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Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy

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Opinions my own. I do research on emotions in financial decision-making, international management, & decisions in radical uncertainty. Also research on policing organisations. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3233-725. Blog@ https://emotionalfinance.net

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Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Aug 8

We argue that communications with more right-wing groups will be more effective in shifting beliefs where they emphasise optimism about the potential for social action to address climate change, rather than promoting fear of its effects. 2/2

Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Aug 8

In our paper ‘Who's Interested in Global Warming?’, we find that belief in global warming is lower for those with more right-wing political orientation. Higher for higher optimism, and this effect is stronger for those with more right wing beliefs. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Who's Interested in Global Warming?

We report on a study of the correlates of attitude to global warming (GW). We build on prior research on the role of demographic variables, personality, and political orientation in predicting attit...

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Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Mar 6

Yes there is certainly high rise housing that works but The Barbican and similar developments are not at the end of the market where there is the greatest need and different kinds of problems.

Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Mar 6

I am not attacking you on this just looking for a thoughtful response about how we avoid repeating mistakes made in the past.

Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Mar 6

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Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Mar 6

Well I did live through it.

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Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Mar 6

Didn’t we do this in the sixties and accidentally invented sink estates?

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · Feb 26

"Under weaknesses, you've put 'Accidentally stopped the fight against Ebola'?"

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Dustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org · Feb 27

the most surprising and disappointing aspect of becoming a global health philanthropist is the existence of an opposition team

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Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Feb 27

My interviews on Policing TV about the dynamics of ignorance in policing.
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PolicingTV is a video channel dedicated to the big issues in policing featuring discussion by key policing figures via interviews and panels. Tune in to PolicingTV!

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Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Feb 10

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The best books about trading and traders

Mark Fenton-O'Creevy shares the 5 best books on books about trading and traders. Have you read Trading Psychology 2.0?

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Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Feb 4

There you go, metric is good for you.

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Jan 16

Hi Michael,

Very happy to have a chat about mutual interests. Do send me an IM or an email (I am easily found on Google)

Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Jan 8

@emwilliamsaru.bsky.social welcome to bluesky

Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Dec 13

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Sarah Crew on LinkedIn: Uncomfortable knowledge, the production of ignorance, and the…

Essential, if uncomfortable, reading for senior leaders in Policing, especially as we consider reform. There is so much here that rings true. It takes real…

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Matt Kane at ViteConf 🇳🇱 @mk.gg · Dec 10

The UK parliament has joined Bluesky, with proper verified domains and everything:

• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk

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Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Dec 10

What is callow is shaming someone for a simple error

Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Dec 9

He may be a dinosaur but I doubt he had anything to do with the Battle of the Somme 🤣

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Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social · Dec 6

One of the joys of supervising a PhD is when the student provides you with a reading you would never have come across but immediately connects to something you are working on. Today I feel lucky.Thankyou Sharon Davidson! academic.oup.com/policing/art...

Uncomfortable knowledge, the production of ignorance, and the trustworthiness of UK policing

Abstract. In this article, we draw on emerging theories of the production of ignorance in organizations. We conduct a qualitative analysis of two forms of

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Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Dec 6

Also, the increasing Climate impacts are likely to act as a drag on the economy, not to mention Trump's planned trade wars

Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Dec 6

I think we may be forgetting all the times this claim has been made before and so far AI is overpromising and underdelivering

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Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Dec 2

Check out my latest article: Uncomfortable knowledge, the production of ignorance, and the trustworthiness of UK policing linkedin.com/pulse/uncomf... via
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Uncomfortable knowledge, the production of ignorance, and the trustworthiness of UK policing

Why do organisations that employ many good people commited to serving the public fail to notice, or challenge terrible behaviour? Some of the answers may lie in recent work on the production and uses ...

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Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy @mocreevy.bsky.social · Dec 2

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My paper with David Tucket on Selecting futures: The role of conviction, narratives, ambivalence, and constructive doubt.

Selecting futures: The role of conviction, narratives, ambivalence, and constructive doubt

Institutional decisions about the future, that matter, are usually made in a context of considerable uncertainty. Although the intention is success the possibility of failure must inevitably be prese...

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