Kai Ruggeri
@ruggeri.bsky.social
Professor @Columbia studying financial decision-making & other behaviors | Officer @USAirForce & @AirNationalGuard | Ozark born and raised
Reposted by Kai Ruggeri
𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝟵𝟮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 🌍, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴:
- Levels of energy, calm, and resilience are alarmingly low.
- The “U-shape” of happiness across age has vanished: young adults now report the worst mental health. ⚠️
- Almost half of adults over 75 live alone.
- Levels of energy, calm, and resilience are alarmingly low.
- The “U-shape” of happiness across age has vanished: young adults now report the worst mental health. ⚠️
- Almost half of adults over 75 live alone.
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝟵𝟮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 🌍, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴:
- Levels of energy, calm, and resilience are alarmingly low.
- The “U-shape” of happiness across age has vanished: young adults now report the worst mental health. ⚠️
- Almost half of adults over 75 live alone.
- Levels of energy, calm, and resilience are alarmingly low.
- The “U-shape” of happiness across age has vanished: young adults now report the worst mental health. ⚠️
- Almost half of adults over 75 live alone.
Results from study of mental health in 92 countries (n>53,000): People are not doing well.
- U-shape for age is gone: Young adults lowest health, highest illness
- Education still matters (a lot)
- 45% of older people live alone
- Hybrid work > 100% remote or in-person
Preprint: osf.io/3jyda_v1
- U-shape for age is gone: Young adults lowest health, highest illness
- Education still matters (a lot)
- 45% of older people live alone
- Hybrid work > 100% remote or in-person
Preprint: osf.io/3jyda_v1
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Results from study of mental health in 92 countries (n>53,000): People are not doing well.
- U-shape for age is gone: Young adults lowest health, highest illness
- Education still matters (a lot)
- 45% of older people live alone
- Hybrid work > 100% remote or in-person
Preprint: osf.io/3jyda_v1
- U-shape for age is gone: Young adults lowest health, highest illness
- Education still matters (a lot)
- 45% of older people live alone
- Hybrid work > 100% remote or in-person
Preprint: osf.io/3jyda_v1
For 5 years, @bjks.bsky.social has delivered episode after episode with the most influential behavioral & social psychologists of our day*. Strongly encourage you to check out his exceptional approach to hearing directly from authors that impact our field.
*He also lowered standards to include me.
*He also lowered standards to include me.
New episode!
I talked to Kai @ruggeri.bsky.social about his global collaborations on Prospect Theory and temporal discounting, how to run these global studies, how to run studies in languages you don't speak, & much more.
Thanks Kai for being a guest!
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I talked to Kai @ruggeri.bsky.social about his global collaborations on Prospect Theory and temporal discounting, how to run these global studies, how to run studies in languages you don't speak, & much more.
Thanks Kai for being a guest!
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September 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
For 5 years, @bjks.bsky.social has delivered episode after episode with the most influential behavioral & social psychologists of our day*. Strongly encourage you to check out his exceptional approach to hearing directly from authors that impact our field.
*He also lowered standards to include me.
*He also lowered standards to include me.
Nature vs Nurture...vs Options? We find that when the world around us changes rapidly like it did in 2020, our choice preferences, immediate environment, & critically, *the options available* are what truly shape behaviors.
@senpei.bsky.social @sarahaj95.bsky.social
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
@senpei.bsky.social @sarahaj95.bsky.social
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nature vs Nurture...vs Options? We find that when the world around us changes rapidly like it did in 2020, our choice preferences, immediate environment, & critically, *the options available* are what truly shape behaviors.
@senpei.bsky.social @sarahaj95.bsky.social
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
@senpei.bsky.social @sarahaj95.bsky.social
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
The global distribution of 53,540 participants that completed our 94-country study on mental, financial, and social well-being.
August 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The global distribution of 53,540 participants that completed our 94-country study on mental, financial, and social well-being.
