The Behavioral Sciences Workshop will continue to be on hiatus for the 2023-2024 academic year. Please check back in Fall 2024 for an updated schedule.
The Behavioral Sciences Workshop is an interdisciplinary seminar series featuring speakers of broad appeal in the behavioral sciences. The workshop is held jointly between the Yale departments of Economics, Political Science, Psychology, and the School of Management (SOM).
Staff Coordinator and Contact: Pamela Greene
Schedule 2021-2022
| DATE | SPEAKER & TITLE |
|---|---|
| SEP 20 | Hunt Allcott, Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research “Digital Addiction” In-person at SOM/EVANS 2210, 165 Whitney Avenue On Zoom: A link will go out to subscribers on the morning of the workshop |
| OCT 18 | Ryan Oprea, Professor of Economics, UC Santa Barbara “On the Complexity of Forming Mental Models” Virtual Workshop on Zoom |
| NOV 15 | Drew Fudenberg, Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics, MIT “Evaluating and Improving Economic Models” LINK TO PAPER 1 | LINK TO PAPER 2 | LINK TO PAPER 3 Virtual Workshop on Zoom |
| DEC 6 | Julia Minson, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School “You can’t handle the truth! Errors in affective perspective-taking during attitude conflict” In-person at SOM/EVANS 2210, 165 Whitney Avenue On Zoom: A link will go out to subscribers on the morning of the workshop. |
| JAN 24 | Neil Thakral, Nancy Donohue & Diane Elam Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs and Economics, Brown University “Anticipation and Consumption” Virtual Workshop on Zoom |
| FEB 28 | Anya Samek, Associate Professor of Economics and Strategic Management, UC San Diego “Impact of Consequence Information on Insurance Choice” In-person at SOM/EVANS 2210, 165 Whitney Avenue On Zoom: A link will go out to subscribers on the morning of the workshop. |
| MAR 28 | Sudeep Bhatia, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania “Knowledge Prepresentation in Decision Making” Virtual Workshop on Zoom |
| APR 25 | David Huffman, Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh “Incentive Complexity, Bounded Rationality and Effort Provision” Virtual Workshop on Zoom |