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David Ampudia Vicente @ampudia.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Day two of the Metascience conference in London proved very insightful! If I had any lingering worries yesterday about us shying away from inconvenient truths, today completely dispelled them.

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David Ampudia Vicente @ampudia.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

A nice start to the Metascience conference in London today! It's good to be among this niche but rapidly growing community focused on making research more impactful. Great to reconnect with familiar faces and meet new, brilliant minds.

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David Ampudia Vicente @ampudia.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Our policy lab (IGL @ @nestauk.bsky.social) is hiring for 3 roles! Join a cool team using evidence to drive real-world change in innovation and business growth spaces. Spain/UK (remote/hybrid). www.innovationgrowthlab.org/careers

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Careers

We offer career opportunities to people committed to more impactful innovation and productivity policies IGL is a global policy lab dedicated to fostering productive, inclusive…

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David Ampudia Vicente @ampudia.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

My colleagues at IGL are launching the IGL Masterclass Series on Designing Field Experiments, a fantastic opportunity for PhD students and early-career researchers to learn from experts. Expect practical insights, live Q&As, and behind-the-scenes lessons. www.innovationgrowthlab.org/resources/de...

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Designing Field Experiments - An IGL Masterclass Series

The Innovation Growth Lab (IGL) and the Conference on Field Experiments in Strategy (CFXS) are launching a masterclass series designed to provide insights into how to design field experiments in…

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David Ampudia Vicente @ampudia.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

We're hiring! If you’re a data scientist who wants to put your quant skills to work for social good, come join us at the Innovation Growth Lab in London. You’ll have a chance to do research, develop open-source tools, and support public policy. www.nesta.org.uk/jobs/data-sc...

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Data Scientist - Innovation Growth Lab

We are recruiting for Data Scientist - IGL

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Juan Mateos-Garcia @jmateosgarcia.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

AI for science could be more impactful than chatbots. It is already helping win Nobel prizes and accelerating drug development and materials discovery. Today we published an essay about it: why it matters, how it’s happening and its implications. Here is a summary from an econ / social sci lens.

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George Richardson @georgerichardson.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The food industry is figuring out ways to keep profits up in the face of GLP-1s. Based on recent developments in AI, it's not hard to imagine the role it will play in adjusting industrial foods and discovering new ones. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/m... 1/17

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Ozempic Could Crush the Junk Food Industry. But It Is Fighting Back.

As revolutionary new weight-loss drugs turn consumers off ultraprocessed foods, the industry is on the hunt for new products.

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David Ampudia Vicente @ampudia.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Like many others, I initially disliked YouTube’s removal of dislike counts, seeing it as masking critically relevant info. I still hope for a better solution to signal low-quality content. But this fascinating research shows the other side: such signals were abused, punishing women & minorities.

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David Ampudia Vicente @ampudia.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

My colleagues at IGL are looking to fund researchers to pilot experimental ideas in science, innovation, & productivity! Grants up to USD 8k, open globally, with priority for early-career researchers! #innovation #science #productivity #IGL www.innovationgrowthlab.org/seed-grants

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Seed Grants

Overview Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the first round of IGL Seed Grants will support researchers in developing and piloting innovative experimental research ideas. These grants aim to lo...

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