cphsodas.bsky.social
We are the Center for Social Data Science at the University of Copenhagen, an interdisciplinary research center combining methods from econometrics to ethnography with new data science techniques including machine learning and NLP.
👤 Joined on 20 March 2025
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@cphsodas.bsky.socialOur large-scale study of phone bans just came out in Science. We randomized phone-free classrooms for 16,000+ students across 10 institutions in Odisha, India. Students deposited phones in a box at the start of each class, for a full semester.
Show PostPhones in school impair learning A randomized controlled trial (N=16,683 students) across 10 schools found that phone bans improve students’ academic achievement, with pronounced benefits for low-performing students. Students also became more supportive of such bans www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Show PostI’m grateful to the Novo Nordisk Foundation for supporting this project. The fellowship gives me the opportunity to continue exploring how ideas from mathematical infectious-disease modeling can be connected more closely to the practical needs of public health.
Show PostNew paper out in Nature Human Behaviour. "Government policy documents across 185 countries largely cite Global North sources" with @seramirezruiz.bsky.social DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s415... Ungated: rdcu.be/fh0Ss
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