Ben Morse

Technical Director at Social Impact. J-PAL Alum and recent PhD in polisci from MIT. Interested in the political economy of development and humanitarian policy.

[Ben Morse @bsmorse]

@cblatts My working paper on watch forums in Liberia may fit the bill -
https://t.co/BiAbn0GpXw

[EGAP @EGAPTweets]

As part of #PolicingEvidence🌍 week, we bring you a *NEW* policy brief about a study in Liberia by EGAPers @robert_a_blair & @sabrinamkarim w/ co-author @bsmorse assessing the effects of a community policing intervention on reporting & crime reduction. https://t.co/epWCSbhzXA

[EGAP @EGAPTweets]

“Community policing” was designed in the US to build trust in police & reduce crime.

Does it work in the Global South, where it's now being widely adopted?

In @ScienceMagazine, we report answers from 6 coordinated experiments: “no.”

#PolicingEvidence🌍

https://t.co/oFHMy38mnd

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

Preliminary results from @mitgovlab's collaboration with the Institute for Governance Reform and the Government of Sierra Leone to inform COVID-19 policy. https://t.co/ZyL4gA86Cd

[Leah Rosenzweig @LeahRosenzweig]

Article about our COVID work in East and West Africa 🌍@mitgovlab @melinaplatas
Also mentions work by coauthor @BenceBago

[Scholars Strategy Network (bsky: @scholars.org) @SSNScholars]

In responding to #COVID19, what can we learn from the Western African Ebola outbreak that swept the region 5 years ago? @mitgovlab's Lily Tsai and @JPAL's @bsmorse outline their research on government responses to Ebola and consider what they can teach us. https://t.co/yPoBkyxeP0

[Dr. Karen Grépin @KarenGrepin]

Has #COVID19 dismantled the global health system? Who are the real experts? A must read. #globalhealth

[Cambridge University Press - Politics @CUP_PoliSci]

RT @BJPolS: 🔊 If you're on the move you can also listen to a recording of the abstract to 'Violence, Empathy and Altruism: Evidence from the Ivorian Refugee Crisis in Liberia' by @alexinafrica & @bsmorse here: https://t.co/4dp0XwxMIw

#BJPolS50

[J-PAL @JPAL]

🚨 Please share with your networks!

@JPAL is recruiting for a Director of Research, Education, and Training to oversee J-PAL's worldwide research and capacity building efforts, as well as lead academic projects and provide academic service in #Economics.
https://t.co/9IIKP1ZVJY

[Bruce Y. Lee @bruce_y_lee]

As the Ebola #outbreak showed, during an #epidemic #pandemic government officials needs to actively reach out to citizens to earn their trust (not demand it). Here for @Forbes I cover such lessons learned that can apply to this #CoronavirusPandemic
https://t.co/FMGvwIXdez

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

Political scientists have found that volunteer-based outreach helped Liberia’s government mitigate a 2014-15 Ebola outbreak. “Trust was successfully built and constructed under a pretty unlikely set of circumstances,” Lily Tsai says. https://t.co/KU2kjYzC0r

[Iqbal Dhaliwal @iqbaldhali]

Want to gain skills to measure the impact of your program? Register now for @JPAL's Evaluating Social Programs course at @MIT June 8-12! In this exciting, hands-on course, you'll learn how randomized evaluations are designed through real-world case studies https://t.co/NhuuHzwzXr

[J-PAL @JPAL]

2⃣ Accompanying Guide to De-Identifying Data: https://t.co/WFtVDnhevc

[J-PAL @JPAL]

1⃣ Guide to Publishing Research Data: https://t.co/CwVTN3uoUL
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[British Jnl Poli Sci @BJPolS]

Enjoy free access to a collection of recent African Studies articles from BJPolS: https://t.co/y4hiwWbh4G featuring papers by @kopalo, @dandekadt, @evlieb, @RobinsonAmandaL, @alexinafrica, @bsmorse, @AlexKroeger1 & @stephenwinkler

[J-PAL @JPAL]

Come work with us! Join our #Research, Education, and Training team as a Manager and lead our research transparency and #RCT methods portfolio. This position is ideal for recent PhDs. More details: https://t.co/xmffESwRRX
#EconTwitter

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Islamophobic tweets are on the rise among British football fans—except Liverpool supporters. Why? https://t.co/DdVF54ujya

[Salma Mousa / سلمى موسى @salma_mousa_]

Cool video on our @MoSalah paper! Brb changing my name to “Stanford University researchers” @aasiegel @wpmarble @a_alrababah

[J-PAL @JPAL]

We've launched the first elective in our online MicroMasters program: Political Economy & Economic Development, led by J-PAL's Abhijit Banerjee & Ben Olken. The 11-wk course starts 9/3- audit for free or pay a sliding-scale fee for a certificate: https://t.co/3fwcME8s42

[J-PAL @JPAL]

Big news: The @AEAjournals RCT registry just added DOIs for every entry! What's a DOI, you ask? See why our research team is so excited about this: https://t.co/6a1d8XTKW7 #researchtransparency #econtwitter