Spring 2021 BCFG Virtual Events
Virtual Seminar Series
How to Talk Gooder: The Science (and Serendipity) of Conversation
May 3, 2021 – Alison Wood Brooks, Associate Professor of Negotiation, Organizations, and Markets, Hellman Faculty Fellow, Harvard University
Virtual Seminar Series
Thriving Under Pressure: The Effects of Stress-Related Wise Interventions on Affect, Sleep, and Exam Performance for College Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
April 26, 2021 – Modupe Akinola, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics, Columbia University
Virtual Seminar Series
Consumption Responses to Mortgage Payments: Evidence and Implications
April 19, 2021 – John Beshears, Terrie F. and Bradley M. Bloom Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University
Virtual Seminar Series
The Effects of Task Complexity on Group Synergy
April 12, 2021 – Duncan Watts, Stevens University Professor, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, University of Pennsylvania
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The Role of Competitiveness in Education and Labor Market Outcomes (based on joint work with Thomas Buser and Hessel Oosterbeek)
April 5, 2021 – Muriel Niederle, Professor of Economics, Stanford University
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Leveraging Flexibility to Increase Goal Persistence
March 29, 2021 – Marissa Sharif, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Pennsylvania
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Nudge Today, Almost Gone Tomorrow: Evidence from Savings Messaging Experiments with 1.2 Million People in 6 Countries
March 22, 2021 – Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics and Finance, Founder of Innovations for Poverty Action, Northwestern University
Virtual Seminar Series
New Perspectives on Habit Formation from Machine Learning and Neuroscience
March 15, 2021 – Colin Camerer, Robert Kirby Professor of Behavioral Finance and Economics, MacArthur Genius Award Winner, California Institute of Technology
Virtual Seminar Series
Designing and Analyzing Behavioral Experiments with Machine Learning
March 8, 2021 – Susan Athey, The Economics of Technology Professor, Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University
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Piqued Curiosity
March 1, 2021 – Francesca Gino, Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration Unit Head, Negotiation, Organizations & Markets, Harvard University
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Prejudice Reduction: Progress and Challenges
February 22, 2021 – Betsy Levy Paluck, Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Virtual Seminar Series
Numerical Cognition and Federal Budgetary Expenditures
February 8, 2021 – Gretchen Chapman, Professor of Psychology, Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
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Self-Talk: How You Do It Matters
February 1, 2021 – Ethan Kross, Professor of Psychology and Management/Organizations, University of Michigan
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The Gender Gap in Self-Promotion
January 25, 2021 – Judd Kessler, Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, University of Pennsylvania