George Melios
@gmelios.bsky.social
Working on the intersection of econ, polsci and behavioural science. Applying causal inference to study what people believe and how they behave. Currently at LSE and RHUL
🚨 New working paper alert!
As part of our Horizon Europe BENEFITS project, @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social and I study whether disability benefits necessarily discourage work — using the UK’s Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reform as a natural experiment.
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As part of our Horizon Europe BENEFITS project, @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social and I study whether disability benefits necessarily discourage work — using the UK’s Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reform as a natural experiment.
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September 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🚨 New working paper alert!
As part of our Horizon Europe BENEFITS project, @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social and I study whether disability benefits necessarily discourage work — using the UK’s Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reform as a natural experiment.
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As part of our Horizon Europe BENEFITS project, @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social and I study whether disability benefits necessarily discourage work — using the UK’s Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reform as a natural experiment.
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🚨📢 New paper out in @psrm.bsky.social with Yara Sleiman & Paul Dolan: “Sleeping with the enemy: partisanship and tolerance in online dating”. How much do politics shape who we swipe?
September 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🚨📢 New paper out in @psrm.bsky.social with Yara Sleiman & Paul Dolan: “Sleeping with the enemy: partisanship and tolerance in online dating”. How much do politics shape who we swipe?
Reposted by George Melios
Just out! ERNOP's practitioner summary of my paper with @gmelios.bsky.social, showing that 🇺🇸 Partisans reduce charitable giving by ~4.5 % when their own party is in power, as faith in government crowds out private help, whereas opposition to government motivates private giving.
tinyurl.com/ernop1
tinyurl.com/ernop1
ernop.eu
June 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Just out! ERNOP's practitioner summary of my paper with @gmelios.bsky.social, showing that 🇺🇸 Partisans reduce charitable giving by ~4.5 % when their own party is in power, as faith in government crowds out private help, whereas opposition to government motivates private giving.
tinyurl.com/ernop1
tinyurl.com/ernop1
An interesting collection of opinions @theguardian.com on whether and how the 2020 BLM protests change the world. Covers our work with @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social on @polbehavior.bsky.social. Link on the first comment
How did 2020’s Black Lives Matter movement change the world? Our panel responds
How did 2020’s Black Lives Matter movement change the world? Our panel responds
Five years ago, George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis. Writers and activists from Brazil to Berlin talk about the protests, hope and disappointment that followed
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
An interesting collection of opinions @theguardian.com on whether and how the 2020 BLM protests change the world. Covers our work with @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social on @polbehavior.bsky.social. Link on the first comment
New paper out in @polbehavior.bsky.social. We focus on an important and timely question. Do protests matter? Do they drive social change? @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social summarises our work nicely in the following thread.
1/ 📣 PUBLICATION ALERT: Our paper on the effect of BLM protests on the 2020 presidential election has been published in @polbehavior.bsky.social ! Joint work with my great friend and co-author @gmelios.bsky.social
#Polisky #Econsky
#Polisky #Econsky
March 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
New paper out in @polbehavior.bsky.social. We focus on an important and timely question. Do protests matter? Do they drive social change? @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social summarises our work nicely in the following thread.
Great summary of our paper!
Great blog about our recently published paper with @gmelios.bsky.social!
Our research suggests that current Republicans’ efforts to dismantle government agencies might spur rising Democratic donations to support charities providing those services.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/people-...
#EconSky #PoliSky
Our research suggests that current Republicans’ efforts to dismantle government agencies might spur rising Democratic donations to support charities providing those services.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/people-...
#EconSky #PoliSky
People who oppose party in power 'donate significantly more to charity'
A new study has revealed that political party loyalty has a significant impact on charitable giving, as Americans donate considerably more money to charity when they oppose the party in power, while r...
www.kcl.ac.uk
February 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Great summary of our paper!
Very excited to be in Vienna yesterday for the kick-off meeting of our new Horizon Europe grant "MultiPod" on promoting political participation and creating the "Public Space for Citizen Deliberation" in Europe!
December 10, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Very excited to be in Vienna yesterday for the kick-off meeting of our new Horizon Europe grant "MultiPod" on promoting political participation and creating the "Public Space for Citizen Deliberation" in Europe!
Check out our new publication. Excellently summarised by @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social
🎉 Publication alert, joint with @gmelios.bsky.social!
Our paper examines how alignment with the government affects charitable giving. It has just been accepted in Public Choice.
Find out about our findings below!
Our paper examines how alignment with the government affects charitable giving. It has just been accepted in Public Choice.
Find out about our findings below!
November 13, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Check out our new publication. Excellently summarised by @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social
🚨Publication alert🚨 Thrilled to announce my paper with
@bkleinteeselink.bsky.social entitled "Origin of (A)symmetry: The Evolution of Out-Party Distrust in the United States" is now accepted and available at @thejop.bsky.social! 🎉 A thread in 5 songs from the album 'Origin of Symmetry' by Muse...
@bkleinteeselink.bsky.social entitled "Origin of (A)symmetry: The Evolution of Out-Party Distrust in the United States" is now accepted and available at @thejop.bsky.social! 🎉 A thread in 5 songs from the album 'Origin of Symmetry' by Muse...
September 18, 2024 at 10:45 AM
🚨Publication alert🚨 Thrilled to announce my paper with
@bkleinteeselink.bsky.social entitled "Origin of (A)symmetry: The Evolution of Out-Party Distrust in the United States" is now accepted and available at @thejop.bsky.social! 🎉 A thread in 5 songs from the album 'Origin of Symmetry' by Muse...
@bkleinteeselink.bsky.social entitled "Origin of (A)symmetry: The Evolution of Out-Party Distrust in the United States" is now accepted and available at @thejop.bsky.social! 🎉 A thread in 5 songs from the album 'Origin of Symmetry' by Muse...
Check out our new WP
🚨 Now that we're all moving here, I'd like to share a recent working paper with @gmelios.bsky.social: Religion, Identity, and Preferences! 🚨
Want to find out how religiosity causally affects policy preferences and gender norms? A 🧵
#econsky #polisky
Want to find out how religiosity causally affects policy preferences and gender norms? A 🧵
#econsky #polisky
September 17, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Check out our new WP
Best way to kick off work for 2024 after leave! Thread coming soon!
January 8, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Best way to kick off work for 2024 after leave! Thread coming soon!
No better way to celebrate the end of term, and thank your TA for all the amazing help, than a truffle burger and a beer.
December 5, 2023 at 9:12 PM
No better way to celebrate the end of term, and thank your TA for all the amazing help, than a truffle burger and a beer.
Drop something blue from your gallery
September 23, 2023 at 11:06 AM
Drop something blue from your gallery