A recent study suggests that authoritarian leaders are most likely to initiate major democratic reforms when they possess a ...

A new study introduces choice engineering—a powerful new way to guide decisions using math instead of guesswork. By applying carefully designed mathematical models, researchers found they could ...

Mathematics is deemed to be beyond figures. It is described as the foundation of resilience in society. Thus, this made Temitope Comfort Iroko, a PhD candidate in Mathematics at the University of ...

Policymakers and opinion formers the world over are grappling to come to terms with the nature of fake news and its implications for society, democracy, and even truth itself. However, the debate is ...

Decision theory provides a structured framework for analysing how individuals and institutions make choices amidst uncertainty. It combines the rigour of mathematical models—such as expected utility ...

Recent years have seen an explosion in the use of mathematical models to integrate insights emerging from studies of the brain and behavior. This approach has been used to develop new theoretical ...