Wrote this piece with the amazing Sandra Portocarrero where we draw on her research to dispel a series of myths about immigrants and the economy. Immigrants play an important and substantial role in supporting the US economy. Please read and share👇 www.forbes.com/sites/london...

Children’s beliefs are contingent on their concepts of the earth, time or speed when it comes to Santa. If you believe the world is small w/ few ppl = delivering presents in 1 night is more believable. At 8 most disbelieve yet keep up the pretence b/c it’s fun. theconversation.com/what-do-kids...

From Sussex to Kansas. It’s a mission.

Probability rarely exists. Our statistical models mostly rely on subjective probabilities. We should not be so confident in our statistical claims. “In our everyday world, probability probably does not exist — but it is often useful to act as if it does.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Tonight is the night to play this banger

Sound is an under appreciated feature of work as “auditory inputs shape our consciousness”. But there’s also a temporal element, “Sound directs our passage through time. It shapes our orientation to the future moment and also to the moment when the future stops.” www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

The power of the arts is real yo. A large literature review (containing 3000 studies) has found that engaging with the arts (performance, visual, literature, culture) improves our health and wellbeing and can even positively impact our working lives. amp.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Can a four day work week lead to more unprotected sex? The city of Tokyo wants to find out. With big population decreases throughout Japan, they introduced this measure in hopes it give people the space and time to procreate. www.vice.com/en/article/t...

Finished off a very long day with a rocking band practice.

Having a stunning lunchtime walk with Robin the golden retriever between admin and R&R revisions

Had an amazing time at the Sussex Business Awards representing the University of Sussex Business School. I met amazing people, and was super pleased to see Tully’s Farm win the main business prize 👏

Had an amazing close to the term and a festive celebration with our research centre - the centre for responsible enterprise (ETHOS). The research that’s going through this centre is impactful and it’s great to be a part of this community.

It’s a stunning afternoon in West Sussex at the moment. I’m out walking with Robin the Golden Retriever between revisions and final changes to my slides for tomorrow’s Masters Open Day at the University of Sussex Business School

It’s nice to login after months to find a ton of friends connecting on here!

Meaning is linked to the idea of understanding ourselves. We have self histories, timelines, a temporality, causal knowledge, psychology etc. - this is more than just a self narrative. Meaning may also be in fleeting temporary moments. Nice morning read. drb.ie/articles/jus...

In the US, ppl who believe immigrants are a drain on the economy should consider research that suggests otherwise. 1 in 5 workers were born outside the US. They’re more likely to be working than US born citizens and working needed frontline jobs. theconversation.com/immigrants-d...

Really interesting historical round-up on language’s relative position within cultures, the sciences and society. Today language is understood as less relative. Both views are important for scholarship going forward. aeon.co/essays/does-...

Research suggests ppl who report health benefits from being outdoors spend on average 2 hours a week in nature. That’s not much time. See where you can fit in a green space in your schedule this week…have a good Monday. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Research shows when we worry the less we can self-regulate and be productive. Psychological distress is damaging to us and our work. Especially the 40% that WFH. My tips - go outdoors. Be creative. (We’re all creative). Phone away. Care for yourself. theconversation.com/how-looking-...

Got a buddy to join me for lunchtime walks and keep me company as I mark essays. Have been waiting years to finally have the space and time for a dog. Am excited for our adventures on public right of way paths across the U.K.

Join us at our ETHOS Research Centre seminar, 30/01/24, 3- 5.30pm- online or in person. Our theme is 'Corporate Wrongdoing' with 2 fab papers: 1 'Predatory entrepreneurship’- @drkorica.bsky.social & Yoann Bazin 2 'Corporate scams: mechanisms of normalized wrongdoing' @drdanielfisher.bsky.social

I’m not bragging. I haven’t donated or done enough - but I started my day by donating to @UNICEF to provide the children of Gaza blankets and sanitation stations. If you feel helpless as this genocide happens - there is something you can do 👇 www.unicef.org.uk

For some, modern lifestyles, commodified fun and self policing has meant losing the art of “hanging-out”. Being idle alone or w/ friends is important. Hanging out helps us re conceptualise time, outside clock-time. Hope you have a chill weekend. theconversation.com/friday-essay...

American workers are stressed out more than most. Many report being burned out. A 4 day workweek would help. But also, we need a cultural shift to celebrate slow work, lower volumes - slow productivity. I’d add, Americans need more paid vacation time too. www.newyorker.com/culture/offi...

