Michala Riis-Vestergaard

Senior Research and Training Manager @ J-PAL | MIT.

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The Tech Revolution That’s Changing How We Measure Poverty https://t.co/EDq69YWDk6 via @WorldBank

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Really excited to see this! England’s Mental Health Experiment: Free Talk Therapy. https://t.co/M26dnTZzTb

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This blows my mind! "The Chatbot Will See You Now" via @newyorker https://t.co/TmYj07a768

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Depression is leading cause of disability worldwide, says WHO study — horrific statistics! https://t.co/pXaokRsALT

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Why we should conduct research with non-WEIRD (Western, Educated, etc.) samples w/ @BusaraCenter's James Vancel. https://t.co/WEemWF1ZAk

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This calls for a controlled audit study! But who would voluntarily change their name at work to a woman's..? https://t.co/bd2nDV8ElU

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Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds. How psychology can help us understand "[...] well, the Trump administration." https://t.co/xKsWTZ7eKa.

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Reducing the world's mental health epidemic one deep breath at a time https://t.co/UqqwjPVFkC

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This is absolutely jaw-dropping: Kenya's slum ballet school – in pictures https://t.co/DRcBoLcFat

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Really cool initiative in transparency! https://t.co/9uIRGHD1A6

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Check out answers to the new #GDLive question: "Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?" https://t.co/Jve2dJ5yRO

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Do we really want foreign aid to be based only on selfish interests? https://t.co/LVY3VcUiku

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This study confirms my intuition on why the U.S. is fine with inequality, but Scandinavia isn't: https://t.co/msvEK72ZsR via @TheChoiceLab

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How do you bridge the gap between science and low-income moms struggling with depression, trauma, etc? https://t.co/9zLf8YePlL

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Living in a poor neighborhood changes everything about your life: income prospects, IQ, wellbeing, even your brain!
https://t.co/yvJr5QpFk8

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Can Poverty Lead To Mental Illness? And can mental health interventions aid poverty alleviation? With @jhaushofer https://t.co/69ov1CBdj6

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Hillary Clinton’s 7 subtle and not-so-subtle tricks for baiting Donald Trump https://t.co/yaZrogiV8a via @voxdotcom

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Clinton is right in talking about implicit bias. We all have biases. Test yourself after the debate: https://t.co/vEDcJOumxn

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Social-science-gasm at the discussion of implicit bias in a presidential debate. (Now ask Trump what it is.)

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Clinton has the patient look of any woman listening to a man lecture her about things he doesn't know anything about.

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Skittles math: a bowl with three deadly Skittles (refugees) in it would need to contain 10.93 billion Skittles. https://t.co/jPo3n9wiPR