The videos on this page were generated with NotebooLLM as outreach material for a non-academic audience. The over-enthusiastic tone and any minor inaccuracies are due to the AI. I nevertheless find this format engaging and encourage other researchers to experiment with it.
This video presents a lab experiment I conducted with Sem Manna. We studied how social image concerns affect generosity. In a charity game, people donated more when observed, and even more as the number of observers grew.
This video presents a lab experiment I conducted on trust. I test whether fairness or guilt better explains trustworthy behavior. I show that when inequality enters the picture, trust declines—highlighting fairness as the key driver of trustworthy behavior.
This video presents a lab experiment with Andrea Albertazzi and Sara Gil-Gallen. We show that when groups face each other in competition, people cooperate more within their group—even without money at stake.
This video presents a field experiment with Paolo Pin and Roberto Rozzi at the Santa Maria della Scala museum in Siena. Visitors who followed a tour focused on care and hospitality donated more to a refugee NGO, showing how cultural experiences can foster generosity.
This video presents a lab experiment with Andrea Albertazzi, Paolo Pin, and Marco Stimolo. We show that when information is framed as a narrative rather than an abstract explanation, people are more likely to misinterpret irrelevant signals as meaningful.