Dr Lois Player

Behavioural Scientist | Climate Policy & Behaviour Change 🌏 | Novel Computational Methods - NLP & LLMs 👩‍💻 | Research Consultant ✨️

[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

I'm really excited to share a pre-print I'm so proud of... Introducing the Deep Computational Text Analyser (DECOTA)✨
📰 https://t.co/6P63KY3tsC

The first open-access tool to automatically analyse free-text data! When compared against human analysis... (🧵1/6)

[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

Last week, I graduated from my PhD in Behavioural Science - marking the end of 8 years at beautiful @UniofBath ✨

I was so grateful (& emotional) to graduate with my partner and lovely friends.

Thanks to my amazing supervisors @lwhitmarsh & @DrCDemski 🤍

Over & out, Bath 🥹

[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

🧵 6/6

Huge thanks to my co-authors - Ryan Hughes, Kaloyan Mitev, @lwhitmarsh, @DrCDemski, Nick Nash, Tris Papakonstantinou, & Mark Wilson — a dream team of qual, quant, & ML expertise.

Thanks also to @AapsCdt - without whom Ryan and I would never have begun this project! 🚀

[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

DECOTA is here! 🎉

Our automated free-text analysis tool has been published today in Psychological Methods!

DECOTA automatically analyses free-text data quickly, affordably & with human-like accuracy…

Paper: https://t.co/pa057qRZ0p
Press: https://t.co/lbTOodHfs9

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[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

🧵 5/6

The code is totally open-access - and are building a user-friendly interface now!

Want to participate in the early pilot or receive updates?

Sign up: https://t.co/PGQddyxQXH

[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

@cmacdonaldphd @lwhitmarsh @DrCDemski @AapsCdt Thanks Chris!!

[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

I’m officially Dr Player! 🥹

It was an honour to defend my PhD last week with world-leading experts, Geertje Schuitema & Nathalia Gjersoe.

Big thanks to my wonderful supervisors @lwhitmarsh & @DrCDemski, @AapsCdt, & many loved ones for the unwavering support ✨

Thanks Bath 🤍

[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

@Gpalomovelez @lwhitmarsh @DrCDemski @AapsCdt Thank you so much Gonzalo!!

[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

So great to see the CCC’s 7th Carbon Budget published.

It was a pleasure to contribute to this during my time in the lovely People & Business team - & see our @CAST_Centre work referenced 🌟

Importantly: 1/3 of emissions reductions will come from household behaviour change 🤯

[Climate Change Committee @theCCCuk]

We have published our advice on the Seventh Carbon Budget. It is in line with previous Government commitments – the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Carbon Budgets, international commitments, and the Net Zero commitment in 2050.

[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

@Gpalomovelez Thanks so much Gonzalo! That's so kind of you :)

[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

Excited to have joined the European Climate Foundation as a Research Consultant!

ECF is an NGO working across Europe to foster #ClimateAction, & I’m looking forward to helping make sense of their public opinion data.

An exciting year ahead w/ this role & big travel plans 🌎

[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

A huge thank you to my amazing supervisory team @lwhitmarsh & @DrCDemski for your unfaltering support always - and many other incredible people along the way 🌟

[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

PhD thesis submitted! 🥹

3 incredible years – 2 secondments, 3 publications, 3 consultancy projects, 1 book chapter, & the honour of advising government departments – all crystallised into 80,000 words.

From undergrad to PhD, I'm so grateful for 8 beautiful years @UniofBath ✨

[Matt Clifford @matthewclifford]

1/ Today the Prime Minister published my AI Opportunities Action Plan for the UK and committed to implement all its recommendations. A quick thread on why this is important, what we need to do now - and how you can help

[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

Excited about @UKLabour's #AI Opportunities plan - big step to drive positive change w/ AI 🚀

1. Fast-track data centre expansion
2. Unlock datasets to fuel research
3. Train 10,000s in AI by 2030

Fab to see @matthewclifford - who I was lucky to work w/ @join_ef - leading this!

[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

My lovely colleagues at @CAST_Centre are advertising 5 PhD funded places!

Couldn't think of a more wonderful team to do your PhD with ✨ 🌎

[CAST @CAST_Centre]

CAST PhDs alert 📣: We have 5 funded PhD studentships now open for applications, based at our centre hub @uniofbath & @uniofeastanglia.

The deadline for applications is Feb 17 (Bath) and Feb 28 (UEA).

Find out more and apply on our website: https://t.co/MHnn6QsAur

[Dr Lois Player @loisplayer]

For all the bad news in 2024, there was lots of good too ✨

https://t.co/ZYy0tnOxCf

EU emissions fell 8% 🌱
China's renewable boom ⚡️
New biodiversity laws 🌺
Species regeneration 🦬
Flu vaccine progress 💉
15-min city adoption 🏙️

Happy New Year all ☺️

[Laura Anderson (Young) @LessWasteLaura]

During my trip to #COP29, it was great to meet @StarkClimate - Head of Mission Control for Clean Power 2030, at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. I got to ask him about the UK’s role at COP29 and what it means for people living back home in Britain. Follow @energygovuk for more about COP29.

#UKatCOP29