Democratic responses to climate change will be determined by how institutions such as deliberative bodies make sense of decarbonization. In a novel ethnography of the deliberations to achieve New York’s climate target, one of the world’s most ambitious, I show how norms of talk shape how people temporally coordinate action to…
The need to pivot away from fossil-fuel use rapidly is a common concern. But every technological transition is enabled and inhibited by its social and physical environments. I’m interested in small changes that add up, especially the choices that power homes and rely on the behavior of millions of people. How quickly can those…
The Student Affiliates of the Kahneman-Treisman Center for Public Policy & Behavioral Science welcome University of Chicago behavioral economist Alex Imas for a conversation about his book with nobel laureate Richard Thaler, The Winner's Curse. All undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral fellows, are…
The ERS Seminar Series is hosted by Jennifer Jennings, director. The series features works in progress by Princeton graduate students and faculty from universities across the U.S. focusing on current interdisciplinary education-related topics. The seminars are open to students, faculty and staff. Lunch provided. No registration…
The ERS Seminar Series is hosted by Jennifer Jennings, director. The series features works in progress by Princeton graduate students and faculty from universities across the U.S. focusing on current interdisciplinary education-related topics. The seminars are open to students, faculty and staff. Lunch provided. No…
The ERS Seminar Series is hosted by Jennifer Jennings, director. The series features works in progress by Princeton graduate students and faculty from universities across the U.S. focusing on current interdisciplinary education-related topics. The seminars are open to students, faculty and staff. Lunch provided. No…
