New pre-print with Corona Behavioural Unit @rivm: https://t.co/G7Ksman5mb; Reducing the distance to COVID-19 testing sites increased test uptake, at least when reduced from an average 3.5km to 200 metres. @DeMarijndebruin@ColeneZomer@MarikenLeurs@BorsboomDenny @tfblanken
🏆 We're so proud to have been ranked #1 in the UK for psychology in the Complete University Guide! 🎉
Thank you to our fantastic colleagues & students for making this possible.👏
#leaguetables2025#psychology#lsepbs#partoflse
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Excited to join an amazing line up at the 2023 @BeSciPol Annual Conference, online - with over 500 leading behavioral scientists, policymakers, executives, and press from all over the world. 😀Register: https://t.co/OR24Mhv0ps
@katy_milkman@mhallsworth@NickJChater@mehdirhasan
This isn't just good leaflet copy, this is why politics matters and different parties aren't all "just the same".
Here's a collection of similarly devastating graphs
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Exciting ideas at @SRAE Benelux for real-world risk measures (Peter Ayton @Thruthal), advancing definitions of resilience (@NeelkeD) & use of time sensitivity policy tools @MathildedeGoër which will shape our thinking on Pandemic Preparedness @rivm. Many thanks to all of you!
LIVE: Join us for a discussion on the resilience of healthcare systems, with guests @ProfJohnDrury, Prof Steve Thomas & Dr Anna Sagan, hosted by @globalhlthtwit & @SGriffin_Lab, and @Kit_Yates_Maths on trends and situation update. https://t.co/fU7381jxxW
The UN Secretary-General has shared a policy brief on "UN 2.0" - highlighting the importance of BeSci!
The UN 2.0 "Quintet of Change" encapsulates his vision of a modern UN - including BeSci, innovation, data, digital & foresight
Find out more here! https://t.co/bKCBVPg5LF
With @thetimes ranking The London School of Economics (LSE) #1 for psychology, I thought I'd re-up the story of our undergraduate BSc in Psychological and Behavioral Science.
It remains one of the things I'm most proud of in my career.
#psychology#university
Congratulations to PBS faculty Dr Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington and Dr Thomas Curran, who were recently promoted to Associate Professors!
#PartOfLSE#psychology#socialpsychology
This paper is a preview of the potential disruption from AI.
The jobs that are most exposed to AI are the ones that require the most education, are the most creative & earn the most. This is a population that never faced a major automation threat before. https://t.co/XQoGlRF2dk
My university @TUeindhoven will from June 1 by default make all publications by staff openly available after 6 months, following the Taverne amendment of the Dutch copyright act. Researchers can opt out - but I hope none will. Excellent leadership! https://t.co/CUiW3jOaLR
For our next Behavioural Science and the Wider World seminar, Dr Pavan Mamidi (Ashoka University) will lead a discussion on 'Embedding a behavioural science unit in a government organisation'
8 November, 3-4pm
Online
This event will be open to all.
ℹ️ https://t.co/SoiJqsc0Ve
Submissions are now open for @silbersalzhalle Science & Media Awards 2023! 🥳
Across 9 categories, the awards recognize visionary content creators, innovators & communicators who inspire us with science media on all platforms.
https://t.co/095cjN9bC9
Two openings at the Behavioural Practice, around field trials. One for someone who can design and analyse them and one for someone who can manage them. No fixed deadline, but review of applications will start on Nov 7:
https://t.co/vQRyHx5Te1
https://t.co/L8gFfLLPZB
Eurosurveillanc: @ECDC_EU @ECDC_Flu @ECDCPHT @rivm@EMA_News@CarlaKolner@jetgsanders@DeMarijndebruin The 5⃣ main insights show that pandemic preparedness requires organisational and community preparedness & a multidisciplinary public health approa…
New research - co-authored by @jetgsanders@LSEnews - suggests patients don’t like Mondays when it comes to appointments, with important implications for appointment scheduling.
https://t.co/QhKSWYXWck
I'm hiring for my new team @policyatkings@KingsCollegeLon! Come join me and do cool research that makes a difference.
Research Fellow - https://t.co/oW4d6XDZGA
2 x Research Associates https://t.co/b1Cpum1trP