Scholar
Kobi Hackenburg
Google Scholar ID: -3dg6lcAAAAJ
University of Oxford
Citations & Impact
Citations
299
H-index
8
i10-index
7
Publications
13
Co-authors
7
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- 2025: First-authored paper in PNAS on 'Scaling language model size yields diminishing returns for single-message political persuasion'
- 2024: First-authored PNAS paper evaluating persuasive influence of political microtargeting with large language models
- 2024: Co-authored paper in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B on countering partisan misinformation sharing
- 2023: Preprint comparing persuasiveness of role-playing LLMs vs. human experts on polarized U.S. political issues
- 2023: Published in PNAS Nexus on mapping moral language in U.S. presidential primary campaigns
- June 2024: MSc thesis on political microtargeting with LLMs published in PNAS
Research Experience
- Research Scientist at the UK AI Security Institute (since July 2024)
- Doctoral Researcher at The Alan Turing Institute (since October 2023)
- Researcher at the Centre for the Politics of Feelings, an interdisciplinary political neuroscience lab focused on emotions and political behavior
- Worked at The Brookings Institution
- Involved in several U.S. national political campaigns
