I am updating some of the contents of the page and I have realized that my last news post is from May last year, so nine months ago. Frankly, I've been a little bit busy, and I'm afraid that not posting is a consequence of that. The busiest period was September through December, in which I had to teach Linear Algebra for undergrads in Biomedical Engineering, Foundations of Computational Social Science in the Master on Computational Social Science, and Foundations of Complex Systems for Sustainability and Governance in the Master on Sustainable Development and Global Governance. Teaching two new courses at the same time proved to be rather demanding (plus I had to conmute between campuses). So no wonder I didn't write anything. But reviewing these last months I did a few things more:
- Got 14 papers published or accepted (last one I reported here was this one, I must write about all these new ones). You can check my publications page
- Submitted another four papers, and worked on seven more to be submitted soon
- Run an experiment in the COTEC annual gala showing, once again, that mitigating climate change is going to be very difficult (summary video here)
- Also for COTEC, I collaborated on a study of teachers' biases in primary and secondary education
- Presented the inaugural lecture at CCS2022 (aside from talking at one of the satellites and participating in a round table for young researchers)
- Was an invited speaker at a conference on social norms in Stockholm
- Finished supervising Juan Ozaita's Ph D thesis
- Worked on a proposal for a new degree on Applied Mathematics at UC3M, which was approved in principle and which we are now defining in detail
- Worked with Pilar Guerrero and Alberto Antonioni on a grant application for the Spanish Research Agency with them as PIs
- Run three surveys in schools to get more data on social relationships
- Worked on the design of three new behavioral experiments
- Evaluated proposals for the European Commission and for the Galician Research Agency
- Done an inordinate amount of bureaucracy for the most ridiculous things
- Went to Naples, Bueu (Galicia) and Burgos on holidays in summer
After reviewing my activities, and I am afraid I can't claim the above list is exhaustive (we also had our apartment painted, meaning two weeks of chaos, for instance), I have to say I don't feel very guilty for not having posted in nine months. That being said, I do want to post more often, about my research mostly, so please stay tuned.