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Experiments in citizen engagement 

What skills and capacities do individuals need in order to effectively engage and promote social change? Interventions that empower individuals to build social cohesion, combat misinformation and promote wellbeing can strengthen communities and contribute to effective governance.
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What skills and capacities do individuals need in order to effectively engage and promote social change? 

  1. Building Social Cohesion in India (with Prashant Loyalka, Dinsha Mistree and Christina Felfe). A large-scale randomized educational intervention to strengthen social cohesion across ethnic, religious and caste divides. Under review. 

  2. Combating Misinformation and Bias in India (with Prashant Loyalka and Dinsha Mistree) A large-scale randomized educational intervention equipping young people to distinguish between fake and real news.

  3. Improving Well-being through Mindfulness Meditation (with Prashant Loyalka and Wei Yan) An ongoing large-scale experimental study in Chinese public schools

e:   mfarid [at] sandiego [dot] edu  

  

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