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Join us this Friday, September 23rd at Fisher Bennett Hall 419 from 11:45-12:30pm for a Meet & Greet with Matthew Lausi (VP at IPSOS)!

MBDS would like to acknowledge our LPSGov Program Representatives Ravenn Triplett and Bump Lisk for their outstanding enrichment to our community this year and empowering students to get involved. Thanks to all MBDS students involved in student government event planning!

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

On March 29th, we hosted the first in-person team get-together after Covid-19. The faculty, researchers, and staff of the Penn MBDS and Center for Social Norms & Behavioral Dynamics came together for a delicious dinner. Thank you everyone for your continued hard work!

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

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). More info about Claire and ILO can be found here: ilo.org

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. Learn more here: lnkd.in/dar4QdQ8

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We want to announce another amazing addition to our team, Jeff Kreisler! Jeff is Head of Behavioral Science for J.P. Morgan Private Bank and Founding Editor of PeopleScience.com. More info about Jeff can be found here: JeffKreisler.com

Welcome Allison Zelkowitz as one of the new Advisors of our Board! Allison is the Founder and Director of the Center for Utilizing Behavioral Insights for Children (CUBIC) at Save the Children International. More info about CUBIC can be found here: lnkd.in/dwtwy3M

Welcome Dr. Chiara Varazzani as one of the new Advisors of our Board! Chiara is the Lead Behavioural Scientist at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD - OCDE). More info about Chiara can be found here: lnkd.in/d6Tu8ggG

Welcome Dr. Pavan Mamidi as one of the new Advisors of our MBDS Board! He is the Director of the Centre for Social and Behaviour Change (CSBC) at Ashoka University. More info about Pavan and CSBC can be found here: lnkd.in/dGs_gaND

Welcome Scott Young! Scott is Principal Advisor, Head of Private Sector at the The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) North America. Prior to this role, he was Senior Vice President of BVA Nudge Unit and earlier spent 20+ years leading Perception Research Services and PRS IN VIVO.

A great kick-off of the Design Challenge! Best of luck to our students and the exciting projects with our partner clients.

Join us in welcoming Dr. Renos Vakis - our first new Advisor in our Board. He leads the Mind, Behavior, and Development Unit (eMBeD) at the World Bank. More info about Dr. Vakis: lnkd.in/dXkkCzrr; and about eMBed: lnkd.in/ehUFPzv. Welcome and thank you!

Curious about decision making and behavioral norms? Join our NEW NoBec talk this Thursday February 10 at 1PM EST with Alexander Vostroknutov of Maastricht University. Learn about a new model of affective decision making and moral sentiments. Sign up here: bit.ly/nobectalks

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