Joining the Center's Behavioral Policy Works in Process noon lunch series in September will be Cass Sunstein, the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard and coauthor of Nudge.He will speak on Tuesday, September 17, on work for a new book. His talk is entitled “The Barbie Problem: Goods that People Buy But Wish Did Not…
Abstract: Climate change increases weather variability, making it harder for farmers to tailor planting decisions to the coming growing season. In theory, accurate, long-range forecasts overcome this challenge. We experimentally evaluate monsoon onset forecasts in India, randomizing 250 villages into control, forecast, and a…
Leading journalists and scholars look back at the Supreme Court Term just past and at what’s coming up on the Court’s docket when the 2024-25 Term opens the first Monday in October. Moderated by P*LAW Director Deborah Pearlstein, panelists discuss the Court’s most consequential rulings and the institution’s changing role in…
Organized by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination; co-sponsored by the European Union Program at Princeton and the Princeton Polish Society.Contributions to and/or sponsorship of any event does not constitute departmental or institutional endorsement of the specific program, speakers or views presented.
Frances C. Moore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy and the University of California Davis. She studies the risks climate change poses to human welfare and how individuals and communities respond to mitigate those risks. Her work is highly interdisciplinary with a focus on climate…
Join us for an afternoon workshop to introduce new and returning students and researchers to the wealth of experts at Princeton University working on environmental policy issues. Open to all with beginner to expert-level knowledge of climate change science and policy! This workshop will help you consider the intersectional and…
This is an opportunity to learn about our work, meet members of the Institute’s programming and research team and learn about opportunities for undergraduate (including the International Policy Associates Program) and graduate students to get involved in LISD's activities.Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments to follow up in Scudder…
Ring in the new semester with friends new and old who are interested in applied behavioral science. Have a cuppa on the Kahneman-Treisman Center and meet other affiliates in this low-key welcome event.Find out more about the KTC Student Affiliates and how to participate. All undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs are…
Policy making should be informed by evidence, especially scientific evidence. But exactly how is a surprisingly tricky question. In this talk Narayanan will take a close look at the science-policy interface: how it works and how it should work. The talk will diagnose structural reasons why he believes the kind of evidence that…
