Simine Vazire hopes to fix psychology’s credibility crisis
Her new job editing the field’s most prestigious journal should help
IT IS EASY to be sceptical about the state of behavioural science. The biggest story in the field in 2023 involved two frequent collaborators, Dan Ariely of the Duke Fuqua School of Business and Francesca Gino at Harvard Business School, who both face charges of research misconduct.
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