Designing and Building Institutions

Democratic societies are struggling to design institutions that enable citizens to efficiently process information from disparate sources. This challenge has been exacerbated by the rise of social media as a massively multi-channel and decentralised institution.

This research programme aims to produce new, unique research on the 'mental models' that guide decision-making and information processing. It analyses the attention economy and includes detailed empirical work on the operation of social media platforms.