Liam Delaney
Head of LSE Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science. Personal webpage with reading lists etc., here economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyOur lives are full of accusations of hypocrisy, yet little seems to change. Join "The Hypocrisy Trap" author @mhallsworth.bsky.social at @lsepbs.bsky.social on Wednesday, Nov. 19th, where he will discuss tools for moving from outrage to outcomes with Professor @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social:
- Blogpost on some readings and talks to get some sort of handle on emerging Behsci and AI applications economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com/2025/10/ai-a...
- Added to my blog disclaimer alongside the usual stuff "Written by Liam without AI unless otherwise stated" economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com Does it matter?
- Reposted by Liam Delaney📘 Our lives are full of accusations of hypocrisy — against politicians, companies, and each other. Yet despite this noise, little seems to change. Join us for this talk on 19 Nov where @mhallsworth.bsky.social & @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social will discuss Michael's recent book 'The Hypocrisy Trap'.
- The 18th Irish Workshop on Economics, Psychology, & Policy will take place on 14th November 2025 at the University of Galway. Programme and some remaining places for those who wish to attend the talks available here economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com/2025/10/18th...
- I feel like I am the last human who still uses blogger but it is a really cool package. I am delighted and somewhat surprised that Google still maintain it. Am continuing to post here about economics, psychology, policy and related topics economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyIMPERFECT ORACLE, on the uses and limits of AI - publication day! Looking forward to the launch on Wednesday, at Cambridge University. US events to follow. @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social @ichotiner.bsky.social www.amazon.com/Imperfect-Or...
- @dilipsoman.bsky.social was thinking about your book at this stage in the Kerry hills yesterday!! I can attest that the last mile can be challenging. Though the last bit of the last mile when you can see the line is good fun!!
- Fair play to him. Have had that in the background on many late night attempts to do some research. A really strong piece of traditional public braoad. The archive is a great legacy www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
- Reposted by Liam Delaney📣 Come and join our amazing team! We're looking to recruit an inspirational Course Tutor in Psychology to join the team supporting our leading BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science. ℹ️ The appointment is fixed term for two years. ⏱️ Closing deadline: 25 August 2025 🔗 buff.ly/1yHN187
- Heard a quote once from someone (wish I could remember who) summarising behavioural finance work that said that stock markets reflect the mood swings of old rich guys. Can't remember a case before where they reflect the mood swings of one individual old rich guy!
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyFT Editorial: "Unless the Israeli government agrees to an immediate end to the war and a surge of aid into Gaza, western countries should be sanctioning Netanyahu and his government." www.ft.com/content/69d5...
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyFamine is "playing out" in Gaza, a global hunger monitor said in an alert issued as international criticism of Israel intensifies over rapidly worsening conditions in the Palestinian territory.
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyFamine now unfolding in Gaza, says UN-backed monitor – Middle East crisis live
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyExciting new research by @benmtappin.bsky.social and colleagues ⬇️
- Today (w/ @ox.ac.uk @stanford @MIT @LSE) we’re sharing the results of the largest AI persuasion experiments to date: 76k participants, 19 LLMs, 707 political issues. We examine “levers” of AI persuasion: model scale, post-training, prompting, personalization, & more! 🧵:
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyHonored to be back for LSE #behaviouralscience Alumni Conference, especially at graduation time! Excited to join great panel w/Zeina Afif (World Bank) & Anna Guerraggio (UNDP) & engage with past & current cohorts @lsepbs.bsky.social @mmglz.bsky.social @krpd.bsky.social @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social
- Up Tipp! For UK friends All Ireland hurling final on BBC2 now. If you want to see something that brings a big chunk of Ireland to a halt every year highly recommended.
- Reposted by Liam Delaney💥 New: What is the value of a park? Research from Christian Krekel @lsepbs.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social finds that green spaces in urban areas produce wellbeing benefits that equate to around €119 per resident. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
- Reposted by Liam Delaneyfor this week's Lunch with the FT, I met a humanitarian hero: war doctor David Nott www.ft.com/content/e5fa...
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyPeople are getting killed trying to get food. 877 people have died and 5666 were injured in #Gaza trying to get food in recent weeks.
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyHoly shit the government's Restoring Trust in Democracy policy paper is good.
- Enjoyed back-handed compliments about talks over the years "I was going to go home when I saw it was an economist but you weren't too bad" from an audience member after a public talk a few years back my favourite. Famous public intellectual was "pleasantly surprised you have read around a bit".
