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.Get in touch with us via Twitter, Instagram or email – we’d love to hear from you! Nina Weber: <a href="https://ninasophieweber.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ninasophieweber.com/</a>&nbsp;Twitter: @ninasweber&nbsp;Nina’s paper: Hope, D., Limberg, J., &amp; Weber, N. (2021).&nbsp; Why Do (Some) Ordinary Americans Support Tax Cuts for the Rich? Evidence From a Randomized Survey Experiment.. Available at SSRN: <a href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=3906631" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ssrn.com/abstract=3906631</a> or <a href="https://ninasophieweber.files.wordpress.com/2022/05/taxing_the_rich_260422.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ninasophieweber.files.wordpress.com/2022/05/taxing_the_rich_260422.pd</a>&nbsp;

Episode 7: Nina Weber

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.&nbsp; Get in touch with us via Twitter, Instagram or email – we’d love to hear from you! Andriy’s paper: Veltri, G. A., &amp; Ivchenko, A. (2017). The impact of different forms of cognitive scarcity on online privacy disclosure.&nbsp;Computers in human behavior,&nbsp;73, 238-246.Article on Why Facebook’s Metaverse is a Privacy Nightmare: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2021/11/13/why-facebooks-metaverse-is-a-privacy-nightmare/?sh=6fdaadf26db8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2021/11/13/why-facebooks-metaverse-is-a-privacy-nightmare/?sh=6fdaadf26db8</a>

Episode 6: Andrij Ivchenko

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. Get in touch with us via Twitter, Instagram, or email – we’d love to hear from you! Matthew Beach: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/geog/staff/beachm.html Twitter: @matthewjbeach

Episode 5: Matthew Beach

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.&nbsp;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.&nbsp; Get in touch with us via Twitter, Instagram or email – we’d love to hear from you! Andrew Hunter: <a href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/andrew-hunter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/andrew-hunter</a>&nbsp;Andrew’s paper: Hunter, A. (2022, February 8). Ethnic Minority Representation &amp; Electoral Systems: Evidence from Mixed Member Elections in the United Kingdom. <a href="https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/yrkph" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/yrkph</a>Peter Mair, Rolling the Void: Mair, P. (2013).&nbsp;Ruling the void: The hollowing of Western democracy. Verso books.

Episode 4: Andrew Hunter

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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp;&nbsp; Get in touch with us via Twitter, Instagram or email – we’d love to hear from you! Tehminah Malik: <a href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/tehminah-malik" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/tehminah-malik</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Twitter: @TemiM89&nbsp;Tehminah’s chapter: not yet published

Episode 3: Tehminah Malik

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: <a href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/shibeal-o-flaherty" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/shibeal-o-flaherty</a>&nbsp;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 ReviewJana Gallus and symbolic reward - Gallus, J. (2017). Fostering public good contributions with symbolic awards: A large-scale natural field experiment at Wikipedia.&nbsp;Management Science,&nbsp;63(12), 3999-4015.&nbsp;Mental health support:NHS – depending on your area, you may be able to make a self-referral: <a href="https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/social-care-and-your-rights/how-to-access-mental-health-services/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/social-care-and-your-rights/how-to-access-mental-health-services/</a>&nbsp;Mind - <a href="https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/seeking-help-for-a-mental-health-problem/where-to-start/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/seeking-help-for-a-mental-health-problem/where-to-start/</a>&nbsp;Student Minds - <a href="https://www.studentminds.org.uk/findsupport.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.studentminds.org.uk/findsupport.html</a>&nbsp;Visit your university’s website to find out more about specific support available at your university.&nbsp;

Episode 2: Shibeal O'Flaherty

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.&nbsp;&nbsp;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.&nbsp;&nbsp; Get in touch with us via Twitter, Instagram or email – we’d love to hear from you! Sanchayan Banerjee: https://www.lse.ac.uk/geography-and-environment/people/phd-students/sanchayan-banerjeeTwitter: @SanchayanBanerjSanchayan’s paper: Banerjee, S., &amp; John, P. (2021). Nudge plus: Incorporating reflection into behavioral public policy.&nbsp;Behavioural Public Policy,&nbsp;1-16. doi:10.1017/bpp.2021.6Oliver Hauser: Hauser, O., Greene, M., DeCelles, K., Norton, M., &amp; 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., &amp; Treich, N. (2009). Regulation in happyville.&nbsp;The Economic Journal,&nbsp;119(537), 665-679.Loewstein paper: Hagmann, D., Ho, E. H., &amp; Loewenstein, G. (2019). Nudging out support for a carbon tax.&nbsp;Nature Climate Change,&nbsp;9(6), 484-489.How far to Nudge: John, P. (2018).&nbsp;How far to nudge?: Assessing behavioural public policy. Edward Elgar Publishing.&nbsp;Professor Peter John: <a href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/peter-john" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/peter-john</a>&nbsp;Professor Susana Mourato: <a href="https://www.lse.ac.uk/geography-and-environment/people/academic-staff/susana-mourato" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lse.ac.uk/geography-and-environment/people/academic-staff/susana-mourato</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Professor Simon Dietz: <a href="https://www.lse.ac.uk/business/consulting/experts/simon-dietz?from_serp=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lse.ac.uk/business/consulting/experts/simon-dietz?from_serp=1</a>&nbsp;Thinking, fast and slow: Kahneman, D. (2017). Thinking, fast and slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.&nbsp; The logo was designed by LogoFlow.

Episode 1: Sanchayan Banerjee

PhD research is the cutting edge of social science, and today's PhD students are tomorrow's academic rockstars. In this podcast, we interview some of those future rockstars about their research, why they did it, and their experience of studying for a PhD.

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