MIT Applied Cooperation Initiative (ACI)

💡Applying social science research to solve real-world problems. Directed by @DG_Rand 🤝🏻 @ErezYoeli.

[Liane Young @LianeLeeYoung]

Our dept (Psych & Neuro) is hiring! Open-area tenure-track, as part of cluster hire with the African & African Diaspora Studies program: https://t.co/cWNGHSPKB4
BC is a great place to do research and mentor students. My teaching load is 1-1 (norm for research-active faculty).

[Laura Niemi @laur_niemi]

Recruiting a part-time lab manager/research technician to start *this Fall 2023*! Join our growing crew at Cornell’s Applied Moral Psychology lab! Apply now ⏰ @CornellPsychDpt https://t.co/ANWGUpYvz1

[David G. Rand @dgrand.bsky.social @DG_Rand]

This is a DEEPLY insightful paper for anyone interested in how reputation works - I highly recommend giving it a read!

[David G. Rand @dgrand.bsky.social @DG_Rand]

Check out this very cool paper examining why people sometimes punish without considering alternative perspectives! Congrats @Jill_Jord and @NourKteily

[David G. Rand @dgrand.bsky.social @DG_Rand]

🚨Out in @NatureHumBehav🚨
We examine psychology of misinformation across
16 countries, N=34k
➤Consistent cognitive, social & ideological predictors of misinfo belief
➤Interventions (accuracy prompts, diglit tips, crowdsourcing) all broadly effective
https://t.co/d14xE9HiAy
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[Gordon Kraft-Todd @GordonKraftTodd]

🚨Job alert!🚨 Excited to share this opportunity to help coordinate >30 (& counting!) field partnerships for research on social norms and virtue in collaboration with an interdisciplinary and cross-institutional team of researchers (based at Boston College). Plz apply/circulate!

[The Morality Lab @RealMoralityLab]

💫 We are hiring a program manager to facilitate field studies & partnerships! 💫 A master's degree & 2-4 years of project manager-like experience is preferred. See the full job ad & how to apply here: https://t.co/UnLNB0u3uT

[Thinkers50 @thinkers50]

If you were unable to make it to today's #Thinkers50 Radar LinkedIn Live with @DG_Rand, you can watch his talk as a replay here:
https://t.co/0baY5dT1FZ

[Thinkers50 @thinkers50]

Tune in today to hear from #Thinkers50Radar member & Professor at @MIT, @DG_Rand, focusing on illuminating why people believe and share misinformation and “fake news”!

Join #Thinkers50 #LinkedInLive via https://t.co/0baY5dT1FZ @mit_ide

[MIT Sloan School of Management @MITSloan]

"Our identities, motivations and values are not (yet) reducible to party loyalty, and arguments and evidence can still change people’s minds." — MIT's @DG_Rand and @Ben_Tappin https://t.co/q4UMmWvmx6

[David G. Rand @dgrand.bsky.social @DG_Rand]

🚨Out in JQD🚨
→We have crowds rate 3 large sets of headlines on various dimensions
→Find factors capturing (i) accurate (ii) evocativeness (iii) familiarity
→Each separately predicts sharing
☠️Evocative headlines are less true but more shareable☠️
https://t.co/UDMdZBPk7l

[The Morality Lab @RealMoralityLab]

April has been full of happy news in the Morality Lab! 💫💫💫 We're delighted to announce that...

[Liane Young @LianeLeeYoung]

Our lab at Boston College is recruiting full-time RAs to start between now and summer 2023. Please share/RT, thanks! https://t.co/PFya9cO9hz

[MIT Applied Cooperation Initiative (ACI) @mit_aci]

In this @planetmoney episode, @spbhanot and @erezyoeli use behavioral science to tackle why people don't wear masks, and how we can motivate them to change their ways.

[Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli]

This @planetmoney episode on masks highlights two key elements of successful PSAs / norm-change / messaging campaigns:

https://t.co/W5PKW71i7m

[MIT Applied Cooperation Initiative (ACI) @mit_aci]

Based on his recent @nature paper.

https://t.co/Ogcz4h3daF

[David G. Rand @dgrand.bsky.social @DG_Rand]

Out in @nature w @GordonKraftTodd: How can advocates best spread prosocial innovations (eg solar panels)? Adopt the innovations themselves-this communicates real belief in the benefits. Plus, empirical support for CREDs cultural evolution theory!

https://t.co/4XjxCFHuvb

[MIT Applied Cooperation Initiative (ACI) @mit_aci]

.@GordonKraftTodd speaking today at #frank2020 about how "actions speak louder than words".

If asking people to take an action that is prosocial but still uncommon, get the help of ambassadors who have themselves done the good deed.

[UF Center for Public Interest Communications @RealGoodCenter]

The three finalists this year for the #frank2020 10,000 research prize! Don't miss their talks during the LOVE block tomorrow!

[Gordon Kraft-Todd @GordonKraftTodd]

So honored to be speaking at #frank2020 today! I'll be sharing insights on effective advocacy for behavior change from our field study of residential solar panel installation. Specifically, I'll present evidence showing WHY actions speak louder than words

[Keheala @keheala]

@wef announcement about @GlobalDevLab, @mit_act, @NTLDKenya study published in @NEJM. 68% reduction in bad #TB outcomes due to Keheala's feature phone + 'nudges' #adherence #tech. @MITSloan #Davos2020 #WEF2020 #endTB https://t.co/X4IzdnR3pk

[Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli]

"... A randomized control trial in Kenya supported in part by a DIV grant showed that it is working. In the 1,200-patient trial at 17 clinical sites, 96 percent of Keheala’s patients achieved successful outcomes."

https://t.co/LnylVJNaFw

[Erez Yoeli @erezyoeli]

Beating diseases like TB requires a behavioral approach.

Out today in @statnews https://t.co/BPlfKoyJmA