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyThis is how insane people sound when you tell them why A.I. is bad
- Reposted by Liam Delaney🎤 Prof @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social gave the IAREP Kahneman Keynote Lecture 2025. During his inspiring talk, Prof Delaney explored the evolving role of economic psychology in shaping behavioural public policy. #Economics #Psychology #BehaviouralScience #Keynote #Kahneman #PublicPolicy
- Video of my IAREP Kahneman lecture on positioning economic psychology in the emerging behavioral public policy field youtube.com/watch?v=_3ti... Readings & some speaking notes here. economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com/2024/12/iare... Thanks to students & colleagues for many years of discussions.
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyOnly a small % of people engage in toxic activity online, but they’re responsible for a disproportionate share of hostile or misleading content on nearly every platform Because super-users are so active, they dominate our collective impression of the internet www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
- Been 20 years or so in the making in Ireland but national pension auto-enrolment now at this stage. A blog-post from a few years back outlining the issues and background research. economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com/2024/04/pens...
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyWe all know about the hallucination problem but it's quite extraordinary to see it invent such a detailed, plausible fabrication. I'm in the privileged position of being able to saunter into the Bodleian Library and check - most people could be forgiven for believing the machine.
- Recent CEP paper on the value of parks for well-being during crises. In general the more you look at quantifying welfare effects the more urban green spaces come into prominence cep.lse.ac.uk/_NEW/PUBLICA...
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyFind out about 'The Pissarides Review into the future of Work and Wellbeing', an initiative by @ifow.org in partnership with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and Warwick Business School, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org and led by Sir Christopher Pissarides pissaridesreview.ifow.org
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyForthcoming in our Pissarides Review into the Future of Work and Wellbeing, funded by the Nuffield Foundation are in-depth case studies from #health sectors exploring impacts of robotic surgery and automated case-note transcription. pissaridesreview.ifow.org
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyI’m no expert but I would’ve got a person to do it.
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyExcellent summary of how wealth inequality is a barrier to opportunity, as we've argued in fairnessfoundation.com/deepening-op... and fairnessfoundation.com/risks
- "New official figures showed the wealthiest 1 per cent of households held at least £3.1 million individually and collectively as many assets as the whole bottom half combined." @tom-clark.bsky.social on why Labour must tackle wealth inequality to uplift Britain's youth @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
- Clontarf half-marathon yesterday. Lot of lovely coastal runs in Ireland. Of the signs being held up "Therapy was another option" a bit close to the bone near the end but definitely made me laugh.
- Spoke with the founding editor of journal of economic psychology Fred van Raaij after my talk at IAREP on history of interactions of economic psychology and behavioural economics. He gave some memories of people like Katona & Simon. Stunning how fast the time flies in academic fields.
- Speaking today at London Behavioural and Experimental Economics workshop organised by Arnaud Chevalier & Abu Siddique beside my favorite imposing dystopian London tower sites.google.com/view/lbeewor... Speaking on "Valuing the past: behavioural & philosophical perspectives".
- Think the best way to start a talk there is with the Imperial March blaring out of speakers and opening with..."People of Britain....". Admittedly following with "for too long our models of utility have been overly constrained by inflexible ideas on human temporal attitudes.." would be a bit tame
- Images from a recent talk. Thanks to my pal offline for pointing out that I look like I am delivering a passionate monologue about racing pigeons.
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyWe are very saddened to note the passing of Professor Dermot McAleese, Whately Professor of Political Economy at Trinity (1979–2004). As a leading economist, he made an immense contribution to TCD Economics and College. Our thoughts are with his family & friends. May he rest in peace.
- Website of an initiative we have been working on for the last few years on building ethical behavioural science frameworks within corporate contexts. Has been a fascinating year developing the cohorts and materials. www.forgoodframework.com
- Reposted by Liam Delaney#Sludge from #NBorate on X. Tax payment easy, provident fund withdrawal sludgy = Subscription easy, cancel hard. Or casino - easy to convert cash to chips, not the reverse! @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social @casssunstein.bsky.social @katymilkman.bsky.social @lklades.bsky.social
- Spent some time last week in Estonia. Gave Kahneman lecture at the IAREP conference (superbly organised by team at Tartu). Details of my talk here (recording to follow) economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com/2024/12/iare... Was great to meet public servants across many areas at sessions in Tallinn.
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyIf you are in or around LSE campus, don't miss the LSE Festival exhibition on display all week in the Great Hall of Marshall Building - with an amazing VR film and fascinating research projects. www.lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-F...
