Behavioral Scientist

The Questions at the Heart of Conflict and Peace - by Heather Graci - Behavioral Scientist Behavioral scientists working in peace and conflict grapple with questions of how prejudice becomes violence, how exclusion begets extremism, and how capable we are of change. The answers are far…

In this weekend’s read from the archive, Heather Graci amasses a range of voices trying to answer: How do you balance dreams of peace with the complex reality of achieving it?

4 great reasons to read 1984 with Behavioral Scientist this summer!

1. Read a great book
2. Find out for yourself
3. Learn from expert conversations
4. Join a great community

Find out more about this summer's book club and how to join here:

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Announcing Behavioral Scientist’s 2025 Summer Book Club: 'Ghosts from the Future' - Behavioral Scientist We’ll read George Orwell’s 1984—a classic novel about a future society overcome by a totalitarian regime and the citizens trying to break free.

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4 great reasons to read 1984 with Behavioral Scientist this summer!

1. Read a great book
2. Find out for yourself
3. Learn from expert conversations
4. Join a great community

Find out more about this summer's book club and how to join here:

mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...

Psychology’s Increased Rigor Is Good News. But Is It Only Good News? - By Barry Schwartz - Behavioral Scientist We should have greater confidence than before that findings we read about in journals will replicate. What’s good about this is evident. But do we pay a price for increased rigor?

Your Wednesday perspective from Barry Schwartz: Will the new standards for psychological research affect the questions psychologists ask and the topics they explore, and not just in a good way?

From the archive: behavioralscientist.org/psychologys-...

We are excited to invite you to our 2025 Summer Book Club. We’ll read George Orwell’s 1984—a classic novel about a future society overcome by a totalitarian regime and the citizens trying to break free.

Find out more and join today: behavioralscientist.org/announcing-b...

We are excited to invite you to our 2025 Summer Book Club. We’ll read George Orwell’s 1984—a classic novel about a future society overcome by a totalitarian regime and the citizens trying to break free.

Find out more and join today: behavioralscientist.org/announcing-b...

The Quest to Imagine a Workplace that (Actually) Values Work-Life Balance - by Brigid Schulte - Behavioral Scientist Work-life balance is about making trade-offs. How might we design workplaces that encourage employees to choose the right ones?

Your weekend read, from the archive: Work-life balance is about making trade-offs, @brigidschulte.bsky.social explains. How might we design workplaces that encourage employees to choose the right ones?

Policies for Adapting to the 'New Normal' of the Anthropocene - By Andrew J. Hoffman, P. Devereaux Jennings, & Nicholas A. Poggioli - Behavioral Scientist While important in the short term, the power of the market and technology alone will not save us in the long term. In the long term, we will have to change the way we think.

A Wednesday perspective: @andyhoffman.bsky.social, P. Devereaux Jennings, and Nicholas Poggioli argue that while important in the short term, markets and technology won't save us in the long term. Someday, we have to change the way we think.

From the archive: behavioralscientist.org/policies-for...

When It All Became Apparent - by Ariel Kalil, Susan E. Mayer, and Michelle Park Michelini - Behavioral Scientist The idea of parenting styles is far-reaching but built on sparse evidence. A team of scientists have turned to parenting behaviors, rather than styles, to discover what matters most for children's…

Weekend read: the idea of parenting styles is far-reaching but built on sparse evidence. Why scientists have turned their attention to parenting behaviors, from @arielkalil.bsky.social, @mayersm.bsky.social, and Michelle Park Michelini

From the archive: behavioralscientist.org/when-it-all-...

Event: 2025 Frontiers Conversation Series - Behavioral Scientist We invite you to a new online conversation series, “Frontiers,” where we’ll host live conversations with people who are pushing the boundaries of behavioral science.

Join us this Thursday for a conversation with 2024 Nobel Prize Winner Daron Acemoglu — Technology on the Rise, Institutions on the Brink

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Event: 2025 Frontiers Conversation Series - Behavioral Scientist We invite you to a new online conversation series, “Frontiers,” where we’ll host live conversations with people who are pushing the boundaries of behavioral science.

