• Episode 7: Nina Weber
    Aug 31 2022

    In this week’s podcast, Michael is joined by Nina Weber, a third year PhD student at King’s College London, to discuss her research on procedural fairness and why some ordinary Americans support tax cuts for the rich. Find out about her journey through industry to starting a PhD and choosing a topic.

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    Nina Weber: https://ninasophieweber.com/ 

    Twitter: @ninasweber 

    Nina’s paper: Hope, D., Limberg, J., & Weber, N. (2021).  Why Do (Some) Ordinary Americans Support Tax Cuts for the Rich? Evidence From a Randomized Survey Experiment.. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3906631 or https://ninasophieweber.files.wordpress.com/2022/05/taxing_the_rich_260422.pd 



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  • Episode 6: Andrij Ivchenko
    Aug 23 2022

    In this week’s podcast, Michael is joined by Andriy Ivchenko, a second year PhD student at the London School of Economics, to discuss the privacy paradox, the factors that affect our behaviour around regulation and his decision to start a PhD. 


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    Andriy’s paper: Veltri, G. A., & Ivchenko, A. (2017). The impact of different forms of cognitive scarcity on online privacy disclosure. Computers in human behavior, 73, 238-246.

    Article on Why Facebook’s Metaverse is a Privacy Nightmare: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2021/11/13/why-facebooks-metaverse-is-a-privacy-nightmare/?sh=6fdaadf26db8


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  • Episode 5: Matthew Beach
    Aug 16 2022

    In this week’s podcast, Michael is joined by Matthew Beach, a PhD student at Queen Mary University of London's Geography Department. The conversation takes a journey from Fine Art, to Jellyfish farming, and Matthew role as a representatives for doctoral students across QMUL.




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    Matthew Beach: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/geog/staff/beachm.html


    Twitter: @matthewjbeach



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  • Episode 4: Andrew Hunter
    Jun 22 2022

    In this week’s podcast, Michael is joined by Andrew Hunter, a fourth year PhD student at King’s College London, to discuss his research on how elections are used as an effective tool in a representative democracy to achieve democratic objectives. 

    Michael delves into what this means in relation to Andrew’s latest paper on ethnic minority candidates, the implications of this, what inspired him to study this for his PhD and what he wish he’d known before starting. 


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    Andrew Hunter: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/andrew-hunter 

    Andrew’s paper: Hunter, A. (2022, February 8). Ethnic Minority Representation & Electoral Systems: Evidence from Mixed Member Elections in the United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/yrkph

    Peter Mair, Rolling the Void: Mair, P. (2013). Ruling the void: The hollowing of Western democracy. Verso books.




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  • Episode 3: Tehminah Malik
    Jun 15 2022

    In this week’s podcast, Michael is joined by Tehminah Malik a final year PhD student at King’s College London, to delve into the world of fiscal rules: why they were introduced, how they’re enforced and how they differ between countries. 


    When not working on her PhD, Tehminah works for the Swedish Ministry of Finance as a negotiator for EU owned resources. Hear how she balances her full-time PhD and working.  


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    Tehminah Malik: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/tehminah-malik  

    Twitter: @TemiM89 

    Tehminah’s chapter: not yet published




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  • Episode 2: Shibeal O'Flaherty
    Jun 8 2022

    In this week’s podcast, Michael is joined by Shibeal O’Flaherty, a third year PhD student at King’s College London, to discuss her research on improving employee wellbeing using behavioural science and the challenges of working with public sector employers and their employees.


    Get in touch with us via Twitter, Instagram, or email – we’d love to hear from you!


    Shibeal O’Flaherty: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/shibeal-o-flaherty 

    Symbolic rewards for social workers: O’Flaherty, S; Sanders, M, T; Whillans, A. (2021). Research: A little recognition can provide a big morale boost. Harvard Business Review

    Jana Gallus and symbolic reward - Gallus, J. (2017). Fostering public good contributions with symbolic awards: A large-scale natural field experiment at Wikipedia. Management Science, 63(12), 3999-4015. 

    Mental health support:

    NHS – depending on your area, you may be able to make a self-referral: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/social-care-and-your-rights/how-to-access-mental-health-services/ 

    Mind - https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/seeking-help-for-a-mental-health-problem/where-to-start/ 

    Student Minds - https://www.studentminds.org.uk/findsupport.html 

    Visit your university’s website to find out more about specific support available at your university. 




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  • Episode 1: Sanchayan Banerjee
    Jun 1 2022

    In this week’s podcast, Michael is joined by Sanchayan Banerjee, a 4th year PhD student in the Department of Geography and Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science, to discuss how we can use ‘nudge plus’ to help people make better environmental decisions – and when they might backfire.  

    Find out more about Sanchayan’s journey to beginning his PhD, why he likes the attention around his research, and what you should look out for when choosing a supervisor.  


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    Sanchayan Banerjee: https://www.lse.ac.uk/geography-and-environment/people/phd-students/sanchayan-banerjee

    Twitter: @SanchayanBanerj

    Sanchayan’s paper: Banerjee, S., & John, P. (2021). Nudge plus: Incorporating reflection into behavioral public policy. Behavioural Public Policy, 1-16. doi:10.1017/bpp.2021.6

    Oliver Hauser: Hauser, O., Greene, M., DeCelles, K., Norton, M., & Gino, F. (2018). Minority report: A big data approach to organizational attempts at deterring unethical behavior. Academy of Management Global Proceedings, (2018), 125.

    Regulation in Happyville: Salanié, F., & Treich, N. (2009). Regulation in happyville. The Economic Journal, 119(537), 665-679.

    Loewstein paper: Hagmann, D., Ho, E. H., & Loewenstein, G. (2019). Nudging out support for a carbon tax. Nature Climate Change, 9(6), 484-489.

    How far to Nudge: John, P. (2018). How far to nudge?: Assessing behavioural public policy. Edward Elgar Publishing. 

    Professor Peter John: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/peter-john 

    Professor Susana Mourato: https://www.lse.ac.uk/geography-and-environment/people/academic-staff/susana-mourato  

    Professor Simon Dietz: https://www.lse.ac.uk/business/consulting/experts/simon-dietz?from_serp=1 

    Thinking, fast and slow: Kahneman, D. (2017). Thinking, fast and slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 


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