How the World Works - UCLA Anderson

This Episode Could Change Your Listening and Conversation Habits Forever

Assistant Professor Hanne Collins connects the art of conversation with the science

Voting Lines Have Been 24% Longer in Predominantly Black Polling Locations

Professor Keith Chen, Assistant Professor Kareem Haggag and co-authors examined 40,000 voting locations from the 2016 election

What Happens When Farmland Is Given Up For Large Solar Installations?

Climate economist Zhiyun Li weighs the value of food production against energy production

The Speed of the Current Economy Makes Us Do “Stupid Stuff”

Pushing for efficiency and profits, according to Charles Corbett, causes turnover and unhappiness

Science has learned how to get people to do things, especially for public health

Hengchen Dai studies “the nudge,” and focused on how UCLA Health nudged people to get the COVID vaccines

The Partisan Divide, Put to the Test

After a rigorous process, Brian Wheaton found that facts do not sway the beliefs of left- or right-leaning people

Beyond GDP, Consider the Entire Nation’s Well-Being

Professor of Behavioral Economics and Genomics Dan Benjamin has devised an index, scoring each U.S. locale

 

AI, Fed a Diet of AI Content: Intellectual Malnutrition

Francisco Castro looked into the pratfalls of generative AI creating content from its content

What Happens When Dollar Stores Come to Town

Brett Hollenbeck’s study uncovers the deleterious effects on public health over a ten-year period

Research Shows Female Political Candidates Are Judged More Harshly by Voters

Clemence Tricaud looked at comparable municipal elections and pandemic policies to reveal a tidy social experiment hiding beneath