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Join us for a meta-replication! Replicators are paid EUR 2,500 to conduct a robustness replication in development economics. Plus co-authorship on a meta-paper and lead authorship on replication report. Apply until Nov 26! #econtwitter bit.ly/49fjHfb

How are researchers using behavioral science in the fields of food, agriculture, and agri-environmental issues? To find out, we invited papers for a Special Issue of the journal Food Policy (Food Policy). Here’s what we learned (1/8): 🔗doi.org/10.1016/j.food… Paul J. Ferraro

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Happening tomorrow ‼️ Join us to hear Jo discuss evidence-informed learnings for her talk “Failing fast, falling forward - learning in an era of data.” Register here! While you’re there, you can also check out any of the past seminar recordings: conbio.org/groups/working…

I'm hiring! I'm looking for a masters-ish level person to help with research coordination, data management, and analyses. Interesting methods and substantive projects, a fun work environment, and a great team! Please spread the word! jobs.jhu.edu/job/Baltimore-…

Question to #Conservation tweeps 📢❓: if you are a practitioner implementing conservation actions, what is stopping you from doing a Randomised Controlled Trial #RCT to test if your actions are working? #teamcounterfactual Paul J. Ferraro Julia Jones @EdwinPynegar ICCS

TODAY! Applying Behavioral Science to Agriculture, Food, & Agri-Environmental Policy. 10 EST USA. Presentation & Panel with Pallavi Shukla 🇦🇺 🇮🇳 Chris Barrett about special issue Food Policy Register here udel.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

MONDAY 2/12! Kalyani Raghunathan IFPRI applying #behavioralscience to #foodpolicy. 10 EST USA. Based on article in special issue Food Policy Register here udel.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

One more credible causal study in the small but important and growing literature on the environmental effects of development interventions . By Ryan Abman & Clark Lundberg sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

For researchers doing pixel-level analyses of anti-deforestation programs (eg #REDD), this study highlights potential concerns about sign & magnitudes of your estimated effects (your standard errors are likely wrong too, but that's a diff't post). 1 lesson: aggregate! #teamcounterfactual

Although bias is the bigger threat in conservation science, more thought about how informative our designs are would help too. What if power of your design is low? Find a friend to replicate your design! doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

First SCB Social Science Working Group Conservation Social Science Conference!

Would be nice to see this sort of analysis done in other disciplines. From my own experience, I perceive the private costs of writing and trying to publish comments to outweigh the private benefits. I hope work like this study will change that.

This is YOUR chance to join #teamcounterfactual:

"The evidence base for behaviourally mediated [conservation] interventions is weaker." Indeed!

What are the effects of public attention on conservation? 📈 🌳 New work in JAERE studies a time of unprecedented public attention on forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon - after fires "went viral" in Aug. 2019 - that ⬇️ subsequent fires (in the short term). #JaereFigureFriday

If you can't wait until next week to start thinking about #impactevaluation #deforestation and #reforestation, read the abstract for the talk here!