What Really Motivates Charitable Giving?
Our new study utilizes a natural field experiment and finds that in the real world, people are motivated to give based on perceived benefits to themselves.
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Share the real story behind your paper, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows.
After the Paper
What happened after your paper was published - and what impact did it have on your career?
The threat of political bargaining to climate mitigation in Brazil
The paper we published in Nature Climate Change in 2018 took us to a new level of scientific exposure, increasing our responsibility to continually improve our work, but at the same time improved our confidence in continuing to carry out more ambitious and relevant research into the future.
From the Editors
Updates and insights from the behavioural and social science editors at Nature titles.
Behavioural science is not good enough for building rockets, but still useful in crisis
• Van Bavel et al. expressed their faith in social and behavioural science.
• IJzerman et al. questioned van Bavel et al. conclusions.
• We discuss these two views by defending maturity of behavioural science.
• We conclude that social science is largely beneficial in times of a crisis.
Is it publish or perish?
Researchers across career stages and disciplines share their thoughts on publishing while training for a PhD.
On the Road
Conferences, lab visits, vacations. Hear all about our editors' travel and tell us about yours.
Dialogues
Blog posts from the research community. Contact us for contributor access & tell us what's on your mind!
Behavioural science is not good enough for building rockets, but still useful in crisis
• Van Bavel et al. expressed their faith in social and behavioural science.
• IJzerman et al. questioned van Bavel et al. conclusions.
• We discuss these two views by defending maturity of behavioural science.
• We conclude that social science is largely beneficial in times of a crisis.
Research Digest
A monthly round-up of new social and behavioural science research across Nature journals.
Earth Day 2020
Recognising its 50th anniversary with one of the most pressing issues of our time: climate action.
