Director of Computational Social Science at the University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Joined April 2012
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What makes people trust AI? Find out in our new paper. One curious finding: in Japan, people who think AI may replace their job actually trust AI more.
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Ghent University says academic freedom has "great importance" but is "not unlimited" and "goes hand in hand with responsibility". We tested this tension in the UK and Japan:
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In both the UK and Japan, people on the political right were more likely to support protecting controversial or offensive research, while those on the left saw social sensitivity and avoiding potential harm as more important.
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The full open-access paper, with @MartinEjnar and @sunaharay, is here:
doi.org/10.1111/polp.70115
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"If Nigel Farage was watching this interview, what would you say to him?" In a Japanese TV exclusive, @tbsnewsdig asks the big questions of @CountBinface
It hasn’t been a great week for the public image of universities. But our surveys suggest uni lecturers were already struggling for public sympathy: only 36% support them striking.
doi.org/10.1177/0143831X2614…
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Do elections build trust simply by happening? In Japan’s local elections, trust rose where governor races accompanied council elections, especially among lower-income/less-educated citizens. Efficacy didn’t. doi.org/10.1080/17457289.202…
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I should have bought a SUP *ages* ago.
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Today I take over the reins as Director of the Computational Social Science programme at the @UvA_Amsterdam.
Our students use computational methods to understand and solve complex societal problems.
Huge thanks to Eelke Heemskerk, and to our brilliant team, students and partners!
Top work by our Computational Social Science students at @UvA_Amsterdam. The Amsterdam Cool Map, built by our students and supervised by @RensWilderom, is now live at @AmsterdamNL and featured in @AT5, AD.nl, @RTLnieuws and @volkskrant.
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New in @PLOSONE: ethnic differences in healthcare trust and patient satisfaction in England. We find clear gaps in care, ethics and perceived discrimination. With m'co-authors @MartinEjnar @sunaharay @tjscotto @JasonReifler @hdorus @Dorothy_Yen doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone…
ALT Blue NHS logo sign on a light tiled wall, representing England’s National Health Service.
New in @PLOSONE: ethnic differences in healthcare trust and patient satisfaction in England. We find clear gaps in care, ethics and perceived discrimination. With m'co-authors @MartinEjnar @sunaharay @tjscotto @JasonReifler @hdorus @Dorothy_Yen doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone…
ALT Blue NHS logo sign on a light tiled wall, representing England’s National Health Service.
Steve Pickering retweeted
新しい論文が公刊されました。@sdpick と@MartinEjnar との共著で、行政におけるAI利用についての日英比較です。
Full article: Support for AI in Public Administration: A Comparative Study of the United Kingdom and Japan tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Would you trust AI in public administration? @MartinEjnar , @sunaharay and I find out in our new article in the International Journal of Public Administration @ijpa2022
doi.org/10.1080/01900692.202…
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Steve Pickering retweeted
新しい論文が刊行されました。@sdpick @MartinEjnar との共著で、日英両国で一貫して、オーガニック食品への支払い意思や、品質の評価に、政府への信頼やリスクを受容する態度が関わっていることを論じるものです。
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Why do people buy organic food?
@MartinEjnar, @sunaharay and I find it’s less about taste and more about trust.
New paper in Organic Agriculture, plus explainer in @ConversationUK.
doi.org/10.1007/s13165-026-0…
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