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Behavioral Science summer workshop at Harvard (application deadline July 2)

  • 1.  Behavioral Science summer workshop at Harvard (application deadline July 2)

    Posted 06-17-2013 22:49

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    The Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School is holding an inter-disciplinary workshop for a small number of graduate students and post docs on August 6ththrough August 8th on the HKS campus.  The workshop will focus on generating  innovative research projects that leverage behavioral science thinking to address and understand problems in the world.  The workshop will include:

     

    -          Short talks focusing on how behavioral science research can be used to generate insights designed to create social value

    -          Breakout sessions in small groups to brainstorm about research projects that examine new behavioral science questions that create social value.  Groups will be coached by faculty.

    -          Group presentations with active participant feedback 

    -          Competition for a small pool of research funds available to support some of the most promising research projects developed during the workshop

     

    Researchers in many disciplines leverage the insights of behavioral science to understand and mitigate society's biggest challenges.  These researchers do work that is diverse, including studying nudges that intervene to change important behaviors, making theoretical developments that help shed light on the root causes of important problems, and developing innovations that change behavior to create social value.  These scholars include psychologists, behavioral decision researchers, behavioral economists, management scholars, marketing researchers, political scientists, sociologists, and others.  Our goal is to strengthen, enlarge, support and legitimize this area of research.

     

    In the workshop, behaviors and decisions we will discuss include (but are not limited to): education, ethics, health, voting, energy, social media, and charitable giving.  Methodologically, we will focus on field experiments, though other field research methods may be touched upon as well.   

     

    Participants will arrive on the evening of August 6th, and the workshop take place all day on August 7th, then 8:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. on August 8th. 

     

    Some faculty who will participate in the workshop include: 

    -          Max Bazerman, Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School

    -          David Gergen, Harvard Kennedy School

    -          Francesca Gino, Harvard Business School

    -          Leslie John, Harvard Business School

    -          Michael Luca, Harvard Business School

    -          Katherine Milkman, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

    -          Michael Norton, Harvard Business School

    -          Todd Rogers, Harvard Kennedy School

     

    Individuals from government and the private sector will also be involved.

     

    The Center for Public Leadership will provide  two nights' hotel accommodations (August 6th and 7th) and food throughout the workshop.

     

    To apply email the following to owen_andrews@hks.harvard.edu by 6:00 p.m. EDT on July 2:

    -          100-word description of a research project you are currently working on, have worked on, would like to work on, or a project someone else has worked on that you especially admire.

    -          CV

     

    Spaces are limited.  We will let you know if a space at the workshop is confirmed for you by  July 12.

     


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    Francesca Gino

    Associate Professor of Business Administration

    Harvard Business School

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