Losing a job is intensely stressful, and often has consequences for behavior and mental health. But some of its psychological effects may run counter to expectations.
www.chicagobooth.edu/review/job-l... via Booth's @abbysussman.bsky.social
Congratulations, Raf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Challenge your assumptions on how the behavioral sciences can be applied across multiple contexts as you hear from preeminent researchers and experts. Swipe through to discover the authors joining us for our 2025 online conference.
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Behavioral insights are only as useful as their real-world application. Explore with Jennifer Kurkowski (People Analytics, Google), Vickie Pisowicz (Eyes to See), and Jessie Wisdom (Adobe). Moderated by @elizabethlinos.bsky.social (Harvard People Lab).
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#ICYMI: Congratulations to Kevin Volpp (@pennchibe.bsky.social), recipient of the 2025 @americanheart.bsky.social Edward S. Cooper Award in recognition of his pioneering work in health incentives & behavioral economics to improve health outcomes! @pennmedicine.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3f37wwyk
Scaling up and ensuring sustained policy change are persistent challenges. At our 2025 online conference, hear perspectives from Emily Cardon, Louise Connell, Stefano DellaVigna, and Dean Fixsen. Moderated by Scott Young.
Less than two weeks left to register! Join us online 5/1-5/2: bit.ly/4iWXKoY
The US federal govt. has dramatically reduced its support for foreign aid. At our 2025 conference, hear from fmr USAID Chief Economist Dean Karlan and writer @nickkristof.bsky.social (@nytimes.com), and explore innovative approaches that operate outside fed. programs.
Online 5/1-5/2: bit.ly/4iWXKoY
Join us for our annual online conference! Learn how to apply behavioral science in your own backyard, explore ways to collaborate, and hear from Nick Kristof, Dean Karlan, Kevin Volpp, and many more. Register today!
It is insane how bad universities have been at messaging their value to US: our hegemony in high education create both an amazing export (higher education itself that people all over the world demand at retail price) but also fuel our tech dominance. Universities truly do make America great.
(Academic) Community is more important than ever. If you're looking for an inclusive, diverse, & supportive academic group, consider joining #100DaysOfWriting. We've served over 1,000 ppl around the world (~150 active members now). You can register here: www.tinyurl.com/100DaysRound15
Thanks for promoting, @bskybymidge.bsky.social! Very excited about this lineup!!
📢 Register now for the Behavioral Science and Policy Association Online Conference happening May 1-2, 2025! Register by this Friday, March 14, for early registration rates (enter code: BSPA2025EARLYBIRD). ✨ MORE INFO & REGISTRATION here: behavioralpolicy.org/events/
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Register now for the Behavioral Science and Policy Association Online Conference happening May 1-2, 2025
Register by this Friday, March 14 for early registration rates (enter code: BSPA2025EARLYBIRD). MORE INFO & REGISTRATION here: behavioralpolicy.org/events/
Adding @bskybymidge.bsky.social to my list too!
@caseynewton.bsky.social This should be discussed on your podcast. Grok instructed not to tattle on Musk and Trump
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Still time to submit!! Deadline extended to Feb 28!!
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Deadline extension to Feb 28!!
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ONLY 4 DAYS TO SUBMIT to the 2025 Behavioral Science & Policy Association (BSPA) virtual conference. Submit by February 21 for short presentations. Conference is May 1-2. Check out details and submit:
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OK, I wrote my “who’s going to enforce it?” piece. It’s a lengthy read, trying to respond to a lot of questions I’ve gotten over the past three weeks, but it’s about democracy so I decided it was worth it to lay out in depth, with examples, what I’ve been talking about here and elsewhere.
Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.”
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
Absolutely correct.
Call your House representatives. Write them actual letters. Show up at their local offices. Flood the zone.
Demand they draw the line while they still can.
1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.
W-T-A-(and I cannot stress this enough)-F....
Looking forward to co-organizing one of BFI's most popular conferences again! And this year, we were super duper lucky to nab @seema.bsky.social as the keynote speaker :)
More info: bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event...
Submission deadline: Feb 28
Please please RT and share with your networks!
Those headline stories about the decline of college enrollment this year were based on a typo.
It actually went up. Seven percent.
PLEASE RT :)
Submit to the annual Network Science and Economics Conference, the largest US event for network theory and empirical research in and adjacent to economics
Deadline Jan 30 (soon!)
Conference Apr 11-13 at Stanford
New paper: We combine evidence from a survey (correlational), bank spending data, and online experiments to show that job loss increases risk taking.
Joint work with @abbysussman.bsky.social, Carlos Vazquez-Hernandez, Daniel O'Leary, and Jennifer Trueblood
