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). It is cosponsored by the Center for the Study of American Politics (CSAP) and the School of Management’s International Center for Finance and the Lynne & Andrew Redleaf Foundation.
The workshop meets monthly on selected Mondays from 11:40 a.m. to 12:55 p.m. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, workshop sessions will vary with some being held virtually on Zoom and some being held in-person or in a hybrid format during the 2021-2022 academic year.
This workshop is open to the Yale community only. To receive regular announcements and invitations, you must subscribe to the Behavioral Sciences Workshop at the link below:
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Faculty Organizer: James Choi, Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management
Graduate Student Coordinator: Allen Hu, Yale School of Management
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 |