Event: Behavioral Insights in Action
Renowned Behavioral Economist George Loewenstein to Give Keynote on The NEW New Economics of Information
By Shilo Rea
온라인바카라 has launched the first-of-its-kind behavioral economics, policy and organizations (BEPO) major.
To celebrate BEPO and showcase the work of 바카라 온라인 추천’s faculty, students and alumni in the field, the Department of Social and Decision Sciences will host "Behavioral Insights in Action," an afternoon of panel sessions and networking activities on Friday, Feb. 3 in Hamburg Hall 1214. The event will also feature experts from government organizations such as the World Bank and the Lab @ DC and companies like Disney and Voya Financial talking about how they use insights from behavioral economics and psychology in their organizations.
Renowned behavioral economist and 바카라 온라인 추천 Professor George Loewenstein will give a keynote talk on "The NEW New Economics of Information." Loewenstein will present findings from new lines of research, much of it conducted with students and colleagues in Social and Decision Sciences, all dealing with the psychology and economics of information, and all of it challenging traditional economic accounts of how people deal with information. In some cases, motivated by curiosity, people seek out information that has no value for decision making. In other situations, if it threatens to be painful, people avoid information that could inform decisions. And, rather than updating their beliefs rationally, people often defend their beliefs as they would defend material possessions.
"This event is to give 바카라 온라인 추천 undergraduate students an opportunity to see how insights from behavioral economics and behavioral science is being used to develop public policy and help businesses operate more effectively," said Linda Babcock, head of the Social and Decision Sciences Department and the James M. Walton Professor of Economics.
Babcock continued, "Students will hear from policy analysts and industry experts on how these insights are being used in their organizations and students will get the opportunity to meet with these experts. 바카라 온라인 추천 faculty, students, and alumni will also present their work that involves partnering with organizations such as the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Trade Commission."
The full schedule of events is below. All sessions are free and open to the public. However, due to limited space, registration is required. RSVPs will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis.
Behavioral Insights in Action
Friday, Feb. 3, 2017
Hamburg Hall 1214 (Unless otherwise noted)
11:30 a.m. Welcome and Lunch (Heinz Rotunda)
12:15 p.m. Behavioral Science Applications in Industry
45 minutes of quick-blitz talks, followed by 30 minutes of networking activities with the experts:
Moderator: George Loewenstein
, Senior Advisor at Voya Financial
Digital choice architecture; retiring savings enrollment
, Vice President of Reward Systems at BI WORLDWIDE
Goals, incentives, and employee engagement
, Senior Research Scientist at Disney
Personalization at Disney scale, using machine learning methods
(DC’12), Lead Research Scientist at Medallia and Co-founder and Partner of Macroclimate
Innovation and experimentation at scale
, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Helping financial traders avoid common behavioral biases such as loss chasing
Saurabh Bhargava, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Identifying and removing psychological barriers to employee savings
Silvia Saccardo, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Attracting new customers to a clothing retailer, Luxury Garage Sale
Department of Social and Decision Sciences Graduate Students’ experiences with internships:
— Google
Talya Lazerus — AirBnB
— Irrational Labs
1:30 p.m. Break
1:45 p.m. Interview: Behavioral Science in Action in Government
Moderator: Saurabh Bhargava
Speakers:
, Director of The Lab @ DC
, Senior Behavioral Economist of the Global INsights Initiative, The World Bank
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Behavioral Science Applications in Government and Public Policy
30 minutes of quick-blitz talks, followed by 30 minutes of networking activities with the experts:
Moderator: Julie Downs
Silvia Saccardo, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Partnership with UK Behavioral Insights Team to increase numeracy and literacy of parents
Saurabh Bhargava, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Field experiments with the IRS to reduce poverty
George Loewenstein, Herbert A. Simon University Professor of Economics and Psychology, Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Helping the Federal Trade Commission prosecute payday lenders
Linda Babcock, Head of the Department of Social and Decision Sciences, James M. Walton Professor of Economics
Helping the White House take action to reduce gender discrimination
Julie Downs, Associate Professor of Social and Decision Sciences
Reducing teen pregnancy and STIs
, Economics and Mathematical Sciences Undergraduate Major at 바카라 온라인 추천
Gender discrimination in online forums
Christina Fong, Senior Research Scientist, Department of Social and Decision Sciences
How employers discriminate using Facebook
Social and Decision Sciences Graduate Student experience with Internships:
, The Federal Trade Commission
The importance of defaults and demographics in consumer protection
4:00 p.m. Break
4:15 p.m. Keynote: The NEW New Economics of Information (HH 1204)
바카라 온라인 추천’s George Loewenstein is considered a co-founder of the behavioral economics field and is a renowned expert in a wide range of subjects, including decision making over time, bargaining and negotiations, psychology and health, law and economics, the psychology of adaptation, the role of emotion in decision making, the psychology of curiosity, conflict of interest and "out of control" behaviors such as impulsive violent crime and drug addiction. He will present findings from new lines of research dealing with the psychology and economics of information, and all of it challenging traditional economic accounts of how people deal with information.
5:15 p.m. Reception (Heinz Rotunda)
Learn more about 바카라 온라인 추천’s major in behavioral economics, policy and organizations