Teenagers get bored about a lot, but boredom is not a given. When it comes to engaging with difficult topics, it’s worth asking: Whose interests does boredom serve? What does it help people avoid?
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for July 2022.
Does the rise in “work from anywhere” mean more “workcations”? Is it a lost opportunity for social mobility? We speak with a leading researcher about how work from anywhere is impacting people in places like the U.S. versus India, and why he’s bullish on a work-from-anywhere future for everyone.
The way we assess achievement disadvantages lower class students and workers. Here’s how we can make it more equitable.
We do not have to wait to fully understand the racism problem before we begin to think about what an authentically inclusive solution could look like.
A more nuanced understanding of empathy could help convert a short-term reaction into long-term change.
Behavioral scientists love to talk about habits—creating more of the good ones, overcoming the bad. But the context is usually self-improvement, not self-preservation. Here’s a different perspective on habits.
Selected articles that help shed light on the behavioral features of the police violence and protests occurring across the United States and around the world.
If you find yourself asking what you can do to spark change and help prevent the next George Floyd murder, my advice is: start engaging in positive deviance.
If things return to the way they were, we will have failed.
