Speakers
With the common goal of exploring ways to collaborate to serve the public interest, our speakers will discuss how behavioral insights can enhance private and public-sector practice, helping bridge the divide between behavioral scientists and practitioners.
Featured 2026 Speakers
More speakers to be announced soon.
Danielle Allen
James Bryant Conant University Professor, Harvard University
Gretchen Chapman
Professor of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
Iris Bohnet
Professor of Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School
Robert Cialdini
Regents Emeritus Professor, Psychology
Amira Boland
Chief of Staff, New Practice Lab & Adjunct Faculty, Georgetown University
Crystal Hall
Professor of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington
Michael Hallsworth
Chief Behavioural Scientist, BIT
Judd B. Kessler
Howard Marks Endowed Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Daniel Oppenheimer
Professor of Psychology and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
Morela Hernandez
Professor of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Julia Lee Cunningham
Associate Professor of Management and Organizations, University of Michigan
Todd Rogers
Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School
Ezra Karger
Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; Director of Research at the Forecasting Research Institute
Elizabeth Levy Paluck
Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology & of Public & International Affairs, Princeton University
Cass R. Sunstein
Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard University
Philip Tetlock
Penn-Integrates-Knowledge Professor, University of Pennsylvania
BSPA 2026 Conference
Sunday, June 7 - Monday, June 8, 2026
(Program begins Sunday afternoon on June 7)
Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
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With the common goal of exploring ways to collaborate to serve the public interest, our speakers will discuss how behavioral insights can enhance private and public-sector practice, helping bridge the divide between behavioral scientists and practitioners.
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