How models change the world – and what we should do about it

White, Lucie, van Basshuysen, Philippe, Khosrowi, Donal and Frisch, Mathias (2021) How models change the world – and what we should do about it. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (20 Aug 2021). Blog Entry.

Text (impactofsocialsciences-2021-08-20-how-models-change-the-world-and) - Published Version Download (265kB)

• https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsc...

Abstract

Models that make predictions about the COVID-19 pandemic are complicated by the fact that people change their behaviour in response to these predictions. Lucie White discusses how we can deal with this, based on a recent paper with Philippe van Basshuysen, Donal Khosrowi and Mathias Frisch.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	11 Oct 2021 12:48
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:15
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/112048

Actions (login required)

View Item