robertjwest.bsky.social
Based at UCL. Researching tobacco use, human motivation and application of AI to behavioural science. Co-founder of Behaviour Change Wheel and COM-B model.
👤 Joined on 17 October 2024
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@robertjwest.bsky.socialIn all honesty, I am not yet sure what shape it will take, but we have some exciting plans and ideas. The first of those is already very concrete: the New Biology project. www.marginaliareviewofbooks.com/meanings-of-...
Show PostWhat I'd love to see most of all is a wider recognition that this sort of integration - which is not the same as interdisciplinarity, though that's important too - has some value in the academic system. Right now, I don't really see efforts to make it a feature in that context. Hope that'll change.
Show PostHaving collaborated with the Marginalia Review of Books for some time now on various projects, I have just become their Senior Fellow of Scientific Integration and Natural Philosophy. The title sounds rather grand, but I'll try to unpack it. 🧵 marginaliareview.substack.com/p/announcing...
Show PostI'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year
Show PostOnly someone with a heart of stone wouldn't laugh at the demise of Jenrick's political gambit... playing out here in real time
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