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We examine “conversational receptiveness” – the use of language to communicate one’s willingness to thoughtfully engage with opposing views. We develop an interpretable machine- learning algorithm to identify the linguistic profile of receptiveness (Studies 1A-B). We then show that in...

BIG Mentoring Program: Building Behavioral Design Teams for Public Good 

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Harvard Kennedy School (Virtual on Zoom)
August - December 2020

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Behavioral Insights Group (BIG) is launching a mentoring program this...

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Nudges are popular types of interventions. Recent years have seen the rise of `norm-nudges' - nudges whose mechanism of action relies on social norms, inducing or changing social expectations. Norm-nudges can be powerful interventions, but they can also fail to be effective and even backfire unless they are designed with care. I highlight important...