I have just finished reading “the new behaviourism” by John Staddon. Here are a few thoughts about it. First all the book is clearly strongly opinionated. So if you are looking for a “balanced” view of behaviorism or the cognitive revolution, you should look elsewhere 1/n

New publication: "Inequality as an Externality", w. F. Cowell in the Journal of Public Economics. We argue that most major economic models assume that economic inequality has essentially no societal consequences. Why? The idea is that economic inequality is an externality.

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at our recent QJE paper—a project that began in one of my PhD classes at Department of Economics, University of Mannheim and evolved into a full-scale field experiment on LinkedIn.

🚨Excited that our meta-analysis is out in JPSP APA Journals. We synthesized 6 decades (1958-2017) of empirical evidence on social dilemmas and tested which structural features (most strongly) promote cooperation: 📄doi.org/10.1037/pspi00… 1/10

PhD student and postdoc friends! I'm conducting a paid 5-10 minute online survey on experiences receiving feedback in academia. Have a few minutes to spare? I'd LOVE to hear from you. 👋🏼😊 hbs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_88…

🚨NEW PAPER🚨 Proud and excited to see this paper out in print PNASNews Dirk Wulff and I asked ourselves: How do people search for information before making a choice? We analyzed over 1M information-search decisions to answer that. Open access: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2… 1/9

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 in Judgment and Decision Making: "Evaluating science: A comparison of human and AI reviewers" together with Anna Shcherbiak 🇺🇦, Hooman Habibnia & Susann Fiedler Link to #OpenAccess paper: doi.org/10.1017/jdm.20…

🚨 Calling all PhD applicants 🚨 Are you applying for PhD programs in Management? Please consider applying for our program at USC Marshall School of Business (Management & Organization), where applications are due December 15th. Details 🧵

We are looking for several postdocs in various fields, incl. behavioral econ, Masarykova univerzita Apply and join us in Brno🇨🇿 More information: - labor econ: econjobmarket.org/positions/11306 - health econ: econjobmarket.org/positions/11305 - behavioral econ: econjobmarket.org/positions/11307

JOIN OUR TEAM! Seeking a PhD candidate to become part of the Institute for Cognition and Behavior at WU Vienna. 📷 …ersitaet-wien-portal.rexx-systems.com/Teaching-and-R… Spread the word! 📷📷 for details (1/4)

More than 40 percent of #postdocs leave academia. Those who landed a coveted faculty position were more likely to have had a highly cited paper, changed their research topic between their #PhD and postdoc, or moved abroad after receiving their doctorate. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

📷We are hiring !📷 We are looking to fill a 2-year #PostDoc! If you are interested in field #experiments, #decision-making, #trust, #motivation, and digital #health behavior, please apply and share! 📷Deadline: Feb 12, 2025 Details: …ersitaet-wien-portal.rexx-systems.com/Teaching-and-R…

We are looking for a PhD student! 👀🤩 If you know someone who could be a good fit & and would like to come join us in beautiful Vienna, please forward this information: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/University…

Wanted to share a handy little resource with you all (especially those in dev psych) — my lab & I made a "journal submission cheat sheet" that summarizes article types, word limits & other requirements for the journals we typically submit to. Link below 👇🏼 docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Two 6-year #PhD positions in behavioral econ, game theory & market design at WU Vienna! Great group, vibrant research community, and one of Europe’s most livable cities. Send your best and nicest people! 🗓 Start: Sept 2025 | Deadline: May 28 🔗 tinyurl.com/wu-phd-2025

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 In my new paper out now in JPSP (w/brian lucas & Jon M Jachimowicz), we show across 10 studies (including w/nurses, teachers, & PhD students) that people considering giving up a passion pursuit overestimate how harshly others will judge them 🧵 doi.org/10.1037/pspa00…

Parnia Abbasi, a young Iranian poet born in the 2000s, was killed in Friday night’s Israeli strike on Tehran along with her parents and younger brother. All were civilians. A rising literary voice silenced and innocent lives fell victim to violence. #IranUnderAttack

Anxiously thinking of my friends and colleagues in Israel and of course my friends and family in Iran. Minutes ago the Israeli military issued an evacuation order for Tehran's district 3 and it is likely under attack right now. This is where I grew up & went to school. Can't stop

Demanding that "everyone should immediately evacuate" Tehran is astonishing. Most of the city’s 10 million residents simply cannot leave. No one can justify striking them by saying: "We warned you!" Warnings mean nothing when escape isn’t an option.