Back to work. Full email inboxes await. An obscure report suggests 90% of misunderstandings at work start with email. I reckon it’s true many misunderstandings come from emails. My advice. Keep emails short. Send only if necessary and have a nice day. www.forbes.com/sites/rachel...

This study on New Year’s resolutions on X (twitter) identifies some interesting tensions between values: self acceptance vs self improvement, public vs private, conformity vs opposionality, national contexts vs platform cultures. How are you framing yours? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What does it mean when someone is on a streak? It suggests that there is unchanging performance of the same activity, at particular chosen times. A streakers’ resolve is essential and is quantified in some way. We can structure NY resolutions as streaks. theconversation.com/keeping-a-st...

I enjoy the luxury of socialized medicine - back in my country, a lot of hospitals make profit off of sick ppl. A new study (w/ 10 years of data) shows that when hospitals are taken over by private equity, the quality of care significantly decreases. Ppl are harmed. ☠️ hms.harvard.edu/news/what-ha...

Intellectual humility is an important practice. It helps us own our limitations and biases, helping us to revise what we know. It allows personal growth. This is a good read w/ 4 key aspects and some myth busting on intellectual humility. theconversation.com/the-curious-...

It’s Boxing Day in the U.K. The origins are from feudalistic times - where rich ppl gave their servants the day after Xmas off. They’d also get a box with leftovers, thus the name. Today, it’s a commercial sales event or another day with friends and family. Have a good day. 🎁

According to this study of Christmas, ppl who emphasise the receiving of gifts or spending money had poorer wellbeing than those who emphasise spiritual experiences or time w/ family. Implication? Materialism undermines the “Merry” in Xmas. 🎄 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

LLMs are “stochastic parrots” and I still find it philosophically difficult to assign the word “intelligence” to AI programs. Still, 2023 is a year where this all really starts. Who knows what 2024 will bring. www.newyorker.com/culture/2023...

A chilly December good-morning from the University of Sussex Business School

"Climate anxiety means different things to different income groups. At the bottom, it means fear of heat and floods. At the top, it means fear of increasingly desperate people." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The University of Sussex Library

Reminder: 1st Interdisciplinary Insights into Organising (Around) #Borders seminar is happening next FRIDAY 24th (new date) 3 pm CET. Evgenia Iliadou will discuss her book Border Harms & Everyday Violence: A Prison Island in Europe - sadly continually relevant. Email to join: m.korica(at)ieseg.fr.

FYI I'm still maintaining this, with already around 70 scholars on the list! Hopefully more people make the transition here

Let’s face it. The future of work is a 4 day work week w/ 5 day pay. More success stories are coming out all the time. After a trial period, an RV manufacturer is sticking to 4 days. 41 companies in North America are also sticking to it. www.npr.org/2023/11/11/1...

I'm very lucky to be co-authoring many papers with incredible scholars. It's like being a high school baseball player and being told, "guess what, you're gonna spend the year working with someone in the major leagues". Today, I'm working on a paper that I'm so excited to submit.

I see lot of people posting Democracynow clips. I have watched @democracynow for over 15 years. It is the best news source in the United States. If you want to understand how the war in Israel and Palestine is unfolding, I recommend your attention be here: www.democracynow.org

Apple and parsnip soup. Sourdough. And 0% Guinness. Happy Monday. 🍻

Becoming an investor tends to change how you think, how you see the world etc. Loads of governments have embraced the idea that all citizens should become investors in the stockmarket. I think that idea is more problematic than its proponents let on. medium.com/imagining-eq...

A great morning read on loneliness. Needs that alleviate loneliness vary. We might need to share intellectuals interests. Or have emotions reciprocated. Or our worth recognised. In a crowded room we can still be lonely. aeon.co/essays/how-i...

Happy Diwali 🪔

At 11:00 today I observed the two minute silence to honour lives lost to war. The freedoms we enjoy are hard fought and war should be a thing of the past. But it is not. So yesterday I marched for another armistice. For a ceasefire. For peace 🙏 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇱🇵🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺

Do protests work? Social movement theorists say yes. Often not in the immediate ways ppl want but they are effective in the long term. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

There is no consensus among scientists on what/where consciousness is. Here’s a piece on the interdisciplinary nature of this problem. “We need to let the philosophers do the philosophy and the scientists study the brain. Each provides a different piece” www.scientificamerican.com/article/unde...