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyThe 5th Ireland Masterclass in Health Economics will take place at @uniofgalway.bsky.social in Galway, Ireland, March 18-20, 2026. For info and to register, visit: blogs.cornell.edu/ireland-mast... Cc: #Econsky @ashecon.bsky.social @healtheconall.bsky.social
- Managed to do an early morning run in Tallinn this morning. Giving a talk on behavioural science & public admin to Estonian civil servants ahead of IAREP conference in Tartu. Covering models, ethics, institutional forms, case studies in admin burden, climate change, regulatory reform.
- Attended a talk in US in 2011 when the late, great Alan Krueger was head of CEA. He started by saying the biggest issue the US economy faced in next decade was mental health & pain. In the manner & context of him saying it, it was profound to hear. No less important for US & others in next decade.
- Preparing for a lecture next week at IAREP conference on the intersection of economic psychology and behavioral public policy. economicspsychologypolicy.blogspot.com/2024/12/iare... Have spent a lot of time this year thinking about where the psychology sits in the development of these areas.
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyDEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyWE ARE RELIEVED TO HEAR A U.S. COURT HAS RULED THAT TARIFFS AGAINST OUR ISLAND WERE ILLEGAL AND A SPECTACULAR MISUNDERSTANDING OF GEOGRAPHY, BIOLOGY, AND REALITY. FLIPPERS UP UNTIL WE ARE PERMANENTLY SHOWN DUE RESPECT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER -PM Tuxley II
- Attending the third LSE/Warwick Behavioural Science PhD and early career network event sites.google.com/view/wbslse2... Hopefully becoming a sustainable institution!
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyWhat's current in REEP? "Anomalies or Expected Behaviors? Understanding Stated Preferences and Welfare Implications in Light of Contemporary Behavioral Economics" by Leonhard Lades, Ewa Zawojska, Robert Johnston, Nick Hanley, Liam Delaney, & Mikołaj Czajkowski Read: bit.ly/3RPGRRT #EconSky 📉 📈
- Two views of LSE in the lovely weather this week.
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyThrilled to be part of the Bluesky community! 🎉 Join us, including Acting Dean @profejzrobinson.bsky.social, at the beginning of our journey to lead the way in sustainability impact. Find out more about us here ⬇️ www.lse.ac.uk/global-schoo...
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyInterested in #sustainabilityevents at LSE, online and in person? 🌍 Check out the GSoS event listings ⬇️ 🔎 Look out for our event on Tuesday 10 June, "Building sustainability in a turbulent world", with a truly esteemed panel...
- Up on the roof of the centre building in LSE with some @lsepbs.bsky.social colleagues and Julian Robinson the head of estates. Got to hear a bit about the history of the buildings here & the transformation in last decade or so. Place was looking great in this weather.
- I could use current AI deep-research models to write an essay that would convince even an expert reader that I had a good grasp of the evolving literature on the second law of thermodynamics. The same trained eye could verify with very simple questions that I hadn't got a clue what any of it meant.
- One of buildings here completely full today including talk by Reid Hoffman, a number of workshops, several student policy & business simulations, lots of students engaged in exam prep. Buzzing with activity. Whatever new features evolve the campus as a busy train station of ideas still has appeal.
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyPublication day! Algorithmic Harm. (Ebookl Paperback and hardcover coming soon, from Oxford University Press.) www.amazon.com/Algorithmic-...
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyChess Position xkcd.com/3082
- Enjoyed reading Mark Carney's book on Values. Alongside institutional macro background has a good take on the history and evolution of psychological and behavioural aspects of markets. Reminder of benefits of having psychology, econ history, & history of ideas in the economist repertoire.
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyI keep catching strays from "technology is neutral" people, so let's set things straight. 1) Technology is not neutral, especially the subset of technology called "algorithms" 2) The form-factor that makes a technology into a tool is not neutral 3) How tools are productized is not neutral [rant]
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyNEW✨ In this extract from his new book @princetonupress.bsky.social, The Market for Skill @patrickwallis.bsky.social @lseechist.bsky.social explains how #apprenticeship transformed #England’s workforce in the Early Modern period, fostering human capital, innovation, urbanisation and economic growth.
- Reposted by Liam Delaney#Adolescence has raised important questions around children’s digital lives. Our #DigitalFuturesforChildren event will discuss the effect of technology on teens: www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/... 📅 Tues 20 May 6.30-8pm @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @sarah-gis.bsky.social @sonialivingstone.bsky.social
- Finished first marathon not too far off goal to firstly not to get lost in middle of Connemara & secondly to finish near the middle of the pack. Feel a bit Katy Perry back from space. Connemara is utterly stunning. The whole thing was a lovely experience.
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyNew book, coming in December: IMPERFECT ORACLE: WHAT AI CAN AND CANNOT DO. www.amazon.com/Imperfect-Or...
