Francesca Gino
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Oct 5, 2026
Kristin SainaniHOST
Oh, you know, interesting, Regina, Dan Ariely has actually been on the Data Colada radar before this paper.
Kristin SainaniHOST
There's another famous case that involves a researcher named Francesca Gino, and she's been in the news lately because she just lost her tenured position at Harvard, and she was making, like, a million dollars a year or something.
Regina NuzzoHOST
[laughs]
Kristin SainaniHOST
Um, and she lost her tenured position because of problems that Data Colada uncovered.
Kristin SainaniHOST
It's a whole saga, but it's relevant to today's episode because one of Francesca Gino's retracted papers from 2012 happened to be co-authored with Dan Ariely.
Regina NuzzoHOST
Ah.
Kristin SainaniHOST
So the case we're talking about today is actually tied to the case of Francesca Gino, which we are going to talk about in the next upcoming episode.
Regina NuzzoHOST
That is a good story, and you're right, it is not coincidence [laughs] that-
Sabine HossenfelderHOST
To me, this seems like an excellent case for an academic courage prize.
Sabine HossenfelderHOST
But there's a fantastic complication, which is that Ackman, who's funding this new prize, said he believes that Francesca Gino is innocent and has covered her legal expenses.
Sabine HossenfelderHOST
The name that I saw mentioned a lot in relation to the new prize is Nathan Kovnes, who recently attracted attention for raising allegations about Cambridge professor Jason Arday, but who also studies the relation between IQ and race.
Sabine HossenfelderHOST
Kovnes is American, so that part is fine, but technically he's a philosopher of biology, which isn't a social science.
Dorie ClarkGUEST
So, uh, so thanks for teeing that up, Vanessa.
Dorie ClarkGUEST
What you're referring to is, uh, Francesca Gino at the Harvard Business School did a very interesting study with some colleagues a few years ago about networking, and specifically why and how networking makes us feel, you know, I say us, m- m- ma- many people, it makes us feel dirty.
Vanessa Van EdwardsHOST
[laughs]
Dorie ClarkGUEST
And I, I think, uh, a lot of people can relate to that, right? That, you know-
Rona LewisHOST
And there's one or two from Harvard Business School.
Rona LewisHOST
From your girlfriend, Francesca Gino.
Jeffrey HanslerHOST
Oh, okay.
Jeffrey HanslerHOST
Very good.
Jeffrey HanslerHOST
No, no.
Jeffrey HanslerHOST
We can talk about it in general.
Jeffrey HanslerHOST
Francesca Gino, I think she got a raw deal.
Jeffrey HanslerHOST
I know you did.