From Ph.D. to Policy: Facilitating Connections Between Junior Scholars and Policymakers
What can academic institutions and governments do to better support and engage junior scholars?
Ashley Whillans is an assistant professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. She researches how people navigate trade-offs between time and money. In 2016, she co-founded the Department of Behavioral Science in the Policy, Innovation, and Engagement Division of the British Columbia Public Service and was previously a research fellow at Behavioral Insights Team North America. She earned her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of British Columbia.
What can academic institutions and governments do to better support and engage junior scholars?
If you feel like there are too many things to do today and not enough time to do them, you are not alone.