Postdoc position in environmental psychology Environmental Psychology Vienna (3 + 3 years) jobs.univie.ac.at/job/University…

🚨 New paper out on whether engagement and behavioural mechanisms underpin the effectiveness of Drink Less funded by NIHR Research published in npj Digital Medicine jointly led with Larisa Dina with a fabulous team✨ nature.com/articles/s4174…

"There are scientists who find it hard to change their opinions . . . . For me, it is the opposite—only when I change my mind do I feel that I really learned something new." - Daniel Kahneman

In case you missed it, Katy Milkman presented at the 2024 United Nations Behavioral Science Week on how behavioral science can meet policy challenges. Watch her talk here: youtube.com/watch?v=Qq78J4…

Narratives – stories – can be very persuasive. But they can also help people take in information. So can you use them if you want to inform but not persuade? We did an experiment to find out, now published: doi.org/10.1098/rsos.2… @scicomguy @crschneider3 Lisa-Maria Tanase

New paper in nature co-authored by Population Aging Research Center at Penn Research Associate Kevin Volpp "Megastudy shows that reminders boost vaccination but adding free rides does not" doi.org/10.1038/s41586… with Katy Milkman, et al. Also see this Penn news piece: penntoday.upenn.edu/news/text-remi…

⚠️summoning experimentalists⚠️ I’ve been using this great 2011 primer by John A. List et al. in my experimental econ grad class for years. Looking to replace it with something more recent. Any leads? Soft rules: •short (<20 pages) •contains a statistical power section 🙏🏻

Have you checked out the UN BeSci Review? 🌍 This first-of-its-kind publication brings together practical case studies & commentaries from the UN, govts, academia, NGOs, civil society & more! Read it bit.ly/UNBeSciReview Submit to the next edition! forms.gle/evBQz5YvkfEw9M…

Postdoctoral Research Associates in Social/Political Psychology (2 Positions available), Royal Holloway University of London easp.eu/news/itm/?id=1…

It works, but how? Uncovering how an app to help people cut down their drinking works. Larisa Dina in our blog #nudge #boosts #alcoholawareness Behavioural Science & Health UCL UCL_Tobacco_Alcohol #WellbeingWednesday #digitalmedicine bppblog.com/2024/07/24/kee…

How can Amartya Sen’s analysis of rational choice be used to illuminate Elinor and Vincent Ostrom’s views about the role of reason in human action? To learn how, check out this paper. | Journal of Institutional Economics | bit.ly/3WA3Pzr

Wrapped up an interview for a new Behavioral Grooves Podcast podcast episode on the science behind political polarization - dropping soon 👀

"The campaign process continually reinforces the notion of politics as a masculine space" - Nicole Bauer LSU Manship School of Mass Communication = 2020 in our blog bppblog.com/2020/07/30/the…

A recent addition to the many articles on our #FirstView webpage. A consideration and survey study on the role that emotions etc ("affect") play in policymakers' paternalistic decisions bit.ly/4dXNURB

Interested in the relationship between behavioural economics and political economy? Check out the papers in this special issue of the Review of Behavioral Economics: nowpublishers.com/RBE/special-is…

There’s a difference between happiness experienced in the moment and happiness that sticks with you. s.hbr.org/3oMy6rn

Very cool paper by Ian Hohm et al. on seasonal changes in moral values. People endorse the moral foundations of purity, loyalty, authority more strongly in spring and autumn, in part due to increases in anxiety. Yet more evidence that feelings matter. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Diary data: December 9, 2024. Our editor Adam Oliver delivers his inaugural lecture at the LSE (and on LSE Live) lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/12…

A book specifically written for September: LOOK AGAIN. amazon.com/Look-Again-Pow…