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Christoph Kronenberg

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(Mental) health economics Bio: PostDoc @cinchessen.bsky.social , UDE, previously CHE York. Associated with HEDG, York and RWI Leibniz. He/him/his. https://sites.google.com/view/christoph-kronenberg/home

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Dr Will Ball @wpball.com · 6h

Reading some interest stats about health research funding in the UK in recent years.

- Only 7% goes to Mental Health research
- Only 5% of that MH funding goes to studies related to prevention

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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 7h

pssst, so viele Drittmittel habe ich noch nie investiert ;)

Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 7h

I can't/won't tell what to do, I just think you're too hard on yourself/your work. The benefits of research can be very downstream and hard to predict compared to the immediate and near certain gratification of helping others.

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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 9h

Prevented policy/solutions to be based on flawed research?
Inspired others to figure out things about society that leads to solutions?
Given the quantity of papers, that need to be produced due to *gestures*, 1 in 4 sounds like a good ratio.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 9h

What I think when you describe economists:

a man and a woman looking at a chess set

ALT: a man and a woman looking at a chess set

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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 10h

Sure, but sketchy behavior is always possible, even in double-blind systems. I mean editors are not anonymous and they make the decision not the referees.
Wasn't there a paper that shows that proximity to editors increases the chance of publication? It is a human system. It will always be flawed.

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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 10h

I don't always! All I am advocating is freedom for reviewers to write the best review in their opinion. Some medical journals publish reviews with names alongside the paper. You can find some of the reviews I wrote for, I think, the BMJ online with name. I am not a fan of that either.

Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 11h

That would be a risky move. You could tell the EIC and the person might get banned from that journal. There are ethics standards for journals, most journals have signed up to them. I did not check, but this smells like a breach of COPE.

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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 11h

In case of doubt asking the editor as you suggested is sound advice! In this case, I don't see the need, but people, including editors and referees, differ.
IMHO, let's try to make work better no matter the norms, but then I should not be anyone's role model! 🤷‍♂️

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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 11h

I don't know about pych, @dingdingpeng.the100.ci says she signs her reviews, good enough for me.

Econ: I see it as a norm. You're being offered anonymity to review freely. If you're of the opinion the norm is wrong and you want change, be the change.

But yes, the editor always has final say.

Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 11h

Some news: I've just joined the editorial board of Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research alongside many amazing folks like @egolberstein.bsky.social and Daniel Eisenberg. Thanks to Stacy Frazier for her trust!

link.springer.com/journal/10488

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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 11h

Then explain it, note that it is your paper and that you are fine if they do not cite it. What is wrong with honesty and politeness?

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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 11h

What is the principle? This sounds like an obvious case where it should be done.

I think I've done it once in a similar case. It is just the obvious shoehorning that I find that annoying, but if it is relevant, please tell me.

Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 11h

Happy need-to-check-whether-the-sun-is-shining/has-been-shining-enough-before-switching-on-the-dryer-due-solar-panels season to you! 🎉

Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Those are the two exercises that have the *most* to do with psychology in that section. I was expecting some Freudian stuff, but so far ist mostly pretty generic stuff.

Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 1d

@dingdingpeng.the100.ci psychology & Dutch as learned via Duolingo:

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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 1d

I guess I do not count as young, but one reason I am, very slowly, reading "Not the end of the world" is so I can answer these questions when my kids start asking them.

Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a suit and tie is giving a speech and says that is the way of my people

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is giving a speech and says that is the way of my people

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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 1d

In my experience it's only Germans who clap. Germans also tend to still be into the whole tomato juice in airplanes thing, which otherwise seems to have died out.

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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 1d

You can't really be certain they are German until the plane lands and they applaud the captain for doing his/her job.

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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 2d

Schau mal wie die Holländer Quark schreiben ;)

Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 2d

I had the same impression when I was in the US recently. You really feel the no(default)-algorithm part of bsky if you use it in various time zones.

Valerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 2d

An observation while on sabbatical, living in CET Time Zone. I get a lot more academic content on this site. I'm wondering how much more I've been missing out on by sleeping in the US.

Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 2d

Given Deutsche Post and trains in Denmark I would happily trade you.

Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 3d

a man talking on a cell phone in front of a map that says die erde on it

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