dr. gianluca grimalda
@ggrimalda.bsky.social
Researcher in social psychology; Dot-connector; Slow-Traveller; Environmentalist; Runner; Pianist. Born at 325.7ppm.My book:https://www.feltrinellieditore.it/opera/a-fuoco/
Gianluca Grimalda is an Italian social scientist. Concerned about the effects of climate change and social cohesion, he came to public attention when he refused to travel by plane on business because of the climate impact of air travel. This refusal was followed by dismissal by his employer, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. .. more
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After 6 months of fieldwork in Bougainville, I'm ready to embark on leg 1 of my #NoFly journey to Germany. Travelling by ship,train,coach over 27,000km, I'll emit ~535kg of CO2, 10 times less than flying. This decision cost me my job, but I still think it was the right thing to do. 1/
This donation is part of a severance pay I received from my former employer @kiel.institute when I left the employment relationship. I couldn't donate the entire amount I committed to b/c I need to advance funding for my fieldwork,which I am reaching lower-carbon. I'll complete my donation next year
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Happy to match supporters' donations to @xrglobal.bsky.social & @scientistrebellion.bsky.social for €6,600 in total to campaign @ COP30 (XR)+legal protection (SR). Video of my motivations+reflection on COP30 👉https://youtube.com/shorts/Lbh3w8xBX3w?feature=share
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Day 24 of my no-fly journey from Italy to Papua New Guinea I can't resist the temptation of a visit to the Tanbaly petroglyphs, located ~200km from Almaty. E...
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My great guide Aybek explains the significance of the "Adoration scene" @ Tanbaly site: 12 men+woman giving birth stand under sun-headed gods. (Sacrified?) animals in between. Used by shaman for rituals while people worshipped downhill. More videos on my YT channel: youtube.com/playlist?lis... 39/
One scene of apocalyptic event,as all animals predators+prey escape together. Flooding? Strong signs of patriarchalism: women portrayed (rarely) in copulation/birth-giving. Andronova burials denote strong egalitarianism & clear gender separation,as women buried with jewelry,men with weapons. 38/
Day 24: Can't resist a visit to the Tambalay petroglyphs ~200km away from Almaty,even if expensive+travelling alone (with guide). Site includes tombs from Andronova culture ~1500BC & much earlier rock carvings. Mind-blowingly interesting.Sun-headed gods likely venerated in rituals led by shaman. 37/
Yes, he extorted it. He brought me inside a toilette so the internal cameras couldn't record it. It was the equivalent of €10.
Day 23: Overnight train to Almaty. Train assistant demands bribe to store my bulky luggage. Revolting stink of gasoline in lower part of the city. Great visit to National Museum, with reconstruction of "Golden Man" - neolithic warrior found buried with immense wealth. Cook pasta for friends. 36/
Day 22: Visit Otrar, another ancient Silk Road city at about 1 hour drive from Shymkent. Impressive excavations detailing a quarantine area outside the walls, a mosque containing 1,000 worshippers, Tamerlan death bed, Mongols winning the siege to the city via bribery. 34/
Day 21: Arrive in Shymkent, south-central Kazakhstan, ancient outpost on the Silk Road. Find place in another capsule hotel. Visit the citadel, the only remnant of the past. An enchanting sunset over the ancient city walls must have been similar to what the merchants of the Silk Road saw. 33/
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Loving Kazakh wedding music, found by luck on the train. Many are farewell songs, as daughters would never see their families again.
A song talks about "Dariga", a ritual whereby a person circles around another person to get sickness out of him (typically father to son).32/
A song talks about "Dariga", a ritual whereby a person circles around another person to get sickness out of him (typically father to son).32/
The landscape of the Ustyurt Plateau from the window is hypnotic. Old Kazakh elderly women coming to sell their traditional clothes seem to come from centuries ago. Befriend army conscript on final day of service. Truly loving the experience of my 50-hour ride. 31/
Day 20-1: Great sense of community on 50-hour train ride Atyrau-Shimkent. A singer sings the songs prepared for her daughter's wedding at the dombra, the Kazakh national instrument. Neighbours share their food with me and I befriends young soldiers finishing their service. 30/
My travelogue of crossing the border between Georgia and Russia, and a day in Vladikavkaz. On my substack: gianlu777.substack.com/p/crossing-t...
