Day two of the Metascience conference in London proved very insightful! If I had any lingering worries yesterday about us shying away from inconvenient truths, today completely dispelled them.

A nice start to the Metascience conference in London today! It's good to be among this niche but rapidly growing community focused on making research more impactful. Great to reconnect with familiar faces and meet new, brilliant minds.

Our policy lab (IGL @ @nestauk.bsky.social) is hiring for 3 roles! Join a cool team using evidence to drive real-world change in innovation and business growth spaces. Spain/UK (remote/hybrid). www.innovationgrowthlab.org/careers

My colleagues at IGL are launching the IGL Masterclass Series on Designing Field Experiments, a fantastic opportunity for PhD students and early-career researchers to learn from experts. Expect practical insights, live Q&As, and behind-the-scenes lessons. www.innovationgrowthlab.org/resources/de...

We're hiring! If you’re a data scientist who wants to put your quant skills to work for social good, come join us at the Innovation Growth Lab in London. You’ll have a chance to do research, develop open-source tools, and support public policy. www.nesta.org.uk/jobs/data-sc...

AI for science could be more impactful than chatbots. It is already helping win Nobel prizes and accelerating drug development and materials discovery. Today we published an essay about it: why it matters, how it’s happening and its implications. Here is a summary from an econ / social sci lens.

The food industry is figuring out ways to keep profits up in the face of GLP-1s. Based on recent developments in AI, it's not hard to imagine the role it will play in adjusting industrial foods and discovering new ones. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/m... 1/17

Like many others, I initially disliked YouTube’s removal of dislike counts, seeing it as masking critically relevant info. I still hope for a better solution to signal low-quality content. But this fascinating research shows the other side: such signals were abused, punishing women & minorities.

My colleagues at IGL are looking to fund researchers to pilot experimental ideas in science, innovation, & productivity! Grants up to USD 8k, open globally, with priority for early-career researchers! #innovation #science #productivity #IGL www.innovationgrowthlab.org/seed-grants