Harvard University
For Support Of The Decision Sciences Laboratory
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Amount$600,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/15/2010
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Overview
Harvard’s Decision Sciences Laboratory (HDSL) is an interdisciplinary research facility, led by several distinguished social scientists*, that explores the intersection of psychology, economics, and neuroscience in an effort to better understand the pathways that shape judgment and decisionmaking. Using biometric as well as cognitive indicators, HDSL supports basic behavioral (as distinguished from brain imaging) research in human judgment and behavioral economics. At least equally important, its leaders are committed to translating this knowledge to improve the work of policymakers responsible for making high-stakes decisions. For example, HDSL will likely offer training to intelligence analysts at the Department of Homeland Security early next year. This proposed grant nicely parallels our grant for ideas42 , housed in Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science and led by Sendhil Mullainathan, which applies behavioral economics to problems of poverty in developing countries as well as the United States.
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Grants to this Grantee
For a political economy conference
The Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at Harvard University seeks to address threats to American and global democracies with research and field-building in support of robust political equality, fully inclusive institutions, and broader avenues for participation and connectedness, all of which rest on the material and social bases for human flourishing. This grant will support a major multidisciplinary conference to spotlight the new paradigm for political economy to replace neoliberalism that has emerged through the work of many scholars around the globe over many years. The event will bring together scholars, policymakers, journalists and storytellers, and practitioners to lay out, interrogate, and explore the new paradigm and its application to the most pressing policy challenges of our time.
for The People Lab
The People Lab aims to empower the public sector by producing cutting-edge research on the people of government and the communities they are called to serve. The lab studies, designs, and tests strategies to solve urgent public sector challenges in three core areas: strengthening the workforce, improving resident-government interactions, and reimagining evidence-based policymaking. (Substrategy: Executive Branch)
for Economics for Inclusive Prosperity
Economics for Inclusive Prosperity is a network of academic economists committed to an inclusive economy and society. It is based on the belief that contemporary economics research is rife with new ideas for creating a more inclusive society, but it is up to economists to convince the world this is true. Toward that end, the network members develop and discuss policy ideas based on sound scholarship, with the goal of reaching not just other academics but also a wider audience including students, writers, and policymakers.
