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SCOOP Workshop: Decision-making and opinion formation in diverse groups

SCOOP is hosting a small workshop entitled "Decision-making and opinion formation in diverse groups: Theoretical and empirical investigations."

The workshop will take place on January 26, 13:00 – 15:00 at Room Gamma (1131-0007) at the Faculty of Philosophy, Oude Boteringestraat 52, 9712 GL Groningen.

The workshop is open to interested scholars without requiring prior registration of attendance. It will host the following speakers:

13:00 – 13:50 

Ulrike Hahn (Birbeck, University of London): (Non-)Independence, Order effects, and Polarisation in Social Networks

Jan Lorenz (Constructor University Bremen): Wealth Inequality, Misperception, and Wealth Taxation in an Agent-Based Model

14:10 – 15:00

Leah Henderson (University of Groningen): When do our differences drive  us apart?

Jonas Stein (University of Groningen): Reconciling epistemic and identity diversity: Pathways to better decision-making in social groups

After the workshop, participants are warmly welcome to attend the public defense of Jonas Stein, whose dissertation links closely to the workshop theme.