News
Thursday, Feb 28, 2019
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine--including work by Shafir and Currie--provides evidence-based policy and program packages that could cut the child poverty rate by as much as 50 percent while at the same time increasing employment and earnings among adults living in low-income families.
Sunday, May 6, 2018
As a late-term bonus speaker in the 2017-2018 Behavioral Policy Speaker Series, Daniel Chen from Toulouse School of Economics will deliver a special lunch-time talk entitled "Difference in Indifference: From Behavioral Judging to Recognition-Respect" at 12 noon on Tuesday, May 8, in 217 Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building.
Sunday, Apr 22, 2018
Brigitte Madrian, the Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management at the Harvard Kennedy School, will close out the Behavioral Policy Speaker Series with a talk on Thursday, August 26, 4:30 p.m. in 399 Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building.
Sunday, Apr 15, 2018
In a talk rescheduled from the fall, Hunt Allcott, Associate Professor of Economics at New York University, spoke about ways to determine the optimal soda tax, Thursday, April 19 at 4:30 p.m. in 399 Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building.
Wednesday, Apr 11, 2018
The Eviction Lab at Princeton University, led by sociologist Matt Desmond, has launched an open-source dataset of more than 80 million U.S. eviction records for researchers, citizen organizers, and journalists to use, disseminate, and augment.
Monday, Mar 12, 2018
Cass Sunstein, the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School, spoke on cybercascades, confirmation bias, and the need for an “architecture of serendipity.”
Monday, Mar 5, 2018
Expert in communicating behavioral science David Nussbaum ran a workshop Wednesday, March 14, on how researchers can find their voice in the marketplace of ideas without sacrificing the integrity of their research.
Tuesday, Feb 20, 2018
Jens Ludwig, from the Univeristy of Chicago Harris School and Crime Lab, delivered a talk on how machine learning may assist in going beyond one-size-fits all behavioral science approaches to develop new personalized policies.
Monday, Feb 12, 2018
Anne Treisman, pioneer of perception and attention and namesake of our center, passed away peacefully on February 9, 2018. She was 82.
Thursday, Jan 11, 2018
The Behavioral Policy Speaker Series resumes in Spring 2018 with an eclectic line-up of researchers who apply behavioral insights in a number of fields.
