BJKS Podcast
BJKS Podcast
Benjamin James Kuper-Smith
117. Kai Ruggeri: Global collaborations, Prospect Theory, and temporal discounting
1 hour 36 minutes Posted Sep 15, 2025 at 6:00 am.
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Why Kai studied stats anxiety in his PhD, and then moved to broader policy questions
Replicating the original Prospect Theory paper across the world
Adversarial collaborations and choosing which findings are worth being replicated
How to run global collaborations
Overlooked aspects of these global collaborations
Should we collect data from non-Western countries without local collaborators?
A book or paper more people should read
Something Kai wishes he'd learnt sooner
Advice for postdocs
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Kai Ruggeri is professor for health policy and management at Columbia University. We talk about his global collaborations, in which they studied various important decision-making aspects, including Prospect Theory and temporal discounting. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps