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On 30 November 2020, Luis Artavia-Mora successfully defended his PhD thesis on 'Understanding and Overcoming Biases Against Marginalized Groups: Behavioral and experimental evidence from the Netherlands and Burkina Faso'.
His research included small and large-scale interventions designed to understand the challenges experienced by various marginalized and excluded groups as well as to propose ways to improve their well-being.
The full thesis will be available from the ISS Library.
Video and photos of the defence
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