…the extra $25 go because it didn’t seem like very much compared to the cost of rent. This is a common cognitive error that affects all people, as we have…
Inspire Trust and Confidence When people come across digital financial services, it can feel risky to trust a new provider or a virtual process with no human touch points and…
…but for Peace. In the prize announcement, the Nobel committee stated that “Yunus and the Grameen Bank have shown that even the poorest of the poor can work to bring…
…Cao, a 5th year PhD candidate in social psychology at Harvard University. Jack’s research examines the divide between the conscious values we try to uphold and the implicit biases that…
…and products for humans. Piyush noted that some of these traditional methods rely heavily on qualitative research, yet we know from behavioral research that people are often unaware, or even…
…method that feels most familiar or “normal,” but in-person voting is more complex and ambiguous this year than in previous elections due to changes in polling locations, new safety protocols,…
…ideas42 to identify other, behaviorally informed solutions for improving safety in South Africa’s low-income communities. Working with the Western Cape’s Department of Community Safety and researchers from the University of…
…of Nursing. Alison’s research explores the use of behavioral economic principles (including financial incentives and intrinsic rewards) to encourage behavior change and take-up of preventive care services in the area…
…research and prior work conducted in Zambia under the USAID–funded Breakthrough RESEARCH project and in partnership with the USAID-funded Safe Motherhood 360+ project. The project in Zambia identified the behavioral…
…the voting system. For example, subjectivity can be reduced from the signature verification process by translating complicated technical training into easy, automated heuristics for workers doing the verifying. In addition,…
