Media Coverage
2023
IZA Newsroom: Promoting labor market mobility among job seekers can backfire
Binnenlands Bestuur: Stimuleren arbeidsmarktmobiliteit kan averechts werken
The Guardian: Air pollution causes chess players to make more mistakes, study finds
BBC Newsroom: Interview with my co-author Juan Palacios on our "air pollution and decision-making" study
Science: Inhaling soot is a bad chess move
MIT News: Chess players face a tough foe: air pollution
RTLnieuws: Schakers maken meer fouten als luchtvervuiling hoog is
The Conversation: Chess players perform worse when air quality is poor – and other high-skilled workers could be affected too
SBE Talking Business and Economics
Let’s talk clean air- Camfil Podcast: Do chess players perform worse when air quality is lower?
2022
BNR Radio: Onze planeet | Presteren we slechter bij meer luchtvervuiling?
2021
FAZ: Schach ist am Zug
Telegraph (UK): Chess study finds home workers risk making a wrong move
The Sydney Morning Herald: What WFH does to the brain
2020
Forbes: Are Mentally Demanding Tasks More Difficult To Handle At Home?
Forbes: For Productivity And Career Growth The Office Is Best: Here’s Why According To Science
de Volkskrant: Thuiswerk blijkt minder geschikt voor mentaal zware taken
Deutschlandfunk: Mehr Fehler beim Schach durch Feinstaub (MP3)
SWR 2 Radiointerview: Feinstaub stört beim Denken
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung: Warum Feinstaub das Denken behindert – sogar im Schach
Brookings: Poor air quality affects cognitive performance
de Standaard: Fijn stof maakt ons dommer
My co-author Juan Palacios interviewed during the 2020 AEA meeting on our chess paper: How does indoor air quality affect cognitive performance?
Next City: What If Pay-to-Relocate Went National?
IZA World of Labor: Cognitive performance in the home office—What professional chess can tell us
Weekendadvisen (in Danish)
CCR Magazine, Psychreg, WorkplaceInsight: New research reveals mentally demanding tasks are more difficult to handle at home
2019
Times London: Clean air for all: Chess players make more mistakes when air is polluted
Basler Zeitung: Schlechte Luft schadet den Jobs der Zukunft
IZA Newsroom: Indoor air pollution hampers cognitive performance
Fairwarning: Dirty Air and the Human Braim: Does Pollution Poison the Mind?
2017
IZA Newsroom: State-funded mobility assistance helps the unemployed
MDR Info Radio: Radio interview about relocation of job seekers to find new employment (not available online)
2015
Süddeutsche Zeitung: Relocation of job seekers to find new employment
Wirtschaftswoche, Gründer: Evaluation of Business Coaching