Join us this Thursday for a conversation with 2024 Nobel Prize Winner Daron Acemoglu — Technology on the Rise, Institutions on the Brink

Find out more and sign up: behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...

Behavioral Jurisprudence: Law Needs a Behavioral Revolution - By Benjamin van Rooij & Adam Fine - Behavioral Scientist There is now a large body of empirical work that calls into question the traditional legal assumptions about how law shapes behavior.

This Wednesday’s perspective on behavioral science, from the archive: Benjamin van Rooij and Adam Fine show how a large body of empirical work calls into question the traditional legal assumptions about how law shapes behavior.

When Everything Falls Apart, Can Communities Come Together? - by Heather Graci - Behavioral Scientist If communities are more interconnected before a disaster strikes, they may be better equipped to survive and rebuild in its aftermath.

In this weekend’s read, Heather Graci explores how a community’s survival and recovery after a disaster depend on the relationships of the people within it.

From the archive: behavioralscientist.org/when-everyth...

Breaking the Silence: Can Behavioral Science Confront Structural Racism? - By Crystal C. Hall & Mindy Hernandez - Behavioral Scientist For too long, the field of behavioral science has confused its limitations with powerlessness in regards to structural racism.

In this Wednesday’s perspective on behavioral science, Crystal Hall and Mindy Hernandez argue that we have failed to account for structural racism because the challenge feels too big for our tools and methods. But we can fix that.

From the archive: behavioralscientist.org/breaking-the...

Vaccinating in Taliban Country - by Sherine Guirguis and Michael Coleman - Behavioral Scientist In June 2012, North Waziristan’s Taliban leader issued a fatwa banning polio vaccination campaigns. The violence came swiftly.

In this weekend’s read, Sherine Guirguis and Michael Coleman learned from trying to vaccinate in Taliban country that to understand the fabric of communities is just as important as biomedical science to design public health policies.

From the archive: behavioralscientist.org/vaccinating-...

Three Tensions Behavioral Design Must Navigate - By Ruth Schmidt - Behavioral Scientist Design’s development from buzzy hotshot to established practice offers insight into the path behavioral design could take and the choices it will face along the way.

In this Wednesday’s perspective on behavioral science, @ruthkschmidt.bsky.social asks: How can we balance making our methodology accessible while maintaining a professional level of rigor?

From the archive: behavioralscientist.org/three-tensio...

A Cognitive Labor of Love - by Allison Daminger - Behavioral Scientist In this award-winning personal essay, sociologist Allison Daminger reflects on how her research on the division of household "cognitive labor" influences the decisions she makes in her own…

This weekend, revisit Allison Daminger’s award-winning essay. She confronts a clash between her two selves: a sociologist who studies the division of household labor and a young woman navigating her engagement and planning her future family.

Poorly Run Labs Are a Threat to Behavioral Science, But Democratic Principles Offer a Way Forward - By Jeffrey Lees - Behavioral Scientist Labs with stark power imbalances harm those lower on the academic hierarchy. Decoupling power from expertise can help fix broken models of producing research.

Your Wednesday perspective on behavioral science, from the archive: Jeffrey Lees asks how we can make labs stronger by making them more democratic. Expertise should not be accompanied by the power to dominate and control those with slightly less expertise.

The Everyday Supercommunicators Who Get Groups in Sync - by Charles Duhigg - Behavioral Scientist Conversations that flow often have a person at the center who speaks less, asks more questions, and isn't afraid to admit their own confusion.

Your weekend read, from the archive: Conversations that flow often have a person at the center who speaks less, asks more questions, and isn’t afraid to admit their own confusion.

By Charles Duhigg:

A Dispatch from Rio: Working to Strengthen Behavioral Science in Latin America at the G20 - by Heather Graci - Behavioral Scientist The Rio de Janeiro behavioral science unit envisions a collaborative network of researchers and policymakers across Latin America, plus a seat for Latin American behavioral scientists on the global…

For this Wednesday’s perspective on behavioral science, revisit the social science conference hosted by the Rio de Janeiro nudge unit alongside last year’s G20 summit.

