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2 more Webinars on AI in behavioural research to follow - one on analytical AI & one on responsible AI - sign up on website

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Fall in overseas students fuels threat to English universities despite rise in fees Higher tuition costs have already been ‘wiped out’ by government tax hikes, critics claim www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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ANNOUNCEMENT! My next novel, The Heist Of Hollow London, will be published by Tor on 30 September 2025. One of the world's largest corporations collapses. During the sale of its assets, five clone workers are bought to steal a large sum of money stashed an obscure facility in a near-abandoned city.

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In the latest issue of our newsletter on research about Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects: ▸ "SPINACH": LLM-based tool makes Wikidata's data more accessible, translating "challenging real-world questions" to SPARQL queries and other new publications meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Researc...

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#MorningReads #currentevents Yesterday the CDC has removed several pages related to health and disease prevention. PDFs of what was removed, can be found here. #CDC

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My PhD student @nataliakika.bsky.social is still looking to recruit parents of teens aged 12-18 years to take part in a 1-hour online interview about looking for mental health information online. These findings will inform intervention development, so we need to close recruitment asap! 🙌

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Come do a funded PhD with me! Difference and power in the time of responsible AI: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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If you've received your UCU ballot paper for the NEC and other elections please vote anyone but so-called 'UCU Left'.

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'Get the psychology right for the law: Public and policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic' Some reflections on my time as a participant in SPI-B ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/01/27/j...

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RADIANT (Regulatory science empowering innovation in transformative digital health and AI) is a new CERSI (Centre of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation) headed by Brunel and including UCL. Find us as "Radiant Network" on LinkedIn. www.ukri.org/news/develop...

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A mushroom playing keyboards: youtu.be/kmlF2rw1weo

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New! "A systematic review of the effect of personal health records on patient activation" by Irina Osovskaya, Ann Blandford & me doi.org/10.1177/2055... Personal health records often promoted as involving people in own care. But we found most RCTs showed no increase in patient activation, but...

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“At 4 o’clock we have our tea”, 1962 Artist: Harry Wingfield (For the strange story of why this image is so significant in Indonesia, see here: ladybirdflyawayhome.com/the-strange-...

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20 Jan: first paper of the year published 22 Jan: second paper of the year published 22 Jan: fixed washing machine Good week! 😆

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📢"Public Understanding and Expectations of Digital Health Evidence Generation: Focus Group Study" by @paulinabond1 , Jingfeng Li and me. formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e56523/ We asked members of the public about what evidence should be required to demonstrate health apps’ effectiveness.

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Come and work with us! Closing date: 23rd Jan

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🚀 New year, new opportunity? We're hiring a Research Consultancy & Training Fellow/Senior Fellow! This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact on our consultancy, training, teaching and research portfolio. 🔗 Apply by 26 Jan: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @susanmichie.bsky.social

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We've opened the call for our @britishacademy.bsky.social 2025 Book Prize. We offer £25k to the winning non fiction book aimed at a general reader that deepens understanding of people, societies and cultures www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/food-hi...

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Numerous studies have shown that fact checking has helped reduce the spread of misinformation and disinformation online.

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succinct analysis of disinformation spread by Elon Musk FRS might be of interest to @royalsociety.org

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The narrative below that the #LAfires are bringing people together needs emphasising in order to counter the myth that anti-social behaviour (such as looting) increases after disasters. Most research shows that crime rates fall during & after mass emergencies

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If anyone is interested in this opportunity, we will be running a Metascience project on AI, making us a great location @stsucl.bsky.social for a potential fellowship.

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#science #detox

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I'm in Cardiff Glee this weekend. Come watch!

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Four years ago today, a crowd of (mostly) Trump supporters attacked the Capitol building. Here's what we found about how empowerment processes drove the event: jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/js...

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Gosh darn it #DoctorWho #BBC.... Theropods could not pronate their wrists like that! @ydawtheshow.bsky.social

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All my work is open - and you can use images from it without seeking my permission as long as it is correctly cited. Every week I get requests in relation to COM-B or the Behaviour Change Wheel. No need to request- the answer is always yes! #OpenScience

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📢New: "Tracked Physical Activity Levels Before and After a Change in Incentive Strategy Among UK Adults Using a Rewards App: Retrospective Quasi-Experimental Study" formative.jmir.org/2024/1/e50041 We offer a cautionary tale around before/after designs by using longitudinal data over 6 months.

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Our commentary on commercial influences on patient & public involvement is out today @healthpromint.bsky.social as part of special issue on the #CDoH. We hope to stimulate discussion & debate (& hopefully meaningful action) in this area academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... @jameslarkin13.bsky.social

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Global Collaboration Opportunity: If you are (or know someone) from a country often missed in research, and are interested in a global study on mental health like this one, please write to me! We have many team members in Europe and English-speaking countries, but would love to involve many more!

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Here is the YouTube recording of the Maldaba webinar on digital as an enabler of quality of service in healthcare that I chaired: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fVp...

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In defence of the London Overground rebrand At the unveiling ceremony for the newly named lines, I found more than expensive virtue signalling. By @jonnelledge.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...

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Our new paper, led by @drsarahejackson.bsky.social, looks at financial hardship and psychological distress during the cost-of-living crisis. We find high rates of reported financial difficulties and a strong association between these and psychological distress. doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

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I do enjoy how the Irish defy stereotypes by producing the most insane election graphics known to man

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Super excited to announce our next season theme for @britishacademy.bsky.social public events is ‘the Age of Mistrust?’ We’ve a range of free events on: the history of misinformation, the year of elections, the role of AI and mistrust in sci-fi. Book here www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...

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👉 Addressing the commercial determinants of menstrual health-a call to regulate menstrual product manufacturers 🗝️ "their products & commercial practices raise environmental, health, equity & societal issues, which warrant attn & regulation" ✍️ Céline Brassart Olsen academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

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