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Who Approves of Gossip, Ostracism, and Confrontation Following Norm Violations? A Cross-Cultural Test of Gender Stereotypes
Social Psychology Quarterly Abstract Existing research and popular culture suggest that women are more approving of gossip. But are they? This research note uses two studies to ask whether gender stereo
Improving on and assessing ethical guidelines for digital tracking and tracing systems for pandemics
Ethics and Information Technology Abstract So-called digital tracking and tracing systems (DTTSs) have been proposed as a means to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2. There are ethical guidelines and eval
Wändi Bruine de Bruin: Improving Communications about Climate Change: Insights from Behavioural Science
Professor Wändi Bruine de Bruin, University Leadership Chair in Behavioural Decision Making at the Leeds University Business School, Director of the Centre for Decision Research and Deputy Director ofAs the climate is changing, effective communications are needed to help policy makers and members of the general public make informed decisions about climate change mitigation and adaptation. Many existing communications are too difficult to understand for audiences without a background in climate science. In this presentation, I will discuss the social science behind developing communications that better take into account audiences’ needs. Examples will focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation, but the recommendations about how to develop effective communications are relevant for a wider variety of communication domains.
Against AI-improved Personal Memory
In: Aging between Participation and Simulation, Eds: Joschka Haltaufderheide, Johanna Hovemann and Jochen Vollmann, p: 223–234, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110677485-014 Abstra
Welfare Enhancing Marginal Tax Rates: The Case of Publicly Provided Day Care
This paper highlights the role of tax funding of day care for children and demonstrates that the optimal income tax should face all agents with the cost of the needed day care in order to earn further
Understanding and exploiting information spreading and integrating information technologies
2011. Journal of Computer Science and Technology 26: 829-836. AbstractOur daily life leaves an increasing amount of digital traces, footprints that are improving our lives. Data-mining tools, like recomm
An Egalitarian Argument Against Reducing Deprivation
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Volume 20, Issue 5, pp 957–968, doi.org/10.1007/s10677-017-9842-x. Abstract Deprivations normally give rise to undeserved inequality. It is commonly thought that one
The refinement paradox and cumulative cultural evolution: Complex products of collective improvement favor conformist outcomes, blind copying, and hyper-credulity
PLOS Computational Biology Abstract Social learning is common in nature, yet cumulative culture (where knowledge and technology increase in complexity and diversity over time) appears restricted to huma

How economics can save the world
Book launch for How Economics Can Save the World (Penguin, 2023) by Erik Angner, professor of practical philosophy and PhD in economics. Economics has always been shadowed by a movement that has been c
The impact of AI on the future of work
There is no denying that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will change the world of work. In the report "The Future of Work: Augmentation or Stunting?" philosopher Karim Jebari and Markus Furendal, a polit