POSTDOCTORAL OPPORTUNITIES IN BERLIN, BOULDER, AND NYC If you are like most Decision Science News readers, you have a PhD or are fast on your way to earning one. It only follows that if you are like most Decision Science News readers, you are eligible to apply for a postdoc. Here are a few it’s […]
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‘TIS THE SEASON TO GIVE Eric Johnson and Dan Goldstein have voiced an opinion on defaults as they relate to organ donation in today’s Wall Street Journal. Your Dec. 17 editorial “Wait-Listed to Death” fails to mention an alternative to paying organ donors. This alternative, common in Europe, eliminates costs while producing an appreciable increase […]
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THE MILES PER GALLON ILLUSION CALCULATOR In the US, 2008 was the year in which the results of bad decisions hit (the economy), the year people voted for change (the election) and the year that policymakers started to acknowledge that the effects of choice architecture are too strong to ignore. Keeping with the theme of […]
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THE 2009 SUMMER INSTITUTE IN POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY, JULY 12-31, 2009 Those interested in Political Psychology should read Andrew Gelman’s blog postings, and also consider attending this: Stanford University is very pleased to announce that it will host the 2009 Summer Institute in Political Psychology, continuing an annual tradition that was started by Margaret Hermann at […]
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DEFAULTS IN BRUSSELS Last week, Decision Science News spoke at a European Commission conference on “How Can Behavioural Economics Improve Policies Affecting Consumers?“, which was terrifying, as it meant addressing a large room of people with name cards and microphones and simultaneous translators behind glass walls. The DSN editor tried to emphasize how one must […]
