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“Psychic Numbing and Mass Atrocity”
(pp. 126–142 in E. Shafir, Ed., The behavioral foundations of public policy, Princeton University Press) is one of SSRN's Weekly Top 5 Papers – May 3, 2013, with over 11,900 views and 8,700 downloads.
Paul Slovic's op-ed, "A new front in genocide fight," was published in The Register-Guard on Sunday, April 21, 2013.
Paul Slovic is the featured "Research Hero" in the April 16, 2013 blog post of :InDecision: inside decision-making science.
Northwest Boomer & Senior News' Deb Allen interviewed Paul Slovic for a March 2013 cover article entitled "The Psychology of Giving: Doing What You Can Do at Home and Abroad."
Paul Slovic's op-ed, "Children everywhere need protection," was posted February 11, 2013.
Robin Gregory and Lee Failing's Vancouver Sun editorial, "Canada needs a new standard of practice for consultations," appeared December 6, 2012.
Paul Slovic remembers our friend and colleague, Jim Flynn.
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