Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
Behavior Changed, Yes, But Only After COVID Was At Doorstep
Research explains the relatively late behavioral reaction to the information of COVID-19 in Europe, writes Joan Costa-Font
Behavioral Science Can Be Used to Win War with Fake News
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently acknowledged his company’s responsibility in helping create the enormous amount of fake news that plagued the 2016 election – after earlier denials. Yet he offered no concrete details on what Facebook could do about it. Fortunately, there’s a way to fight fake news that already exists and has behavioral science on its side: the Pro-Truth Pledge project.
Close Encounters with Behavioral Economics: Four Essential Reads for 2017
The year 2017 turned out to be the start for mainstream behavioral economics after a leading practitioner in the field won a Nobel prize for his work. Throughout 2017, The Conversation asked experts in economics, psychology and other areas to address the power of this burgeoning field, as well as its potential for misuse. Here are some articles for your consideration.
Video: Sara Miller McCune and Daniel Kahneman Discuss Social and Behavioral Sciences
Are social and behavioral sciences receiving the respect they deserve in the US today? SAGE founder and executive chairman Sara Miller McCune […]
‘Nudging’: What Works and Why (Not)?
A single nudge may be enough to cause a single action, but is a sing;e type of nudge sufficient to base a new policy on? Shouldn’t we know that before instituting that new policy?
Drinking For Free at the Behavioral Insights Conference
Here’s a very ‘meta’ experiment for you: What behavioral insights can you gather at a global behavioral insights conference?
The Promise and Perils of the Public ‘Nudge’
While there are ample perspective benefits to behavioral nudges in the creation of public policy, make sure the nudges are designed for real people and not some rational superbeing.
Top Five: Leadership, Ethics, Resistance to Change, and More
How can management scholars and practitioners better understand the factors that enable (or disable) ethics in organizational life? How can organizations heal […]
