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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · 24d

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.

BJKS Podcast @bjkspod.bsky.social · 24d

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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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · 26d

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...

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Aug 12

Note: Due to variations in local privacy regulations, coverage is not necessarily representative for all countries (e.g., we have a lot of Swedish people in the sample, despite how it might look on the map).

Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Aug 12

The global distribution of 53,540 participants that completed our 94-country study on mental, financial, and social well-being.

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Jun 21

Global Survey Invites You to Share How You Are Doing

Professor Kai Ruggeri invites participation in a global study of mental health and well-being.

www.publichealth.columbia.edu

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Jun 17

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

GMH Project

Global Mental Health Project

globalmentalhealth.github.io

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Jun 12

If you were looking for something that wasn't polarized...

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Apr 12

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

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Apr 12

Freely available: rdcu.be/egrXI

Longitudinal Assessment of Financial Well-Being Across Europe Confirms the Multidimensionality of the Construct

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Apr 12

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

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Feb 9

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

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

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Mar 29

plus.columbia.edu/content/foun...

Foundations of Behavioral Science | Columbia Plus

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koenfucius @koenfucius.bsky.social · Feb 28

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

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Feb 9

Andi, to be clear, that was not interpreting focus groups as universally useful. But that some policymakers working on other matters, like something that may be unique to a single town or group, need focus group input in a way an RCT can’t inform. Not to replace RCTs in all instances.

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · Feb 9

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.

Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Feb 9

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

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

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Feb 9

Maybe not over-invested, but incorrectly assumed a universal value proposition. The most fascinating response was that RCTs don't inform policies on things like having sign language interpreters available in courtrooms or how many people should receive severe weather alerts.

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Feb 9

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

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

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Jan 20

Those headline stories about the decline of college enrollment this year were based on a typo.

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

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Jan 20

(The increase may have been 5% or another number to be published. On further reading of the linked material, it seems like the increase is confirmed but more details are coming.)

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Jan 20

Those headline stories about the decline of college enrollment this year were based on a typo.

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

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Kai Ruggeri @ruggeri.bsky.social · Jan 19

Seriously, 2025, we just met. Slow down a little.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Jan 10

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%