George Ward

"...some of the best analysis in the field seeking to understand the drivers of wellbeing, and its links to productivity." @FT on Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters by @jedeneve & @georgewward

New #SPSPblog: It’s Not Just the Economy, Stupid by @georgewward ow.ly/uIuk50VkYr4

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⏮️ We round out our look back at 2024 with this impactful study led by Dr @GeorgeWWard. Negative emotions are highly predictive of populist vote share, including in the case of Donald Trump's first run to the White House in 2016. Read more 👇 wellbeing.hmc.ox.ac.uk/news/voters-fe…

@S_Stantcheva x.com/georgewward/st… Really nice paper! Very interesting too that emotions like sadness, depression, and worry come up here just as much as anger–which aligns with what we find when looking the links between negative emotions and Trump voting in the US

Inflation also triggers lots of stress, negative emotions, and anger. Anger is directed at businesses, the government, and the “system overall.” 7/10

Why do we dislike inflation? 🚨New paper for @BrookingsInst revisits this long-standing question, already asked by @RobertJShiller in 1997, with current data and survey methods. Some key findings:🧵 1/10 socialeconomicslab.org/research/worki…

Bonus: AI-generated podcast notebooklm.google.com/notebook/b3603…

It’s been a privilege to work with an amazing multidisciplinary team of co-authors on this project @sandracmatz @sal_giorgi @HAndySchwartz @MengesJochen. The paper is open access. Happy to see this one finally out in print! /fin psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2025-…

Since today is largely a day of nervously waiting and refreshing, it's as good a time as any to share a summary of our new paper on the role of negative affect in shaping votes for Donald Trump. A 🧵

@orgRem @raffasadun @danielascur Working on it..! Thanks for inviting me - super interesting and fun conference!

Very cool large scale observational data informing George's experiment: Large variation within and across industries in average workplace happiness. I wonder if it correlates with wages? Management? @raffasadun @danielascur would be neat to correlate happiness with management!

Day 2 of #CFXS2022 kicks off with Francesca Bacco presenting an RCT w/ Andrea Coali on "Hacking Culture: How Thinking Like Scientists Shape Entrepreneurial Narratives and Audience Evaluation of New Business Ideas."

@yemiscigil Congratulations!!

It is this week that I am starting my new job as an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business.🎉 Grateful for all the support that led me here and thrilled to meet the students and work closely with my amazing department!