La mia cronaca di viaggio del passaggio di frontiera tra Georgia e Russia, e una giornata a Vladikavkaz:
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La mia cronaca di viaggio del passaggio di frontiera tra Georgia e Russia, e una giornata a Vladikavkaz:
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I was wrong! This big building in Atyrau 🇰🇿 is the headquarter of Chevron, which has got license to extract oil in the region. The museum guide told me people here feel that oil is part of their identity. When we'll sever this toxic dependence?? 28/
Normally the armchairs are quite comfy, but I am not sure they were on offer this time. Did you manage to sleep on the stairwell? It must have been very crowded...
Day 19: Little tense at Russian border. Soldier wants to see my phone and inquires about my Ukrainian contacts. Then questionnaire asking my opinion on "special operation". Got stamp. Off to Atyrau,KZ,on Ural river,at border btw Europe & Asia (again). Share room with cyclist V. Off to downtown 27/
Here is the postprint of the article: osf.io/preprints/osf....
Here's the link to the publication:
doi.org/10.31219/osf...
And the abstract 👇9/9
Here's the link to the publication:
doi.org/10.31219/osf...
And the abstract 👇9/9
I’d also like to thank my wonderful co-authors Francesco Bogliacino & David Pipke, & great research assistants Laura María Jiménez Lozano, Suelen Castiblanco Moreno & Daniel Reyes Galvis.
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In 2014, I had already started slow-travelling to faraway places to reduce my carbon emissions, so I reached Colombia by cargo ship. I thank Dennis Snower, former President at the @kielinstitute for approving the trip.
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Workers who got the bonus did not change their output. In the second wave, funded by @kielinstitute, we found evidence for a "contentment effect": workers interpret the bonus as a signal that the employer is content with their effort, thus reducing their fear to be fired.
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When only one worker received the bonus, non-recipients marginally decreased their output, especially when the bonus was directed to the more socially disadvantaged worker. This suggests that workers react negatively when wages are used to achieve social goals.
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In two experiments carried out in a “natural” work environment in Bogotá, Colombia, our findings clearly go against the gift exchange hypothesis. Workers who received the bonus decreased their productivity on average by 12%, most clearly when both received the bonus.
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The empirical evidence offers contrasting results. So we wanted to add empirical evidence and also investigate whether the gift exchange also works when it introduces earnings inequality in a team.
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This research aims to study the implications for the labour market of the so-called “gift exchange” hypothesis, according to which firms set wages above the market-clearing level, thus eliciting workers to increase productivity above the standard to reciprocate.
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Do workers follow norms of reciprocity in the labour market?
After more than 10 years since data collection, my research has been published in Management Science
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After more than 10 years from fieldwork, it’s a great joy to have finally published in Management Science the article “No gifts returned: Surprise Bonuses Reduce Productivity in a Natural Field Experiment: Long read on Substack: gianlu777.substack.c...
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Day 18: Walk around Astrakhan, Russia. No sign war in Ukraine is 1,000km close. However,friend tells me of disappeared/mutilated men. Classic Russian architecture with statues of Bolshevik hero Kirov, heavy weapons in playground,etc. Great view of Volga.Off to Kazakhstan border with night train.26/
Day 17: Get another glimpse of Vladikavkaz,then 8-hour bus to Astrakhan.Pass through Chechenya and Daghestan. Fantastic desertic landscape.In Grozny, I hear gunshots for first time in my life,reportedly for a wedding. Get to Astrakhan in the night with cyclist Valerio & train-hopper Len. 25/