Penn Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences

05/12/2022

Congratulations to our students who participated in the MBDS Design Challenge 2022. We had an overwhelming success and we received incredibly positive feedback from all our clients. Most indicated how difficult it was to even choose a winner. The Program is delighted to see your innovative BeSci solutions, your interests, and passion for the field shine.

We are also extremely thankful to all our partners and network for making this event a success! And especial thanks to Julya Loder for her awesome work supporting the course.

The winners of this year’s Design Challenge:

1. Deloitte #1 (return to office): K. Achrekar, A. Lampert & K. Kulothungan (Team 3)
2. Deloitte #2 (surveys): R. Barth, N. Oza, R. Sirdeshmukh, & W. Brinner (Team 2)
3. OECD: W. Yu, S. Istvan & J.J. Thenarianto (Team 1)
4. The Decision Lab: E. Rybak, S. Kato, P. Faga, & S. Zhong (Team 2)
5. TrackYourMed: J. Weiss, R. Saragossi & D. Pham (Team 1)
6. IPSOS: G. Graf von Ledebur-Wicheln, S. Ramakrishnan, L. Konstantinou, & C. Gonzalez (Team 1)
7. International Rescue Committee: C. Biagini, F. Nugraha & S. Sanjivini (Team 2)
8. Merck: K. Banerjee, I. Prinz, P. Jain, & Z. Chen (Team 1)

Congratulations and enjoy your well-deserved Summer time!

05/12/2022

The MBDS Program would like to acknowledge our LPSGov Program Representatives Ravenn Triplett and Bump Lisk for their outstanding enrichment to our community this year and for empowering students to get involved.

We also want to acknowledge all MBDS Students who were involved in student government or event planning!

Thank you for your efforts and best wishes in your career!

05/02/2022

A great way to end the semester with our MBDS Research Forum on Friday, April 22nd. Congratulations to all the 15 winners! We are grateful for the feedback from our Board of Advisors, MBDS faculty, and staff.

04/20/2022

Check out the New Cover for the MBDS Program Handbook 2022-23!

04/13/2022

Meet Amy Bucher, Lirio's Chief Behavioral Officer, in McNeil Conference Room 435 from 10-11AM this Thursday, April 14th.

04/12/2022

On March 29th, we hosted the first in-person team get-together after Covid-19. The faculty, researchers, and staff of the Penn Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences and the Penn Center for Social Norms & Behavioral Dynamics came together for a delicious and spicy South Asian dinner. We enjoyed this moment to take a break, relax, and regroup. Special thanks to Prof. cristina bicchieri (middle right) for leading both groups, and Paulius Yamin, PhD and Luis Artavia-Mora, PhD for ensuring their success. Thank you everyone for your continued hard work and camaraderie. We are looking forward to many more meals to come!

04/12/2022

Hello All! We hope you are having a great week so far. Friendly reminder to join our listserv for the Monthly MBDS Newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/hVfyk9 Stay tuned for exciting news and updates about our program soon!

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04/04/2022

Happy Monday! Today we introduce Claire Hobden as one of the new Advisors of our MBDS Board.

Claire is a behavioural scientist and specialist on vulnerable workers at the International Labour Organization (ILO). In her current role, she applies behavioral science to advance the ILO’s agenda on achieving decent work for those in vulnerable employment. Claire also represents the ILO in the G20 Behavioural Insights Knowledge Network and works with the UN Executive Office of the Secretary-General to develop tools that enable UN Entities to apply behavioral science.

More info about Claire and ILO can be found here: https://www.ilo.org/

Please join us in welcoming Claire to Penn Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences!

03/30/2022

This week we welcome Carlos Scartascini as one of the new Advisors of our MBDS Board!

Carlos is Head of the Development Research Group at the Research Department and Leader of the Behavioral Economics Group of the Inter-American Development Bank. He has published eight books and more than 60 articles in academic journals and edited volumes. Carlos is a member of the Executive Committee of IDB's Gender and Diversity Lab, of EGAP and EGAP's Latam hub, as well as the Associate Editor of the academic journal Economía, and Founding Member of LACEA's BRAIN. He holds a Ph.D. and a M.A. in Economics from George Mason University.

More information about Carlos can be found here: https://lnkd.in/dar4QdQ8

Please join us in welcoming Carlos to Penn Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences!

03/17/2022

"In this program, we approach behavioral and decision sciences in terms of what someone is doing and why they do it- and then we discover what we can do to effect change." - Dr. Cristina Bicchieri, Director, Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences

03/07/2022

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03/04/2022

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