Uri Simonsohn is a behavioral science professor who wants to improve standards in his field — so he’s made a sideline of investigating fraudulent academic research. He tells Steve Levitt, who's spent plenty of time rooting out cheaters in other fields, how he does it. SOURCES: Uri Simonsohn , professor of behavioral science at Esade Business School. RESOURCES: " Gino v. President and Fellows of Harvard College ," (Court Listener, 2025). " Statement from Dan Ariely ," (2024). " Data Falsificada (Part 4): 'Forgetting The Words ,'" by Uri Simonsohn, Leif Nelson, and Joe Simmons (Data Colada, 2023). " They Studied Dishonesty. Was Their Work a Lie? " by Gideon Lewis-Kraus (The New Yorker, 2023). " Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Field Experiment About Dishonesty ," by Uri Simonsohn, Leif Nelson, and Joe Simmons (Data Colada, 2023). " Signing at the beginning makes ethics salient anddecreases dishonest self-reports in comparison tosigning at the end ," by Lisa Shu, Nina Mazar, Francesca Gino, Dan Ariely, and Max Bazerman (PNAS, 2021). " Power Posing: Reassessing The Evidence Behind The Most Popular TED Talk ," by Uri Simonsohn and Joe Simmons (Data Colada , 2015). " Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are ," by Amy Cuddy (TED, 2012). " Daily Horizons: Evidence of Narrow Bracketing in Judgment from 10 Years of MBA-Admission Interviews ," by Uri Simohnson and Francesa Gino (Psychological Science, 2012). " Spurious? Name similarity effects (implicit egotism) in marriage, job, and moving decisions ," by Uri Simohnson (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2011). " False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant ," by Joe Simmons, Leif Nelson, and Uri Simohnson (Psychological Science, 2011). EXTRAS: " Will We Solve the Climate Problem? " by People I (Mostly) Admire (2025). " Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia? " by Freakonomics Radio (2024). " When I'm Sixty Four ," by The Beatles (1967). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
