Princeton University's Department of Politics and Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP) are co-sponsoring this meeting of the Social Science Research Council's Anxieties of Democracy Working Group on Institutions. The goal of this conference is to bring social science to bear on contemporary anxieties about the…
Halpern discusses the process of bringing the insights of behavioral science research into the halls of government, drawing from his experience at the head of the UK's Behavioural Insights Team. He has led the team endearingly called the "Nudge Unit" since its inception in 2010.
