The Challenges of Regulating AI and the Role of Behavioral Science
The versatile, unpredictable, and rapidly evolving nature of AI presents a challenge for regulators tasked with keeping us safe. How can behavioral scientists help?
Public Policy
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How a Sludge-Filled Policy Stoked Uncertainty and Fear for Immigrant Families
In 2019, a harsh immigration policy deterred many immigrants from applying for the public assistance they needed. A revamped rule aims to right that wrong.
Revising America’s Immigration Myths, Past and Present
To better understand immigration to the U.S., we need to distinguish nostalgia from reality. Our data helps us do just that.
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Behavioral Jurisprudence: Law Needs a Behavioral Revolution
There is now a large body of empirical work that calls into question the traditional legal assumptions about how law shapes behavior.
Brief Takeaways from U.N. Behavioral Science Week
How is the U.N. applying behavioral science in pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals?
Breaking the Silence: Can Behavioral Science Confront Structural Racism?
For too long, the field has confused its limitations with powerlessness.