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Right Livelihood honors rights defenders

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The Right Livelihood Award honored a U.S. artificial-intelligence expert, a Pakistani lawyer and organizations in Georgia and southern Africa for their work defending rights.

by David Murakami Wood

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Scholar power: 23.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Political science 29%, Sociology 19%, Computer science 14%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David Murakami Wood	16%	24	23.5%

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62.0%

1.4 h

23.5%

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0.287

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

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Wow, @timnitgebru.blacksky.app! So well-deserved! The Right Livelihood Awards are what the Nobel Peace Prize should be. This is fantastic! And congratulations to the other winners too. I *will* read about them all.

Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 12h

The 2026 Right Livelihood Award goes to women and women-led organisations challenging entrenched power structures:

🏆 Jalila Haider @jalilahaider.bsky.social
🏆 Rural Women's Assembly
🏆 Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association
🏆 Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app

rightlivelihood.org/2026-announc...

September 30, 2026 at 3:31 PM

Reposted by David Murakami Wood

Scholar power: 7.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Political science 29%, Sociology 19%, Computer science 14%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David Murakami Wood	16%	24	7.8%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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61.0%

12.2 h

7.8%

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0.014

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Right Livelihood

@rightlivelihood.org

September 30, 2026 at 4:43 AM

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