Is self-control always in accordance with our better judgment? Polaris Koi argues that this is not the case, and advances a new framework to understand self-control.
Check the paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New #openaccess article just out! #selfregulation #philsky
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Latest episode! The brilliant @polariskoi.bsky.social on everything self-control. If you ever feel like this is a weak area for you, you HAVE to give this a listen - you're doing way better than you think! Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/127
The impeccsable @rebeccaroache.bsky.social interviewed me on self-control on the @academicimp.bsky.social podcast. It was a huge pleasure to get to rant, unbridled, about my work on self-control, neurodiversity, and how individual differences in self-control are a structural justice problem.
That feeling when the journal portal says "decision in process" and this starts playing in your head #academia #peerreview
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New open access paper out, with @anssibwalya.bsky.social as lead author. 🥂There's been lots of research on whether people think self-control is limited, but less research on whether people think it's fixed or malleable. Our study shows these dimensions are distinct. #selfcontrol
Saana Lehtinen interviewed me about our startup, #Ronroo, on Health Incubator Helsinki's newsletter. It was great to chat about why executive functioning is so important for quality of life, and why it's about more than just #ADHD.
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It's transformative technology, folks.
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2026 is around the corner. I, ever impulsive, started a Medium. medium.com/@polariskoi/... #adhd #planning #productivity
nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the... The paper is being retracted.
A paper published in Scientific Reports has ...worrisome... methods. Some have raised concerns about the integrity of Sci Reports — maybe this will spur more in depth scrutiny. (Which sucks for all the good scientists who’ve published good papers there.) #AI Via @jeppsson.bsky.social
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#Job: I am hiring a #postdoc! If you are interested in agency & metacognition, and their relationship to human-computer interaction, you could be the person I'm looking for.
Lots of opportunities for impact & policy work for those so inclined.
Spread the word!
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Polaris Koi talking in front of a screen
If you are going to procrastinate, it helps to do so at a university seminar about self-control. Thanks to @polariskoi.bsky.social for a stimulating discussion and @uofglasgow.bsky.social for hosting.
How should we target behavioral public policy interventions?
Fresh off the press, in this paper, I and coauthors argue that in climate policy, targeting the local top 10% by wealth and income provides effectiveness, fairness and public acceptability. #nudge #bpp
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Suomalaiset - esimerkki siitä, että "alemmatkin rodut" voivat menestyä! "FINLAND, the Hermit Nation of Europe. Mongolian in Origin, People Are Passive, Secretive and Unfathomable, Yet Their Love of Independence Promises Much for a Bright Future."
The Sun (NY) 1.9.1918
Throwback to last Friday's symposium on challenging neuronormativity across disciplines. I got to talk about my work on the fundamentality of self-control for human & nonhuman! 🐒 🐺 agency, but most importantly, I got to meet a pack of scholars across disciplines working on ADHD and inclusion.
#writers how do you create enough separation & headspace for focused writing? I find it quite hard -- challenges:
-working from the same laptop I use for work, leisure, etc
-no specific writing space
-> feeling like I'm in between tasks rather than focused
How have you hacked this?
D) Agentic :D
Which adjective is better for 'pertaining to agency'?
A) Agentive
B) Agential
C) I hate both, and have a better idea
Oppiaineemme kesäharjoittelijat tekivät hienon videon filosofian opintoja aloittaville! Sopii kyllä pidemmällekin edenneille. Vaikka videossa on @utu.fi kiinteistöjä, sisältö taitaa toimia myös muissa yliopistoissa ;-) #opiskelu #filosofia www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyba...
Exciting news! 🔥 My book, Against Willpower: Self-Control, Agency, and Society is now under contract with @oxfordunipress.bsky.social !
Learn more about the book here: polariskoi.com/against-will...
There's still a few days to register! ⏳
What does the feeling of losing control tell us about being an agent? What can self-determination theory teach us about human agency? How does depression influence autonomous agency?
These questions and many more are probed in our up-and-coming workshop 🧠
Are you in #Glasgow? My spouse is visiting the university for the fall semester. He’s looking for an affordable room. Let me know if you have any leads!
On train home after Method & Convergence 2025. I got so much food for my work! Slide is from @laukas.bsky.social nice ”PR talk” on synthetic phil… 🔥
Academic friends: consider joining us for our workshop on Perspective on Agency and DIsadvantage! See website for information on how to register for online or on-site participation 🔥
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Big news for us in the Ronroo team: we're part of the Health Incubator Helsinki batch of 2025!
#startup #academia #impact #adhd
So apparently some trans folks are coming to Finland as asylum seekers… from the US.
Used to be that we’d get queer asylum seekers from places like Iraq.
Prerequisite for becoming a comic book supervillain
"My day passes between logic, whistling, going for walks, and being depressed."
Wittgenstein, quoted in 'The Duty of Genius'
Nice article about equality josephheath.substack.com/p/why-philos...
