Reports
Lab Reports
One-page editorial reports on recent lab publications.
PLOS One · 2026
Work Hours: The Body, Not the Mind
Shifting work hours affects recovery — fatigue, sleep, body mass — more clearly than well-being as a whole. A target trial emulation among 24,579 pre-retirement New Zealanders.
Evolutionary Human Sciences · 2026
Religious Attendance: Selective, Not Sweeping
Supported causal effects of religious attendance concentrate in meaning, forgiveness, and intimate life, with little change in somatic health or psychological distress.
Research Reports & Working Papers
Our main repository of research reports covering: - Muslim acceptance and prejudice studies - COVID-19 pandemic impacts - Climate science trust - Environmental attitudes and religion - Health and well-being analyses - Methodological papers
Specialised resources for causal inference including: - Causal inference tutorials - Methodological guides - Applied examples - Code demonstrations
Recent Highlights
- Muslim Acceptance Study - How the Christchurch attacks affected attitudes toward Muslims in New Zealand
- COVID-19 Analysis - Pandemic impacts on well-being and social cohesion
- Climate Science Trust - Causal relationships between trust in science and environmental attitudes
- Religious Simpson’s Paradox - Uncovering complex patterns in religious data
Access Information
All reports are freely available through our GitHub Pages repositories. For specific reports, datasets, or questions, please contact:
📧 joseph.bulbulia@vuw.ac.nz
Citation Guidelines
When citing our reports, please use the following format:
Author(s). (Year). Report Title. OTTO Lab Reports, Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington. URL