Can Learning Chess Improve Student Creativity? A field experiment in Bangladesh

Lead researchers: Wang-Sheng Lee and Aaron Nicholas, Deakin University Partners: Deakin University Timeline: April 2014 to February 2015 Status: Complete Method: Quantitative The overview of the project: This project involves a randomized experiment of primary school students in Bangladesh using chess instruction as an intervention. We assess the effect of chess lessons on both creativity […]

The effects of a randomized controlled health information campaign on sex workers’ health, labour, and other outcomes in Bangladesh

Lead researchers: Liang Choon Wang, Monash University, Australia Russell Smyth, Monash University, Australia Partners: Monash University, Australia Timeline: April 2014 to February 2015 Status: Complete Method: Quantitative The overview of the project: Sex workers have much higher HIV infection rates than the general population in Bangladesh because they have misconceptions about how HIV/AIDS is spread, […]