How are you doing? Would you like to share? We are currently running a short survey (3-4 min) in over 90 countries and languages through the link below. No tricks, no agenda - just interested in hearing how people around the world are doing.
globalmentalhealth.github.io/Research
globalmentalhealth.github.io/Research
GMH Project
Global Mental Health Project
globalmentalhealth.github.io
June 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
How are you doing? Would you like to share? We are currently running a short survey (3-4 min) in over 90 countries and languages through the link below. No tricks, no agenda - just interested in hearing how people around the world are doing.
globalmentalhealth.github.io/Research
globalmentalhealth.github.io/Research
If you were looking for something that wasn't polarized...
June 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If you were looking for something that wasn't polarized...
Reposted by Kai Ruggeri
Tomorrow matters (almost) as much as today. In 13-country longitudinal study, we find financial well-being is as much a matter of income-wealth-debts as it is about sense of control, financial knowledge, & the future we expect (or fear). Critical data collected during extremely challenging times.
Longitudinal Assessment of Financial Well-Being Across Europe Confirms the Multidimensionality of the Construct - Social Indicators Research
Research on financial well-being (FWB) is experiencing rapid growth despite a lack of internationally validated measures. Most of the literature relies on unidimensional FWB scores calculated as the s...
link.springer.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Tomorrow matters (almost) as much as today. In 13-country longitudinal study, we find financial well-being is as much a matter of income-wealth-debts as it is about sense of control, financial knowledge, & the future we expect (or fear). Critical data collected during extremely challenging times.
Tomorrow matters (almost) as much as today. In 13-country longitudinal study, we find financial well-being is as much a matter of income-wealth-debts as it is about sense of control, financial knowledge, & the future we expect (or fear). Critical data collected during extremely challenging times.
Longitudinal Assessment of Financial Well-Being Across Europe Confirms the Multidimensionality of the Construct - Social Indicators Research
Research on financial well-being (FWB) is experiencing rapid growth despite a lack of internationally validated measures. Most of the literature relies on unidimensional FWB scores calculated as the s...
link.springer.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Tomorrow matters (almost) as much as today. In 13-country longitudinal study, we find financial well-being is as much a matter of income-wealth-debts as it is about sense of control, financial knowledge, & the future we expect (or fear). Critical data collected during extremely challenging times.
Reposted by Kai Ruggeri
In a study of 100 policies & 250 policymakers, we find that a) there's no such thing as the "best" type of evidence, and b) the scale of evidence used in decisions can be a strong predictor of policy effectiveness.
Freely available to all @policysciences.bsky.social
Freely available to all @policysciences.bsky.social
Assessing evidence based on scale can be a useful predictor of policy outcomes - Policy Sciences
With growing interest in more formalized applications of scientific evidence to policy, there are concerns about what evidence is selected and applied, and for what purpose. We present an initial argu...
link.springer.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In a study of 100 policies & 250 policymakers, we find that a) there's no such thing as the "best" type of evidence, and b) the scale of evidence used in decisions can be a strong predictor of policy effectiveness.
Freely available to all @policysciences.bsky.social
Freely available to all @policysciences.bsky.social
Reposted by Kai Ruggeri
Research by @ruggeri.bsky.social suggests there is no overall “best” type of evidence for reliably predicting policy outcomes, but assessing the evidence using a ‘level’ scale offers much more robust predictions: buff.ly/4kjdOmE
February 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Research by @ruggeri.bsky.social suggests there is no overall “best” type of evidence for reliably predicting policy outcomes, but assessing the evidence using a ‘level’ scale offers much more robust predictions: buff.ly/4kjdOmE
Reposted by Kai Ruggeri
Proposals for formalising evidence evaluation fascinate n disturb me. It's notable that a certain type of study strongly predicts policy success. But the key lesson from recent #philsci that evidence is only strong when you can *combine* different types of it into a robust theory of change.
In a study of 100 policies & 250 policymakers, we find that a) there's no such thing as the "best" type of evidence, and b) the scale of evidence used in decisions can be a strong predictor of policy effectiveness.
