'Fighting misinformation on social media: the role of economic research' with Prof Sergei Guriev

Forthcoming Event

Date
21 November 2024, 5:00pm - 6:15pm
Registration Required

Location
Oxford Martin School & Online
34 Broad Street (corner of Holywell and Catte Streets), Oxford, OX1 3BD

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Following the rise of social networks and the spread of disinformation and misinformation on social media, political scientists, social psychologists, and media scholars have proposed and studied several instruments to slow down propagation of false news.

In this talk, Sergei Guriev, Dean of the London Business School & leading Russian dissident, will discuss the recent research on the economics of fighting disinformation and fake news on social media. Professor Guriev will argue that the most effective interventions are simple nudges or prompts (so-called accuracy nudges), that shift attention to accuracy in a manner that raises the salience of reputational concerns. In turn, this results in reduced sharing of false news and increased sharing of true content on social media.

The insights of this talk matter for our contemporary understanding of populist politics in democratic systems as well as the rise of influential misinformation campaigns by authoritarian regimes.

The talk will be followed by a drinks reception.

REGISTRATION

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Professor Sergei Guriev
Dean, London Business School

Sergei Guriev joined London Business School as its tenth Dean and a tenured professor of economics in 2024. Before LBS, he was on the faculty of Sciences Po (Paris) as a tenured professor of economics (2013-24) and as its first Provost (2022-2024). In 2016-19, he was on leave from Sciences Po serving as the Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. In 2004-13, he was the Rector of the New Economic School in Moscow.

Professor Guriev’s research interests include political economics, development economics, labour mobility, and contract theory. Professor Guriev has published in international refereed journals including American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies and Journal of European Economic Association, to name a few. Professor Guriev is co-author of Spin Dictators: The changing face of tyranny in the 21st Century.

He has been a board member of Sberbank, E.ON Russia, Alfa-Strakhovanie Insurance Company, Russia Venture Company, Russian Home Mortgage Lending Agency, Russian Agricultural Bank, and the Dynasty Foundation. In 2006, he was selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. In 2016-17 he has served as the President of the Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics. Since 2017, he has been a member of the Executive Committee of the International Economic Association. He is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, London. He is a Global Member of the Trilateral Commission, Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France, Ordinary Member of the Academia Europaea, and an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Economic Association.

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