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · 17d

This will be super fun for those who teach or want to learn ABM in higher ED! 👇

Computational Social Science Society of the Americas @computationalsocialscience.org · 19d

CSSSA September Webinar
Join us Wednesday, September 24, at 10 am (ET) or An Open Discussion on Education Needs for Agent-based Simulation with Dr. Rob Axtell and the CSSSA Team. Register here! (www.tickettailor.com/events/compu...)

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Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · May 1

By integrating ABM into psychology, researchers can better understand collective behavior, nonlinear dynamics, and the interplay between individuals and their environments, ultimately enhancing the field’s ability to address pressing societal challenges.

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · May 1

and introduces a new research approach—the minimal society paradigm—and a modeling strategy, principle-oriented modeling. This framework integrates ABM into psychological research, supporting both theory building through minimal societies and adaptation to specific contexts.

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · May 1

The paper compares micro-mechanism-driven and macro-pattern-driven ABM paradigms.

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · May 1

Those benefits accrue from a resonance between how they approach questions and the questions they ask. For example, both social psychology and ABM rely on experiments to explore how individual interactions generate collective phenomena.

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · May 1

This paper describes seven potential benefits of incorporating agent-based modeling (ABM) as a core research methodology for psychological research on social phenomena.

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · May 1

Our paper has been published online first in American Psychologist:
Jung, J., Miller, J. H., & Page, S. E. (2025). Agent-based modeling for psychological research on social phenomena. American Psychologist. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1037/amp0...

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Mar 1

New Pub! Our paper, “Agent-Based Modeling for Psychological Research on Social Phenomena,” has been accepted for publication in American Psychologist: doi.org/10.1037/amp000…

You can read the preprint here: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/st8an_v1

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Apr 24

Congratulations Marina! This is amazing!! I look forward to reading new work from your lab!

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Mar 25

Our finding also explains Chua et al.’s (2019) seemingly contrary evidence that across 31 provinces in China, provinces with tight cultures exhibit higher rates of incremental innovation. Also, high cross-domain consistency prevents the emergence of radically innovative domains.

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Mar 25

This study explains the conflicting evidences on the relation between cultural tightness and/or looseness and innovation. Our finding explains how cultural looseness is generally associated with innovation in cross-cultural data (Deckert and Shomaker, 2022; Jackson et al., 2019).

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Mar 25

This implies that organizations with a tight culture might need to go further and increase cross-domain consistency – in other words, further tighten across domains – to ensure faster adaptation in the face of market shifts.

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Mar 25

Intriguingly, our simulation experiment also revealed that a decrease in tolerance from 0.6 to 0 necessitates an increase in the level of consistency (from 0.05 to 1) to optimize the adaptation speed.

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Mar 25

Our systematic simulation experiment identified the sweet spot of tolerance and consistency that produced robustly faster adaptation speed in response to abrupt market shifts—a medium level of tolerance (t = 0.6) and a small consistency (κ = 0.05).

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Mar 25

The model includes components such as tolerance, cognitive diversity and network structure and examines the organization’s ability to adapt to changing market conditions and foster innovation.

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Mar 25

We adapted the indirect minority influence model (Jung et al., 2018; 2021) to organizational collaboration contexts.

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Mar 25

This research aims to unravel the micro-mechanisms that underpin the macro-level correlations between cultural tolerance and innovation. Our study centers on the micro-mechanisms of indirect minority influence among workers with diverse domain expertise.

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Mar 25

Here is a journal early view: www.emerald.com/insight/cont...

From inclusion to innovation: using an agent-based simulation to unravel the micro-mechanisms of the macro-level tolerance-innovation link | Emerald Insight

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Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Mar 25

New Pub: Our paper, “From Inclusion to Innovation: Using an Agent-Based Simulation to Unravel the Micro-mechanisms of the Macro-Level Tolerance-Innovation Link” has been accepted in the International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior. Preprint doi: doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Mar 22

Colby College is so lucky to have you! Congratulations! I am so happy for you! 😻

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · Mar 20

Social psychology lost a giant, and I lost a dear friend and collaborator. Still processing the loss of Sam Sommers, and probably will be for some time. Cherish the time you have with your people, folks.

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Remembering Psychology Professor Sam Sommers

Sam Sommers, longtime professor at Tufts, studied the psychological causes and consequences of racism

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Mar 14

When I began working on this paper in the summer of 2022 at the Santa Fe Institute, one of my coauthors suggested I speak with Rob Axtell, who has been working on a similar topic in economics. His paper (Axtell & Farmer, 2025) was published this month: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Mar 1

New Pub! Our paper, “Agent-Based Modeling for Psychological Research on Social Phenomena,” has been accepted for publication in American Psychologist: doi.org/10.1037/amp000…

You can read the preprint here: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/st8an_v1

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Mar 1

We’re building the Group Dynamics & Social Change Lab at Lehigh University! Our research explores the psychology of social change, combining computational and empirical methods and collaborating with local and global communities—stay tuned for updates! sites.google.com/lehigh.edu/g...

Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Feb 13

Lehigh University attained R1 status!

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Lehigh Named Top-Tier Research School by Carnegie Classification

R1 status recognizes universities with the highest level of research activity in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

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Jiin Jung, PhD @jiinjung.bsky.social · Jan 27

I am looking for a potential master’s student for my Group Dynamics and Social Change Lab! If you are interested, please reach out to me and/or apply for the Lehigh Psychology Graduate Program by March 15! psychology.cas.lehigh.edu/graduate