Max Spohn

🎓 PhD Candidate in Public Policy @Kennedy_School
🔍 JDM & Behavioral Science | Narratives | Evidence Adoption | Polarization

[Max Spohn @MaxSpohn]

Just came back from my first @SJDMOfficial conference with a 3rd place in the Student Poster Award 🎉

Check out my poster on misperceptions of ideological complexity and partisan animosity here: https://t.co/Zvvwk909BO

Thanks @JuliaMinson @CharlieDorison

[Max Spohn @MaxSpohn]

Got a chance to present my first poster (with @CharlieDorison and @JuliaMinson) at the Polarization Workshop @MIT last week: https://t.co/TDTm8VfeIN

Thanks to the organizers @kati_kish @eugen_dimant @DG_Rand and @ylelkes for a wonderful workshop!

[Max Spohn @MaxSpohn]

@HMRCcustomers Is there any way I can contact the income tax department other than calling?

[Max Spohn @MaxSpohn]

@HMRCcustomers Is it also possible for them to cash a check that is in my name - a friend did receive my check (they now live at my former address), I am just not sure if they can cash it.

[Max Spohn @MaxSpohn]

So many new ideas sparked by #ISPPAcademy at #ISPP2023 and so many new interesting connections - I had a blast😊

[Gizem Arikan @gizem_rkn]

And with this group photo we conclude three days of intense but fun training at the #ISPPAcademy😊

Big thanks to our instructors and Minnie Chappell & Sev Bennett at @PolPsyISPP Central Office and @MarketaOdlova for their hard work that made this a great experience! #ISPP2023

[Max Spohn @MaxSpohn]

@JacobCJameson Now if you post more of this, you'll get more reactions from me ;)

[Max Spohn @MaxSpohn]

Why do I feel the need to thank #ChatGPT after each response I get?

[Charlie Dorison @CharlieDorison]

*Introducing Reputational Rationality Theory*

Are cognitive biases always irrational?

Excited to share a preprint proposing a theory for when and why observers reward error-prone decision makers. Sometimes, biases can be reputationally rational.

https://t.co/0hK6kjC9GS

🧵

[Max Spohn @MaxSpohn]

Just got back from this wonderful workshop on subjective beliefs at @CEBI_UCPH with lots of new (and newly prioritized) research ideas.

Thanks to @FelixChopra, @cp_roth, @Ingar30, @SettSonja, and @JoWohlfart for sharing all your insights!

[Felix Chopra @FelixChopra]

We are incredibly excited to kick off a three-day Ph.D. course on Subjective Beliefs, Attention, and Economic Behavior @CEBI_UCPH in Copenhagen. We have an amazing group of Ph.D. students from all over the world attending the course! @cp_roth @Ingar30 @SettSonja @JoWohlfart

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

It is unconscionable that a city of 900,000 people has a downtown that's essentially a parking lot. (Columbus, OH)

[Jacob Jameson 📊 @JacobCJameson]

An interdisciplinary outing! Education Policy, Public Policy, and Health Policy PhDs!

[Jacob Jameson 📊 @JacobCJameson]

@brikightlinger @RogersJennaR @RoniYadlin @bohanthinks @MaxSpohn @mlarreboure

[Max Spohn @MaxSpohn]

Finally, I wouldn't be here without my parents' support and @alix_dumoulin emotional support, and endless feedback to research ideas

[Max Spohn @MaxSpohn]

Excited to share that I am starting my PhD in Public Policy @Kennedy_School this week.

Can't wait to see what the next five years will bring - I hope I can share some first research ideas soon 🍾

[Max Spohn @MaxSpohn]

I'd also like to thank @eugen_dimant who always challenged my methodological priors and who shaped my academic interests significantly. And finally @j1berger @CaitLamberton for a first idea of what life and research as a PhD student could look like.

[Max Spohn @MaxSpohn]

@PennMBDS provided me with endless opportunities - a research project with @CBicchieri and @EnriqueFatas culminated in a publication, and I got to work with @dhopkins1776 and Nicholas Sambanis among other amazing faculty.

[Max Spohn @MaxSpohn]

I am grateful for all the academic support I received throughout the years, starting off at @uclspp @lucycbarnes @HicksTM - so many of my research ideas originated early during my undergrad and I find myself going back again and again to what I learned back then

[Chris Bail @chris_bail]

1/ The *last* thing we need right now is more untested speculation about how to fix social media. We have *research* that can help us evaluate @elonmusk’s proposals to transform Twitter, and many of these studies might inspire him to throw some cold water on his plans 🧵

[Max Spohn @MaxSpohn]

New FCA research note on decision points in high-risk investment consumer journeys out 🎉

Many great learnings, e.g. how effective simple FAQ-style information can be and how incredibly difficult it is to test friction in online experiments.

Thoughts?

https://t.co/RguDeSgJ7S