About the course

Course descriptions and learning goals

Every organization – be it for profit, government, or welfare agency – is in the business of changing behavior. In this course, students will learn to apply insights from behavioral economics to effectively produce it. In teams, students will

• Learn to translate a real-time business or policy challenge into a specific behavior change project, and develop a proposal to the organization
• Conduct research (literature review, field observation, interviews with experts and stakeholders, etc.) to understand the context in which the behavior or decision take place
• Learn how to audit the decision-making process of various stakeholders to identify pain points and opportunities for behavior change.
• Use the frameworks presented in class along with research from economics, psychology, marketing, and other related disciplines to develop possible interventions and/or frameworks for addressing the challenge.
• Develop and summarize resources and findings in a detailed white paper report.

Previous partner organizations that provided projects for students to work on include: the World Bank, FCLT Global, CUBIC Save The Children, Barbarian, etc.