Freely available to all @policysciences.bsky.social
Freely available to all @policysciences.bsky.social
Assessing evidence based on scale can be a useful predictor of policy outcomes - Policy Sciences
With growing interest in more formalized applications of scientific evidence to policy, there are concerns about what evidence is selected and applied, and for what purpose. We present an initial argu...
link.springer.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Proposals for formalising evidence evaluation fascinate n disturb me. It's notable that a certain type of study strongly predicts policy success. But the key lesson from recent #philsci that evidence is only strong when you can *combine* different types of it into a robust theory of change.
In a study of 100 policies & 250 policymakers, we find that a) there's no such thing as the "best" type of evidence, and b) the scale of evidence used in decisions can be a strong predictor of policy effectiveness.
Freely available to all @policysciences.bsky.social
Freely available to all @policysciences.bsky.social
Assessing evidence based on scale can be a useful predictor of policy outcomes - Policy Sciences
With growing interest in more formalized applications of scientific evidence to policy, there are concerns about what evidence is selected and applied, and for what purpose. We present an initial argu...
link.springer.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In a study of 100 policies & 250 policymakers, we find that a) there's no such thing as the "best" type of evidence, and b) the scale of evidence used in decisions can be a strong predictor of policy effectiveness.
Freely available to all @policysciences.bsky.social
Freely available to all @policysciences.bsky.social
Reposted by Kai Ruggeri
Those headline stories about the decline of college enrollment this year were based on a typo.
It actually went up. Seven percent.
It actually went up. Seven percent.
Freshman enrollment up this fall; data error led to miscount
Freshman enrollment did not decline this fall, as previously reported in the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s annual enrollment report in October. On Monday, the NSC acknowledged that ...
www.insidehighered.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Those headline stories about the decline of college enrollment this year were based on a typo.
It actually went up. Seven percent.
It actually went up. Seven percent.
Those headline stories about the decline of college enrollment this year were based on a typo.
It actually went up. Seven percent.
It actually went up. Seven percent.
Freshman enrollment up this fall; data error led to miscount
Freshman enrollment did not decline this fall, as previously reported in the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s annual enrollment report in October. On Monday, the NSC acknowledged that ...
www.insidehighered.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Those headline stories about the decline of college enrollment this year were based on a typo.
It actually went up. Seven percent.
It actually went up. Seven percent.
Seriously, 2025, we just met. Slow down a little.
January 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Seriously, 2025, we just met. Slow down a little.
Reposted by Kai Ruggeri
Happy #JobsDay!
At 8:30 am ET, BLS delivers the most-important signals abt how economy is changing.
Forecasts’ center:
+155K jobs
Unemployment rate (UR) stable at 4.2%
At 8:30 am ET, BLS delivers the most-important signals abt how economy is changing.
Forecasts’ center:
+155K jobs
Unemployment rate (UR) stable at 4.2%
January 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Happy #JobsDay!
At 8:30 am ET, BLS delivers the most-important signals abt how economy is changing.
Forecasts’ center:
+155K jobs
Unemployment rate (UR) stable at 4.2%
At 8:30 am ET, BLS delivers the most-important signals abt how economy is changing.
Forecasts’ center:
+155K jobs
Unemployment rate (UR) stable at 4.2%
Reposted by Kai Ruggeri
"Our cities are full"
Our cities:
Our cities:
January 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Our cities are full"
Our cities:
Our cities:
Reposted by Kai Ruggeri
Stop fucking printing everything Sam Altman says like it's truth!
‘Virtual employees’ could join workforce as soon as this year, OpenAI boss says
‘Virtual employees’ could join workforce as soon as this year, OpenAI boss says
Sam Altman says tools that carry out jobs anonymously, known as AI agents, could transform business output
Virtual employees could join workforces this year and transform how companies work, according to the chief executive of OpenAI.
The first…
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Stop fucking printing everything Sam Altman says like it's truth!
Reposted by Kai Ruggeri
6️⃣ “A Synthesis of Evidence for Policy from Behavioural Science During COVID-19.”
