Magda Osman

Magda Osman is a reader in experimental psychology at Queen Mary University of London. She is the author of several books, including Future-Minded: The Psychology of Agency and Control. She oversees projects on behavioural insights, decision-making under risk and uncertainty, and has provided advice to several national and international government departments and regulators.

Health

Why a Group of Behavioural Scientists Penned an Open Letter to the U.K. Government Questioning Its Coronavirus Response

By Ulrike Hahn, Nick Chater, David Lagnado, Magda Osman, and Nichola Raihani

An open letter signed by hundreds of behavioural scientists from across the U.K. calls into question the British government’s decision not to enact social distancing measures.