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Recent research activity

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Publications

Richard Hodgett has had his paper - “Supporting the multi-criteria decision aiding process: R and the MCDA package” – accepted for publication in EURO Journal on Decision Processes

Wandi Bruine de Bruin co-authored a chapter entitled "Individual differences in decision-making competence in different age groups (with Andrew Parker at RAND), to be published in M.E. Toplak, & J. Weller (Eds.) Individual Differences in Judgement and Decision Making: A Developmental Perspective. New York, NY: Routledge.

Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Richard Hodgett, Barbara Summers and Sajid Siraj have secured funding (£178,263) for a Knowledge Transfer Partnership in collaboration with All Around the World Ltd and Universal Music. The aim of the project is to develop a system utilising machine learning, artificial intelligence and decision science methodologies to support and enhance the identification of new musical talent and maximise the profitability of the talent identification process.

Media Coverage

John Maule features in two videos on The Economist Intelligence Unit. The first discusses the impact of stress on effective decision making, and why it forces us to rely on intuitive and bias prone thinking.

In the second video he discusses stress in the context of the record-breaking long-distance sailor Hans Bouscholte.

Baruch Fischhoff Tribute

A video is now available of the tribute for Baruch Fischhoff organised by Wandi Bruine de Bruin (chair), Maya Bar-Hillel, Ann Bostrom, and Andrew Parker at the Society for Judgment and Decision Making conference in Boston.