- Police Squad was so good. Someone put an outtake from the blindfolded gag online - perfection. I watched all these many times as a kid. Even then I found it awe inspiring that people could be that clever and funny. youtube.com/shorts/50MpM...
- Reposted by Liam Delaney🚦 Stop, think, buy: How do nutritional labelling and price promotions impact consumer food choice? @krpd.bsky.social, @mmglz.bsky.social & co-authors explored this in a new paper ⤵️
- Some people quite militant on the idea that academics should be very clear on bottom line when speaking to policy/industry. Needs to be more fluid. Certainly in behsci world non-academics exposed to blue-sky theory can be better placed to see applications. Exec teaching one of the best melting pots.
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyStarting along with Prof Elizabeth Robinson as theme leaders on the Sustainable Societies theme of the new LSE Global School of Sustainability www.lse.ac.uk/global-schoo... One of five themes of this brilliant new initiative. Will personally work on connecting behavioral & well-being approaches.
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyThe Council of the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Martina Lawless as the next Director of the ESRI. Read more: www.esri.ie/news/profess...
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyCongratulations to Stefanie Stantcheva (@s-stantcheva.bsky.social) of @harvard.edu, winner of the 2025 John Bates Clark Medal! #econsky www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...
- Reposted by Liam Delaney1/19: Seems timely to share a paper which explores how people perceive & understand trade and trade policies. Which factors shape the support for different trade policies? Thread below with the key takeaways #EconTwitter 🧵, and full paper here: socialeconomicslab.org/understandin...
- Working on a talk with @lklades.bsky.social "New directions in ethics and institutionalisation of behavioural science" for Warwick Behavioural Science summer school in July. With examples in climate change, pandemic preparedness, & financial stability..
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyAre behavioural interventions more effective at key life moments? 2 new reports from the Dept of Transport assess if transport behaviour change efforts are most impactful during times of change & identify moments relevant to practitioners. Read more on Centre-UB: www.centre-ub.org/news/are-beh...
- Recently joined scientific advisory board of NIHR Policy Research Unit: Behavioural and Social Sciences @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social behscipru.nihr.ac.uk/about/govern... Among many aspects their rapid advisory service for policymakers is really interesting behscipru.nihr.ac.uk/for-policy-m...
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyUnthinkable just 10 years ago: Almost 3/4 of the EU’s electricity in 2024 was from renewable energy sources and nuclear. Gas and coal electricity generation is at record low levels.
- Getting into the very serious end of the prep for the marathon in Connemara next week.
- Good leadership from Harvard. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor... Their website at the moment (don't know if is an intentional response) very powerful statement of the value of their research & the people that produce it. www.harvard.edu
- Website of our FORGOOD behavioural science initiative now online lse-forgood.webflow.io/about Has been a pleasure to develop this with colleagues here & a really strong and engaged advisory board.
- Thinking a lot about interplay of vision & the capacity to endure interpersonal stress, identity threat & other complexities of hierarchical administratively complex systems in making progress in areas like climate mitigation, pandemic preparedness, financial system resilience.
- Reading Jeremy Farrar's book Spike about the start of covid. The current tensions between US/ China and much of the rest of the world, the undermining of WHO and trust in some basic health comms is a global catastrophe waiting to happen.
- Reposted by Liam Delaney💬 Last week, we co-hosted an insightful conversation between Nicolai Tangen, PBS alumnus and CEO of the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, and Dr Tom Reader. Topics included lifelong learning, corporate culture, pattern recognition (or ‘gut feel’), and the value of human connection. Watch it now 👇
- Reposted by Liam Delaney"What the U.S. is doing now is not reform. It is rejecting the very system it created." - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (April 8, 2025)
- I hadn't appreciated WH Smith would be fully going. Main memory a 6 year period at least where finding a decent paperback in the airport between travels was a key way to get into some sort of comfort zone. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyToday is the 5 year anniversary to when I slowly started losing my mind during the pandemic and began dressing up as works of art. As my Twitter account has long been abandoned, why not make a thread of my madness on BlueSky? This was “The Maid” by Wilhelm August Lebrecht Amberg, from 1862
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyInterested in making government more effective? Applications for our 2025–26 research internship programme, starting in September 2025, are now open. Closing date: Tuesday 29 April, 11:00 ⏰ Find out more: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/car...
- Reposted by Liam DelaneyChina’s response is not the start of a global trade war since it only targets the USA. It is how you would expect a major player to respond. This is not the global economy breaking down, it is not the 1930s, it is not the formation of multiple imperial blocs, it is the US isolating itself.
