nicholas owsley

PhD student in Behavioral Science @chicagobooth

[nicholas owsley @nicholas_owsley]

A few hundred years later, and Morocco conquers the Iberian peninsula again. First African team in the semis!

[nicholas owsley @nicholas_owsley]

I was there for a month, saw genuine drought take foot in south England, and saw ~5 rained out sessions of SA vs England in the same period. Nuts.

[nicholas owsley @nicholas_owsley]

If farmers want rain in the UK, they should just schedule a cricket match against South Africa in their area.

[Ilya Kashnitsky — bsky @ikashnitsky.phd @ikashnitsky]

Investing time into learning #rstats at the early stages of PhD
https://t.co/QcpotRXCgB

[nicholas owsley @nicholas_owsley]

I love how the concentration of short pants triples near the boarding gate of a South Africa-bound flight.

[nicholas owsley @nicholas_owsley]

@bethiamswellman @amma_panin @kopalo @bizherman @graemedblair @allisonnamias @HannahAlarian @dyzenhaus @ldpruett13 @ennovytyf @KGMichelitch @jsteendavis @EGAPTweets @womenalsoknow @POCalsoknow @anisha0singh @Weylandt !

[Dr. Elizabeth Iams Wellman @bethiamswellman]

An honor to work with: @amma_panin
@kopalo @bizherman @graemedblair @allisonnamias @HannahAlarian @dyzenhaus @ldpruett13 @nicholas_owsley and @ennovytyf. Special thanks to @kgmichelitch and @jsteendavis and all the contributors (6/6). @EGAPTweets @womenalsoknow @POCalsoknow

[Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa]

Kgothatso Montjane plays her first grand slam singles final @Wimbledon today. @KGMontjane1 may the serves be sound and the forehands flow as you continue to fly the flag. You will have your coach and the entire country with you. You’ve already made us proud. Let’s ace this one!🇿🇦

[nicholas owsley @nicholas_owsley]

I can testify, this is a really cool job! Somewhere between a research tool project manager and a post-doc on 'how to' conduct ethical research in the Global South, and cross-cultural behavioral differences.

[Busara @BusaraCenter]

#WeAreHiring for the position of Research Lead to join our Research and Innovation team based in #Nairobi. If you are interested in this position apply through the link below.

https://t.co/DG9rfKM88V

#BusaraCareers #ResearchLead #BehavioralScience #Kenya #BehavioralEconomics

[nicholas owsley @nicholas_owsley]

Amongst a plethora of issues in vaccine administration in Kenya, the gender gap looms, too. Lack of gender consideration in COVID-19 vaccine research, too.

[Anisha Singh @anisha0singh]

In most non-statistical terms, that's quite a gender gap in #vaccine uptake in #Kenya (even as a % of the population).
Health-workers, teachers, security personnel prioritized, @WHO reports women form over 70% of the health workforce.. what's happening?

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[nicholas owsley @nicholas_owsley]

I'm moving to Chicago! This SA Spring/US Fall I'll start a PhD in Behavioral Science at @ChicagoBooth, and live in the city my mum spent 8 years of her life. Really excited. Ready to be cold.

[Johannes Haushofer @jhaushofer]

Do protests have political consequences? Yes: The 2017 Women's March increased turnout and vote shares for minorities in the 2018 House elections. Great paper by my greater RA Magdalena Larreboure @mlarreboure and @fagonza4. Admissions folks, she'll be looking for PhDs next year!

[aidthoughts @aidthoughts]

Don't nudge people when they are driving

[nicholas owsley @nicholas_owsley]

PhD applications all in! Wow. What a journey/process. And now to avoid my email for a few weeks 🙃

[nicholas owsley @nicholas_owsley]

Appreciative of @ChicagoBooth's nuance in waiving english requirements for South African (EM) university grads. Compared to some pretty coarse policies from similar institutions.

[nicholas owsley @nicholas_owsley]

@NeelaSaldanha @Smarrtee @CSBC_AshokaUniv @NeelaSaldanha yes! it was great to partner with your team on this. The working paper on results should be coming soon, too!

[nicholas owsley @nicholas_owsley]

Check out this article I wrote on work we did with @CSBC_AshokaUniv to replicate some core behavioral biases in India. It gives you a step-by-step through our process of contextualizing biases.

[Busara @BusaraCenter]

Goodbye Linda, Hello Preeti!
In order to understand whether behavioral biases are universal, we contextualized the Linda Problem and Preeti was born.

Click the link below to read more:
https://t.co/uZnDHEUrad

#BehavioralScience #BehavioralEconomics #BehavioralBias #India

[briq institute @briq_institute]

How can insights from behavioral economics help design better policies for poverty alleviation? Watch #briqResearchAffiliate @josh_t_dean in the latest episode of #ThreeQuestionsWith: https://t.co/n0u4CIhsTY

[nicholas owsley @nicholas_owsley]

And the results: Handwashing with soap up from 12% to 29%! Why? Partly because school staff invested more in soap etc. It's great to see a BE policy with institutional buy-in - really the only way to go. https://t.co/A8l5DIfPhB

[IDinsight @IDinsight]

To understand the impact of our nudges on #handwashing behavior, we conducted a randomized controlled trial among public elementary schools in Zamboanga del Norte. Read our findings in a new blog post by @hcrystalhuang, @qnhule and Meg Battle: https://t.co/zfgCQoK2Az

[nicholas owsley @nicholas_owsley]

I found this an excellent application of behavioral science for public policy in a way that I can at least imagine is sustainable. Great work!

[IDinsight @IDinsight]

How can behavioral nudges help promote #handwashing? In a new blog post, @hcrystalhuang and @qnhule share their experience with designing and adapting nudges to improve handwashing rates in primary schools in Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines: https://t.co/YfWFMJhf9z