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Enrique Fatas
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Prof in Behavioral Economics at the Universidad Europea in Madrid and Valencia (Spain), working on behavioral public policy, social norms, discrimination, development, and conflict.

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I just received an email informing us about safety measures to take when traveling. Five years ago, I would not have imagined seeing these countries named together:

"Countries classified as high risk in terms of knowledge security are: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and the United States."

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Want to reduce sexual harassment in MA higher ed? Sign up NOW to testify either remotely or in person Thur Oct 16 2025 for this bill I’ve been advocating for!

ACTION: Choose H.4113 from the menu of bills. The deadline to register is Tuesday, October 14, by 5 PM. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Where are you, @alvarolaparra.bsky.social ? Welcome to La Terreta

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🌍 How can we use behaviour change to tackle real-world challenges?
See how our Introductory Course uses sustainability examples to bring behaviour change to life 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/explor...
📅 Next course starts 6 October - sign up: www.futurelearn.com/courses/beha...
@susanmichie.bsky.social

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Very good article by @martinsandbu.ft.com. I am still debating whether pragmatism now to prepare for a future confrontation might make sense. But when I hear European leaders praise Trump I do feel like the title of this article: they are selling our soul.

Unbelievable!!!

Same experience here with a couple or recent tests. Perplexity Pro always failed when I tested it, no matter the LLM engine chosen, @carlbergstrom.com
Apply for funding to work with me and Gord at Cornell!
Interested in doing a postdoc with me & @dgrand.bsky.social? Consider applying to Cornell's Klarman Fellowship: as.cornell.edu/research/kla...

It involves a competitive internal application process, but it's 3 years of funding @$80k/year

Please email me/Dave if you're interested! Oct 15th deadline
Klarman Fellowships
The Klarman Fellowships in the College of Arts & Sciences provide postdoctoral opportunities to early-career scholars of outstanding talent, initiative and promise. Among the most selective of its kin...
as.cornell.edu
As always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview.
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...

Until mother says “I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do it” or “I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do”… :-(

As densely populated apartments significantly outperform detached houses across virtually every environmental metric, Spain should be considered an environmental paradise, @kikollan.llaneras.es ??

Es una pregunta genuina, que conste.

Trust in science/scientific expertise is an essential ingredient of successful public policies. Great thread by @carlbergstrom.com below. A few years ago I wrote with Cristina Bicchieri on this topic:

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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Come hang with me at the Advances with Field Experiments (AFE) in Chicago Sept 18/19! ALSO pls submit a paper for the prizes (I’m helping judge and I’d like to see variety in the submissions!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Cronyism, I’d call it

Thanks for sharing, @alvarolaparra.bsky.social :-)

Me estoy perdiendo algo, @jl-ferr.bsky.social ? Yo siempre me he definido como migrant (y nunca como ex-pat).

En inglés sí que hay esa distinción: migrant (as a person who moves regularly in order to find work especially in harvesting crops, Webster), versus immigrant (a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence) 2/n

Pregunta genuina: la RAE define a migrante como el que migra, o sea el que se traslada desde el lugar en que se habita a otro diferente. 1/n

Part of a strategy to hide reality as it is and prevent people from seeing the King as it is: Naked

A miserable WPost headline, btw
Google Gemini doesn’t appear to be doing too well:

‘"I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes . . . I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe," the bot continued.’
Google says it's working on a fix for Gemini's self-loathing 'I am a failure' comments
Google Gemini users said the bot is sharing self-loathing messages while attempting to solve tasks, including "I am a disgrace to this universe."
www.businessinsider.com

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Yes, but let's be clear about the narrative: this was not a trade deal. The US can always impose 15% tariffs on the EU, no need for Europe to agree. What was agreed is that the EU will not retaliate after that imposition (plus some other details that no one yet understands).
The EU has validated Trump’s bullying trade agenda
The US president’s deals are not a win-win for the global economy
on.ft.com

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To state the obvious, the US economy has slowed down in 2025. Growth rates by semester (to remove the noise associated to imports/inventories dynamics in first two quarters)

And bad news for democracy everywhere

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A gentle reminder of the Call for Papers we circulated a while ago (see original thread below). If interested, do not leave it for later and submit now! If you are a PhD student ready to present your work in a poster session, register and submit your work ASAP!

#BehavioralScience
#EconSky
Together with Jordi Brandts (CSIC) and Shaun Hargreaves-Heap (Department of Political Economy, King’s College London), we are excited to organize the 3rd Workshop in Behavioral Economics@Europea (WoBE@E) on Behavior and Governance in Valencia (Spain) next December 18th to 20th.

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Stand up to Elongate!

Powerful image by Zez Vaz zezvaz.com

Pass it on 🙏🏼💪🏼👊🏼✊🏼

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It’s human trafficking of Venezuelans to a foreign country, paying El Salvador, who gets slave labor from them in one of the most brutal prisons on earth.

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“We are investing in community violence intervention (CVI) programs because street outreach by credible messengers and behavioral science-informed interventions help de-escalate stressful situations before they lead to violence."
A new $20 million grant is available for community organizations working on violence prevention efforts in Chicago • The TRiiBE
In a joint announcement, local officials announce a new grant that will fund street outreach and case management for residents impacted by gun violence.
thetriibe.com

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🚨PhD position in Experimental and Behavioral Economics at GATE Lyon 🚨

The candidate will be co-supervised by myself and a colleague at GATE. If you know any strong candidates (or if you're one!), feel free to reach out.

Deadline: May 15, 2025

Happy to answer questions! Full call in link below.