Jeffrey Lees

Jeffrey Lees is a visiting assistant professor at Clemson’s Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business and the founder of the Union of Democratic Labs. His research examines the psychological causes and consequences of inaccurate beliefs. He earned his Ph.D. in organizational behavior and social psychology from Harvard University.

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Poorly Run Labs Are a Threat to Behavioral Science, But Democratic Principles Offer a Way Forward

By Jeffrey Lees

Labs with stark power imbalances harm those lower on the academic hierarchy and fail to produce good science. Decoupling power from expertise can help fix broken models of producing research.