The Psychology of Human Values: Why They Explain Nothing 18 April 2024There are widespread beliefs that values (e.g., equality, helpfulness, wealth) differ substantially...
Morphogenesis and mechanics of saddle-shaped network-like structures: growth and failure of arboreal termite nests.18 April 2024I am interested in 3D highly connected saddle-shaped structures that resemble minimal surfaces and...
“Art & Inequality in the Shadow of the Black Death”: New ideas, New questions17 April 2024My talk will explore archival samples centred on last wills and testaments that my team and I are...
The power of memory: the decimation scheme for symmetric matrix factorization17 April 2024Factorizing a noisy matrix with a rank comparable to its dimension into two matrices is a...
How to conduct small sample studies in an era of Big Data?15 April 20242 nd seminar Significant concerns related to the replicability of neuroimaging findings are pushing...
Albertus Magnus on Alchemy: Its Natural-Philosophical and Metaphysical Implications12 April 2024Albertus Magnus’ interest in alchemy is a topic that has attracted the attention of modern...
The Psychology of Human Values: Why They Explain Everything 11 April 2024Around the world, people espouse the importance of different values – the abstract ideals that...
‘L’occhio del regime’ and the Nostalgia of the Empire: Propaganda and Cultural Legacies of Italian Colonialism11 April 2024A century ago (1924) the Istituto Luce was born, soon becoming the most characteristic propaganda...
Formal Modelling of Biologically-inspired Complex Self-Organising Systems10 April 2024Uncovering the mechanisms of complex systems such as a biological cell or a colony of honeybees...
Anticipating Climate Change Across the United States∗10 April 2024We evaluate how anticipation and adaptation shape the aggregate and local costs of climate change...