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Nick Obradovich is a pioneering computational social scientist whose research lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence, human behavior, and environmental science. He is best known for his foundational contributions to the emerging field of **machine behaviour**, which systematically studies the conduct of intelligent machines as entities worthy of scientific inquiry. His most cited work, the landmark 2019 paper "Machine Behaviour" (published in *Nature* and later as a chapter with 11 citations), co-authored with Iyad Rahwan and others, established a new interdisciplinary framework for understanding how AI systems interact with humans and society. Beyond this, Obradovich has made significant strides in quantifying how climate change and environmental stressors—such as extreme weather and pollution—affect human emotional well-being, social media discourse, and economic productivity. His research, which often leverages large-scale digital data and machine learning, has been published in top venues like *Nature* and *PNAS*, earning him recognition as a leader in computational social science. With work cited across fields from psychology to computer science, Obradovich’s insights are shaping how we navigate a world increasingly shaped by both climate shifts and autonomous technologies.