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Watching the Watchers: Using AI To Empower The People
Our recent paper In Nature Human Behavior (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01372-0) presents a new learning framework to precisely forecast crime in the urban environment, and simultaneously demonstrates how such precise predictors may be used to reveal signatures of enforcement biases.
Jul 01, 2022
Who benefits from brain training?
Who benefits from brain training?
Anja Pahor and 2 others
Jun 20, 2022
Analysing the closure of bars and restaurants in Cataluña
On October 16th 2020, with the increase of COVID19 cases, the regional government of Cataluña, Spain announced that there would be a 15 day closure of bars and restaurants across the region.
Jun 07, 2022
Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows.
Analysing the closure of bars and restaurants in Cataluña
On October 16th 2020, with the increase of COVID19 cases, the regional government of Cataluña, Spain announced that there would be a 15 day closure of bars and restaurants across the region.
Jun 07, 2022
News and Opinion
The latest news and opinions related to behavioural and social sciences.
Flexible Publishing Models for Authors from Under-Resourced Settings: A Call for a Radical Change
There is a growing concern on the unaffordable open access fees for researchers located in low- and middle-income countries. These researchers are facing a serious challenge to publish their research, particularly, given the rapid expansion of open access journals that do not waive the publishing fees for these scientists in under-resourced settings. A new flexible waiving model is needed given the considerable limitations of the World Bank Classification.
May 18, 2022
Is it publish or perish?
Researchers across career stages and disciplines share their thoughts on publishing while training for a PhD.
After the Paper
Exploring what happened after a paper was published, from follow up studies to career impact.
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.
Dec 30, 2020
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