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Three questions with Michela Carlana

How does exposure to stereotypes affect educational and occupational choices? For example, to what extent do teacher stereotypes contribute to the gender gap in math-related fields? What can be done to increase awareness for own stereotypes and reduce biased behavior? These are the some of the questions Michela Carlana studies in her work. This video was made during his research visit at briq in 2019.

Three questions with Michael Kosfeld

What is the definition of leadership in an economic framework? And how do leaders get into top positions, given that there are many different types of leadership personalities? These are some of the research questions Michael Kosfeld is interested in. This video was made during his research visit at briq in the summer of 2018.

Three questions with Aislinn Bohren

Aislinn Bohren studies how systematic biases influence the way people interpret information they learn about, and how this affects choices, behavior and discrimination in markets. She is also interested in the use of information as incentives, e.g. in the form of online rating systems. This video was made during her research visit at briq in the summer of 2018.

Three questions with Alex Imas

Alex Imas explains his current work on dynamic decision-making, which combines data from the lab and the real world. How do people respond to financial losses? What causes discrimination, and how does reputation affect biases? This video was made during his research visit at briq in the summer of 2018.

Three questions with Ulf Zölitz

Ulf Zölitz studies the effects of peer personality on educational performance. He is also interested in the question how students react to information about their own social standing. This video was made while Ulf was a Postdoctoral Researcher at briq in the summer of 2017.