Accelerating Knowledge
Promoting the dissemination of behavioral science insights
Community Building
Convening communities and dialogues that promote the accessibility of social and behavioral science to policymakers and other practitioners
Translating Behavioral Science
Reviewing and interpreting state of the art research concerning practically relevant scientific knowledge for non-experts
Our Spotlight Workshops bring policymakers, practitioners & scientists together to brainstorm various research ‘best-practices’ & subject areas in a local setting.
Topics such as energy, pre-K education, health and financial decision making can drive the agenda.
BSPA facilitated working groups consist of the top experts in the world coalescing around local, federal and global government priorities in order to facilitate actionable insights being put into practice. Most recently, BSPA provided working groups aimed at providing advisory to the White House’s SBST.
BSPA holds an Annual Conference aimed at bringing together behavioral scientists, policymakers, executives and press to challenge assumptions on how the behavioral sciences can be applied across multiple contexts, & highlighting the most relevant findings to private & public sector policy makers.
BSPA is developing an open access, curated Archive of applicable behavioral science research, vetted by a team of leading scientists & policy experts. The Archive will provide research that has implications for program choices within a specific area of focus & identify tools to facilitate effective implementation of such insights for users to tap into.
BSPA acts as a conduit for the global behavioral science community – connecting academics, practitioners and policymakers through our network.
Our individual & co-sponsored events facilitate introductions & projects to foster cross-institutional collaboration.
Our Favorite Tweets This Week
Interesting @NYTimes article: For adults and children, intrinsic motivation is a far better predictor of high-quality achievement. Promised rewards at times can kill interest and excellence. https://t.co/u0OSRbAixN
— GHS (@GHS) October 29, 2018
Understanding the ethics of autonomous vehicles: @iyadrahwan and @EdmondAwad talk to MIT News about the results of their Moral Machine experiment, published today in @nature. https://t.co/4Kaf123vME
— MIT Media Lab (@medialab) October 24, 2018
Research from @HarvardHBS shows a handshake can have a surprisingly strong effect on the outcome of negotiations https://t.co/vsVVnOmXbz
— Harvard University (@Harvard) October 29, 2018
My first episode hosting #Choiceology is out, and it's about loss aversion. Thanks to @DollyChugh and @ME_Schweitzer for joining as guests & @Devin_G_Pope and @TatianaHomonoff for great research I cite! https://t.co/K0NYA77Oga
— Katherine Milkman (@katy_milkman) October 29, 2018
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BSP is an international peer-reviewed journal featuring short, accessible articles describing actionable policy applications of behavioral scientific research that serves the public interest. Edited by foremost disciplinary scholars for scientific rigor, and leading policy analysts for relevance and feasibility of implementation, manuscripts that pass this dual-review are professionally edited to ensure accessibility to a broad audience including policy makers, executives, behavioral scientists, and educated lay readers. BSP is an interdisciplinary joint publication of BSPA and the Brookings Institution.
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