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IAST Magazine 20

Theme: The Power of Data

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Research

Join us as research fellow

We are looking for fellowships researchers. Apply now

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New publications

The effects of religiously ordained ritualistic fasting on individual human behavior, by 2 IAST members

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Podcast: Are countries becoming harder to govern?

Crossing Channels Series 2, Episode 9

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The Face Game

Help us find out how profile pictures influence human and AI decisions.

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Adam Smith Tercentenary Celebration

On November 22, 2023, 17:00–19:00

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Awards

Congratulations to Jordan Moon!

Jordan has received the IAPR Godin Award

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EventsSee all events

Coming up soon, in Toulouse or further afield

22 November 2023

Adam Smith Tercentenary Celebration

11 January 2024

12 January 2024

16th Digital Economics Conference

          
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                    September
                    2023
                
Social Institutions and State Reach: Examining Change in Gendered Land Rights in Southern Africa
IAST Lunch Seminar

    Lauren Honig
  
                    3
                    October
                    2023
                
If you can, you must. Information, utility, and loss aversion
IAST General Seminar
Lionel Page (University of Queensland, Australia)

                    5
                    October
                    2023
                
Private Colonialism in Africa
Behavior, Institutions, and Development Seminar
Elias Papaioannou (London Business School)

                    6
                    October
                    2023
                
Trust in humans and AI from (non)utilitarian moral decisions
IAST Lunch Seminar

    Jim A. C. Everett