Thank you everyone for attending our lovely cookout lab social! :)
And thank you to our cookout chefs: Adam, Kris, and Marty!
Congratulations to BSPL member Nusrat Molla and our wonderful PI Dr. Weber for their new publication on PNAS: “Institutional dynamics produce resource curse traps”
Check out the publication abstract:
Communities reliant on extractive industries face a…
We're looking for a curious, driven researcher to join us in tackling one of the most pressing challenges of our time: understanding how people, communities, and policymakers navigate the transition to a decarbonized energy future.
DescriptionThe Behavioral Science for Policy Lab (BSPL), directed by Professor Elke Weber, is seeking…
The BSPL team had their first lab social of the semester yesterday! :)
We had a lovely game night where we played fish bowl, mole, and scattegories. And also ate some yummy Tacoria dinner. Thank you everyone for coming!
We are excited to share that our lab has published a new paper in Ecological Economics:
Applications are open for a summer undergraduate internship in the Levin Lab and Behavioral Science and Policy Lab, sponsored by the High Meadows Environmental Institute. The 8-week internship will focus on the local politics associated with sustainable infrastructure transitions in the US. Princeton undergraduates interested in sustainability,…
Congratulations to BSPL alumn Dr. Loïc De WeerdtLoïc De Weerdt and Ph.D canditate Kris Nichols on their publication titled Can wind energy help West Virginia off its coal-mining addiction? published in the…
We are thrilled to celebrate our postdoctoral researcher Dr. Sandra J. Geiger on the publication of her new open-access article, “Understanding the role of pluralistic ignorance in biodiversity conservation: A research agenda,” in
Collaborator Chris Greig, Visting Student Nienke Buters, and Lab Manager Sofia Silvosa attended this year's 2025 Industry Leadership Forum hosted in Brisbane, Australia this past November. The 2025 Industry Leadership Forum brings…
The Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science & Public Policy and Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs are pleased to announce the recipients of two fellowships for graduate work in applied behavioral science. The…
We are excited to welcome Adam Wiechman as a new postdoctoral researcher in the Behavioral Science for Policy Lab.
Adam recently completed his PhD in…
Exciting news — Sofia Silvosa from Duke University, Class of 2024, is joining the BSPL lab! Sofia is passionate about behavioral science and environmental decision-making. Let’s give her a warm welcome as she starts this new chapter with us!
At the same time, we bid farewell to Aya Salim, our past lab manager, who is off to start her PhD in Communications at Stanford. Wishing her all the best on this exciting journey!
Our very own Jordana Composto defended her dissertation “The Cognition of Social Norms: A Process Theory Investigation of Social Norm Perceptions and Interventions. Congratulations Dr. Composto!
Our wonderful Lab Director, Elke Weber, an expert on environmental decision-making, has received the 2025 Howard Crosby Warren Medal from the Society of Experimental Psychologists. Weber was recognized by the society “for her careful and creative empirical research that has led to…
BSPL's Jordana Composto has been awarded the Maeder Graduate Fellowship in Energy and the Environment. Composto received the fellowship for their her work and her work's mission ro understand how individuals and organizations respond to climate change. Congratulations!
We are so excited to congratulate Melissa Tier, a doctoral researcher in our lab and at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, for being awarded funding from the New Jersey State Policy Lab (NJSPL) for a new research project.
As the NJSPL marks its third anniversary—with more than 40…