👉An evaluation of 19 policy recommendations detailing how evidence from behavioral science could contribute to efforts to alleviate the COVID-19 pandemic.
Led by @ruggeri.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉An evaluation of 19 policy recommendations detailing how evidence from behavioral science could contribute to efforts to alleviate the COVID-19 pandemic.
Led by @ruggeri.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioural science during COVID-19 - Nature
Evaluation of evidence generated to test 19 proposed policy recommendations and guidance for the future.
www.nature.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:36 PM
6️⃣ “A Synthesis of Evidence for Policy from Behavioural Science During COVID-19.”
👉An evaluation of 19 policy recommendations detailing how evidence from behavioral science could contribute to efforts to alleviate the COVID-19 pandemic.
Led by @ruggeri.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉An evaluation of 19 policy recommendations detailing how evidence from behavioral science could contribute to efforts to alleviate the COVID-19 pandemic.
Led by @ruggeri.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Kai Ruggeri
New paper: We combine evidence from a survey (correlational), bank spending data, and online experiments to show that job loss increases risk taking.
Joint work with @abbysussman.bsky.social, Carlos Vazquez-Hernandez, Daniel O'Leary, and Jennifer Trueblood
Joint work with @abbysussman.bsky.social, Carlos Vazquez-Hernandez, Daniel O'Leary, and Jennifer Trueblood
Job loss increases financial risk-taking. People who lost their jobs during the pandemic were more likely to gamble and purchase more lottery tickets, on average, than people who had not lost their jobs. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
December 27, 2024 at 3:52 PM
New paper: We combine evidence from a survey (correlational), bank spending data, and online experiments to show that job loss increases risk taking.
Joint work with @abbysussman.bsky.social, Carlos Vazquez-Hernandez, Daniel O'Leary, and Jennifer Trueblood
Joint work with @abbysussman.bsky.social, Carlos Vazquez-Hernandez, Daniel O'Leary, and Jennifer Trueblood
Reposted by Kai Ruggeri
This is consistent with a review of 747 COVID papers we published in @nature.com finding that evidence for social science and behavior claims during COVID as very high (16/18 claims were supported) and this research was highly rigorrous (average N= 16,848) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioural science during COVID-19 - Nature
Evaluation of evidence generated to test 19 proposed policy recommendations and guidance for the future.
www.nature.com
December 23, 2024 at 1:00 PM
This is consistent with a review of 747 COVID papers we published in @nature.com finding that evidence for social science and behavior claims during COVID as very high (16/18 claims were supported) and this research was highly rigorrous (average N= 16,848) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Kai Ruggeri
Thanks!
I'm just posting this to show how much I appreciate all the scholars who worked their ass off during covid to do incredibly rigorous science while trying to juggle stress, childcare, illness, etc. We owe them all a sincere dept of gratitude.
I'm just posting this to show how much I appreciate all the scholars who worked their ass off during covid to do incredibly rigorous science while trying to juggle stress, childcare, illness, etc. We owe them all a sincere dept of gratitude.
December 23, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Thanks!
I'm just posting this to show how much I appreciate all the scholars who worked their ass off during covid to do incredibly rigorous science while trying to juggle stress, childcare, illness, etc. We owe them all a sincere dept of gratitude.
I'm just posting this to show how much I appreciate all the scholars who worked their ass off during covid to do incredibly rigorous science while trying to juggle stress, childcare, illness, etc. We owe them all a sincere dept of gratitude.
Reposted by Kai Ruggeri
A new paper finds that replicability of social and behavioural science claims in COVID-19 preprints was 65.4% (this included a successfull replication from my own lab--Sternisko et al) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is just more evidence that research on COVID was actually quite robust.
This is just more evidence that research on COVID was actually quite robust.
December 23, 2024 at 12:56 PM
A new paper finds that replicability of social and behavioural science claims in COVID-19 preprints was 65.4% (this included a successfull replication from my own lab--Sternisko et al) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is just more evidence that research on COVID was actually quite robust.
This is just more evidence that research on COVID was actually quite robust.