AI, Productivity, and Human Finitude: A Conversation With Oliver Burkeman - by Aline Holzwarth and Samuel Salzer - Behavioral Scientist AI productivity tools promise to help us get things done today so we can enjoy tomorrow. But a laser focus on “tomorrow” can vacate meaning from today.

Oliver Burkeman calls it the efficiency trap: the seductive idea that if we just optimize hard enough, we’ll finally make space for what really matters. But what usually happens is… more work. Read all about it in Behavioral Scientist.

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What Shape Does Progress Take? Don't Assume It's a Straight Line - Lee Anne Fennell - Behavioral Scientist As we determine where to allocate effort and money, when to keep going and when to give up, different production functions call for different strategies. Yet, we rarely consider what production…

Your weekend read, from the archive: What Shape Does Progress Take? Don’t Assume It’s a Straight Line by Lee Anne Fennell

Opening up Science—to Skeptics - By Rohan Arcot & Hunter Gehlbach - Behavioral Scientist What if scientists allowed skeptics in the general public to look under the hood at how their studies were conducted? Could opening up help combat the epidemic of science skepticism?

Your Wednesday perspective on behavioral science, via Rohan Arcot  and Hunter Gehlbach: What happens when scientists show skeptics how their studies were conducted? Could opening up help combat science skepticism?

Places Unexpected - by Evan Nesterak - Behavioral Scientist Craving adventure after finishing their Ph.D.s in neuroscience, Thomas Andrillon and Chiara Varazzani set off on a round-the-world trek in their 2006 Land Rover Defender, nicknamed Bechamel. But the…

Your weekend read from the archive: Craving adventure after finishing their PhDs, @thomasandrillon.bsky.social & @chiaravara.bsky.social set off on a round-the-world trek in their 2006 Land Rover Defender. They almost didn’t make it back.

By Evan Nesterak:

Burning Questions: A Collection of Perspectives on Climate Action - By Evan Nesterak - Behavioral Scientist The barriers to solving climate change seem to be getting higher, and the need for breakthroughs feels more urgent than ever. What are the most pressing ideas on the minds of social and behavioral sci...

Great to see Evan Nesterak and @behscientist.bsky.social
look at climate change through a social/behavioral lens.

👏 to @ahsfarmer.bsky.social for pointing out the value of women-led savings clubs in fishing communities helping to build climate resilience!

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What We Gain from More Behavioral Science in the Global South - Pauline Kabitsis and Lydia Trupe - Behavioral Scientist More work in the Global South means more opportunities to learn to address the systems-level challenges that often lie at the root of our most pressing problems.

Your Wednesday perspective on behavioral science, from the archive: What We Gain from More Behavioral Science in the Global South by Pauline Kabitsis & Lydia Trupe

Burning Questions: A Collection of Perspectives on Climate Action - By Evan Nesterak - Behavioral Scientist The barriers to solving climate change seem to be getting higher, and the need for breakthroughs feels more urgent than ever. What are the most pressing ideas on the minds of social and behavioral sci...

Big thanks to @behscientist.bsky.social & its editor-in-chief Evan Nesterak for attending CASBS's two-day climate change workshop not long ago & soliciting these participant contributions on the 'backlash, burnout, and backsliding' related to climate action 🌍

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Check out this week’s Email Edition: ‘Radical Uncertainty’ and Trump’s On-again, Off-again Tariffs — Plus, a conversation between Dean Karlan and Nicholas Kristof, what we’re reading this week and more: mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...

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What Happens When AI-Generated Lies Are More Compelling Than the Truth?
L: https://behavioralscientist.org/what-happens-when-ai-generated-lies-are-more-compelling-than-the-truth/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44134613
posted on 2025.05.30 at 06:08:21 (c=0, p=6)