People believe that future others' preferences and beliefs will change to align with their own. People holding a particular view (e.g.,…
National security is one of many fields where experts make vague probability assessments when evaluating high-stakes decisions. This…
Paralysis through optimism: Research finds that belief that the future will be favorable may prevent action
People tend to believe that…
Government agencies around the world have begun to embrace the use of behavioural policy interventions (such as the strategic use of…
Peter Brown Zimmerman is Lecturer in Public Policy. He was formerly Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Program Development and held…
Brian Mandell is the Mohamad Kamal Senior Lecturer in Negotiation and Public Policy, Vice Chair for Executive Education for the Program on…
Frank (Francis X.) Hartmann, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, is a Senior Research Fellow of the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and…
Claude Bruderlein is Adjunct Lecturer on Global Health at the Harvard T. Chan School of Public Healthand and Senior…
As Rita E. Hauser Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Organizing and Civil Society at the Kennedy School of Government, Marshall Ganz teaches,…