Publications

Qiankun Zhong, Thomas Eisenmann, Julian Garcia, Iyad Rahwan (2026). Group Selection as a Safeguard against AI Substitution.
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J. Lorenz, H. Engljaehringer, Y. Oswald, Qiankun Zhong (2026). Emergence, Dynamics, and Implications of Wealth Inequality Misperceptions in an Agent-based Model. Historical Social Research (revise and resubmit).
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Prateek Gupta, Qiankun Zhong, Hiromu Yakura, Thomas Eisenmann, Iyad Rahwan (2025). The Role of Social Learning and Collective Norm Formation in Fostering Cooperation in LLM Multi-Agent Systems. AAMAS 2026.
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Qiankun Zhong, Nori Jacoby, Ofer Tchernichovski, Seth Frey (2025). Institutional Preferences in the Laboratory. Institutional Preferences in the Laboratory.
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A. Rao, R. C. Chang, Qiankun Zhong, M. Wojcieszak, K. Lerman (2025). Tracking a Year of Polarized Twitter Discourse on Abortion. ICWSM.
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Qiankun Zhong, M. Hilbert, S. Frey (2023). Breaking the Structural Reinforcement: An Agent-based Model on Cultural Consumption and Social Relations. SSCR.
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R. C. Chang, A. Rao, Qiankun Zhong, M. Wojcieszak, K. Lerman (2023). # RoeOverturned: Twitter Dataset on the Abortion Rights Controversy. ICWSM.
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Qiankun Zhong, Seth Frey (2022). Institutional similarity drives cultural similarity among online communities. Sci Rep.
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M. Chakraborti, Qiankun Zhong, B. Bulat, A. Sen, S. Frey (2022). Deconstructing written rules and hierarchy in peer produced software communities. arXiv.
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Qiankun Zhong, S. Frey, M. Hilbert (2022). Quantifying the Selective, Stochastic, and Complementary Drivers of Institutional Evolution in Online Communities. Entropy.
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