spotlights & events
bspa hosts a range of annual events aimed at fostering networking within the behavioral science and policy communities. Spotlight workshops bring policymakers, practitioners and scientists together to brainstorm various research ‘best-practices’ and topic areas
2024 BSPA Online Conference
MAY 2-3, 2024
The theme for this year’s conference is: Technology & Society, and we have a star-studded line-up led by our conference chair, Anuj Shah (University of Chicago) and co-chairs, Michael Hallsworth (BIT) and Carolina Toth (BIT).
- Fireside Chat: Better Government in the Digital Age (Jennifer Pahlka & Wendy De La Rosa)
- Keynote: Algorithms: The Next Frontier for Choice Architecture (Sendhil Mullainathan)
- Panel Discussions (Nicholas Chesterley, Irene González, Laura Smart, Beth Blauer, Ronnie Chatterji, Lindsay Moore, Piyush Tantia, Ruth Schmidt, Ravi Gurumurthy )
- Book Panel: How Technology Shapes Society (Dolly Chugh, Jean Twenge, Sander van der Linden, Simon Johnson)
- Topic-focused Sessions (Tatiana Homonoff, Jeannie Annan, Elke Weber, Adam Waytz, Keith Chen, David Yeager)
- BSPA Award: (Hal Hershfield)
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SEEKING NOMINATIONS:
2024 BSPA PUBLICATION AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN BEHAVIORAL POLICY
For research that advances the rigorous application and development of behavioral/social science to policy and practice in public, private and non-profit sectors. Its goal is to encourage work that has potential to improve the quality of life of individuals and/or organizations. We will consider all research published, in journals or as books, in the years 2021-2024. The date must be the in-print date rather than the online date. Submit nominations to:
https://behavioralpolicy.org/publication-award/
The submission deadline is EOD March 31, 2024.
Winners will be announced at BSPA’s Online Conference, May 2-3, 2024
Spotlight Workshops
Our Spotlight workshops bring policymakers, practitioners and scientists together to brainstorm various research ‘best-practices’ and topic areas in a local setting. Topics such as energy, pre-K education, health and financial decision making can drive the agenda; alternatively, these working groups can coalesce around local government priorities in order to facilitate actionable insights being put into practice on a state or municipal level.
Event Highlights
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Jason Furman
Keynote Address
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Ambassador Samantha Power & Dr. Aaron Chatterji
In Conversation
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Authors Shaping New Perspectives
Keynotes: Adam Benforado (Unfair: The New Science Of Criminal Injustice)
Jim Manzi (Uncontrolled)
Sarah Newcomb (Loaded)
Dilip Soman (The Last Mile)
Moderator: Daniel Pink
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