IWER Research Seminar Series
IWER hosts a weekly seminar on Tuesdays during the academic year. One of the longest-running seminar series at MIT, it features presentations by work and employment researchers from around the world.
IWER hosts a weekly seminar on Tuesdays during the academic year. One of the longest-running seminar series at MIT, it features presentations by work and employment researchers from around the world.
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Publications from the Applied Cooperation Initiative
We are a team of researchers who apply lessons from the social sciences to increase contributions to real-world public goods.
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A new book explores how game theory explains seemingly irrational behavior, from tastes in food to how people donate to charity.
Researchers launched an in-house Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) challenge to beat MIT’s machine-learning models for predicting clinical trial outcomes. The results are now available.
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A panel of practitioners explores how to solve worker shortages and offers three best practices for success.
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MIT researchers have developed a methodology for systematically tracking the outcomes of academic licensing transactions as a means of increasing funding to bridging the “valley of death.”
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A new study led by MIT Sloan Prof. Andrew W. Lo finds that borrowing ideas and tools from the gaming community can improve online teaching techniques and improve learning outcomes for students.