We are happy to report that we managed to conduct our first experiments in Berlin. Because of the pandemic, we decided to set up a mobile laboratory and visit schools directly. Last week, early in the morning, equipped with thirteen laptops, a projector, and a suitcase full of toys, we Read more…
We have presented our first paper using the data collected in Madrid at conferences and seminar series. A paper written for a Special Issue of the American Behavioral Scientist by Paula Apascaritei, Simona Demel and Jonas Radl, has been presented three times so far. First, Simona Demel presented it at Read more…
As we are wrapping up the 2019/2020 academic year, we reflect back on everything that has happened. We started our lab experiment in Madrid and had a great turnout, but, unfortunately, we were interrupted halfway due to COVID19. We also successfully launched an online experiment targeting the parents of the Read more…
We are very happy to announce that Louis Klobes is joining the team! He obtained a B.Sc. in Business Mathematics with a focus on economics and has worked with various institutions in international cooperation and development in Germany and Latin America. Currently, he is doing a Master in International and Read more…
We are hiring a student assistant in Berlin to help us out with the EFFORT project. The deadline to apply is February 2, 2020. For more information, please see this link: https://wzb.eu/en/node/66165 Please spread the word!
As the first semester of 2019/2020 comes to an end, we are happy to report that the data collection in Madrid has gone very well. It has been an intense semester, but we have approximately half of our desired sample size already. Overall, the children and the teachers seem to Read more…
Alicia and Isabel have joined EFFORT in order to help us in our data collection phase. Alicia is a second-year student in the Master of Social Sciences at the Carlos III-Juan March Institute of Social Sciences, where she holds the Juan March Servera Scholarship. Isabel is currently in her last Read more…
We are very excited about the new addition to our team! Before doing her PhD in Social and Political Sciences at the European University Institute in Florence, Lea studied Social Sciences at Humboldt University in Berlin. Her research interests include the fields of family sociology and social stratification. Lea contributes to Read more…
Would you like to be part of the EFFORT team? We are excited to announce two new openings. First of all, we would like to hire a research technician to work for us until the end of October 2019, to help us with data collection in Madrid. For more information about Read more…
Thank you to all who attended our event, the Interdisciplinary Symposium on Cognitive Effort, on February 4th and 5th. A special thanks goes to the distinguished speakers: Thomas Dohmen, Klarita Gërxhani, Sebastiaan Mathôt, Luis Miller, Javier Polavieja and Heike Solga, who provided us with incredible feedback on the EFFORT project. Read more…