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Sunday, November 25, 2012

R Blogs

Posted by Mark McGovern

A reminder about two good R blogs:

http://rforpublichealth.blogspot.com/

http://diffuseprior.wordpress.com/


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This blog is maintained by Professor Liam Delaney to discuss issues at the intersection of economics, psychology, and policy, and emerging fields such as behavioural public policy and behavioural public administration. All posts are offered in a personal capacity.

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  • Interview with Richard Thaler
  • Money on the Mind Interview with Liam
  • Talk at UN Behavioural Science Week 2023
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  • Warwick Behavioural Summit Talk 2021

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  • UNICEF Behavioural Science & Ethics Project

My Recent Opeds/Comments

  • 100 years on: Time for an official Irish well-being index?
  • Incorporating Well-Being and Mental Health Research to Improve Pandemic Response
  • Irish Times - Clear communication on covid
  • Irish Times - Measuring Misery and Mortality
  • Irish Times - No signs of lockdown fatigue in Ireland
  • LSE Business Review: The Gig Economy is taking a toll on UK workers' mental health
  • PublicPolicy.ie - Behavioural Science and Covid
  • RTE - Nudge and Public Policy
  • RTE Interview on Irish economy post covid
  • SAGE and SPI-B were not equipped to advise on the impact COVID restrictions would have
  • SHARE Project: Scarring Effects of Unemployment

Ongoing Projects

  • H2020 RESPOND: Improving the Preparedness of Health Systems to Reduce Mental Health and Psychosocial Concerns resulting from the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • H2020 MINDTHEGAP: Exploring intention-behaviour gaps in environmentally significant consumption behaviours
  • H2020 PERITIA: Exploring Trust in Expertise

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  • Lakatos Lectures LSE
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  • Rawls: A Theory of Justice
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  • Bar-Gill: Seduction By Contract
  • Chater: The Mind is Flat
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  • Lahlou: Installation Theory
  • Oliver: The Origins of Behavioural Public Policy
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  • Sunstein: Ethics of Influence
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