New paper Nature Human Behaviour: RCTs w/ 300K patients shed light on transferability of behavioral science knowledge. Field testing & field replications are critical! #BehavioralScience #Scalability #vaccination

Lucky to co-lead this work w/ @Silvia_Saccardo
UCLA Anderson School of Management UCLA Health

#SPSP2024 I'm co-chairing a symposium with Anabel Büchner on goal conflicts, featuring work from us, Jiabi Wang, & Hengchen Dai. We used diverse methods (experimental, psychometric, longitudinal, machine learning, cross-cultural, etc.) to study goal conflicts in various contexts.

🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨

When does evidence change policy?

After running RCTs, cities are most likely to adopt a nudge intervention not when it has a large effect, but when it’s put into pre-existing communication.

By Stefano DellaVigna, Woojin Kim, Elizabeth Linos

journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…
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Interested in sharpening your research skills before graduate school? Consider applying for the Behavioral Lab Manager position at UCLA Anderson School of Management!

May the force of double #FreshStart be with you! My #2024NewYear resolution is a SMART goal & uses planning prompt, (kid-made) reminder, commitment device, and emergency reserve! Katy Milkman Jason Riis #behavioralscience

Offering pre-commitment does not always promote the adoption of recommended behaviors. Its impact depends on the way pre-commitment is offered and how people interpret the offer. Thanks to the amazing Joey Reiff who led the team to uncover these insights!

Dilip Soman 🇨🇦 BEAR UofT Cass Sunstein Varun Gauri Abby Sussman Suzanne Shu Katy Milkman daniel read 🇨🇦 @B_I_Tweets Elizabeth Linos Richard H Thaler @CaitLamberton Busara Center Eric J. Johnson BEworks Hengchen Dai & I show nudges’ estimated efficacy varies by 1-how impact is assessed, 2-targeted sample’s baseline motivation to adopt an activity, & 3-barriers nudges aim to tackle

WP1 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
WP2 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
WP3 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
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Using peer comparison information to change behavior has risks: it harmed physician well-being in our 5-month RCT. Amazing leadership by Joey Reiff Justin Zhang, MD with coauthors from UCLA Health UCLA Anderson School of Management

Proud of you, ilana brody! Awesome work! Thank you Irene Scopelliti and SJDM, Society for Judgment and Decision Making poster reviewers! UCLA Anderson School of Management

I am hiring a full-time RA at UCLA Anderson w/ Prof
Jana Gallus Sherry Jueyu Wu! Perfect position for those looking toward grad school in economics/business/social psych. Apply here: bit.ly/uclapply SJDM, Society for Judgment and Decision Making Behavioral Scientist The BE Hub RTs appreciated!

Welcome! Look forward to meeting/teaching the UCLA Anderson School of Management class of 2023 next week!

Just out in PNASNews: Our new megastudy of text messages designed to nudge vaccination. The top-performing message conveyed that a vaccine was 'reserved for you.' A dream team of scientists worked on this @ChangeBcfg Penn Med Nudge Unit project to save lives: bit.ly/bcfgpnas

Katherine is excited to read Auntie Katy’s new book as her nap book today! Katy Milkman

Interested in how #behavioralscience can increase #COVID19 vaccine uptake? Check out our recent field experiments! Silvia Saccardo Daniel Croymans

Had fun talking to Freakonomics about research on fresh starts with Katy Milkman Jason Riis and my work on 'resets'! Dying to hear my voice? 30:40😉 freakonomics.com/podcast/fresh-…

Motivation to Begin or an Excuse to Slack Off?

In a recent study, Professor Hengchen Dai & fellow researchers find that, for a goal we’re already working on, that new week or month looming ahead may encourage us to slack off.
➡️ anderson-review.ucla.edu/fresh-start/