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Behavioral Science

People do not make decisions like perfectly rational models and that gap has enormous practical value. Stellant’s behavioral economics speakers reveal how bias, social norms, incentives, defaults and context shape choices in business, policy, health and finance. Decision-making speakers translate research from psychology, economics and neuroscience into tools audiences can apply to communications, systems and choice design. Their work is especially relevant for leaders, marketers and policymakers seeking an ethical, evidence-based understanding of why people act as they do.

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Alison Fragale

Organizational psychologist, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

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Zoe Chance

Professor, Yale School of Management

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Andrew Gordon

Former head of animation, Pixar and DNEG

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Stephan Meier

James P. Gorman Professor of Business, Columbia Business School

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Speakers

Behavioral Science Speakers

Alison Fragale

Organizational psychologist, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business SchoolNational bestselling author, Likeable BadassFormer McKinsey & Company consultant

Zoe Chance

Professor, Yale School of ManagementBestselling author of Influence Is Your SuperpowerThinkers50 Radar list of emerging management thinkers

Andrew Gordon

Former head of animation, Pixar and DNEGChief storyteller, EyeTellVisual Effects Society Award winner, Finding Nemo

Stephan Meier

James P. Gorman Professor of Business, Columbia Business SchoolAuthor, The Employee AdvantageFormer Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Liz Dunn

Professor of Psychology, University of British ColumbiaCo-author, Happy Money and Leave the Lights On2019 TED Curator's Pick

Elissa Epel

Sarlo-Ekman Endowed Chair in the Study of Human Emotion, University of California, San FranciscoBestselling Author, The Telomere Effect and The Stress PrescriptionMember, National Academy of Medicine

Jiaying Zhao

Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of British ColumbiaCo-author, Leave the Lights OnRecipient, 2020 Killam Research Prize

Cass Sunstein

Robert Walmsley University Professor, HarvardCo-author of Nudge and NoiseWinner of the 2018 Holberg Prize

David De Cremer

Chaired research professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsAuthor, The AI-Savvy Leader and Leadership by AlgorithmThinkers50 Radar Class of 2021

Matt Abrahams

Lecturer in Organizational Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of BusinessAuthor, Think Faster, Talk Smarter2025 Thinkers50 Radar List Honoree

Abigail Marsh

Professor of Psychology, Georgetown UniversityDirector, Laboratory on Social and Affective NeuroscienceAuthor, The Fear Factor

Sherry Turkle

Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor, MITNew York Times bestselling author of Reclaiming ConversationFounding director, MIT Initiative on Technology and Self

Tricia Wang

Co-founder and CEO, Advanced AI SocietyAuthor, Thick Data and Quantification Bias frameworksFulbright fellow and National Science Foundation fellow

Nicholas Carr

Author, The Shallows and SuperbloomFormer Executive Editor, Harvard Business Review2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist

Johann Hari

Bestselling author of Stolen Focus and Lost ConnectionsTED Talks viewed nearly 100 million timesExecutive producer, The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Renee Richardson Gosline

Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of ManagementAuthor, In Praise of Friction (forthcoming)Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2020

Sinan Aral

David Austin Professor of Management, MITAuthor of The Hype MachineThinkers50 Digital Thinking Award winner

Howard Gardner

John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of EducationAuthor, Frames of Mind and A Synthesizing MindMacArthur Prize Fellow and Grawemeyer Award recipient

Kelly Peters

Global Behavioural Economics Leader and Partner, DeloitteCo-founder and founding CEO, BEworksLifetime Achievement Award, Consulting Magazine, 2022

Elizabeth Paluck

Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton2017 MacArthur FellowLeading authority on social norms and behavior change

Jeff Hancock

Harry and Norman Chandler Professor of Communication, Stanford UniversityFounding Director, Stanford Social Media LabCo-Director, Stanford Cyber Policy Center

Courtney Cogburn

Associate professor, Columbia University School of Social WorkLead creator, 1000 Cut Journey virtual reality experienceTEDx speaker on experiencing racism in virtual reality

Books

Books on Behavioral Science

Cass Sunstein

Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen

Cass Sunstein

Bounded Rationality: Heuristics, Judgment, and Public Policy

Johann Hari

Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention -- and How to Think Deeply Again

Cass Sunstein

Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment (Winner of the 2021 getAbstract International Book Award)

Cass Sunstein

Nudge: The Final Edition

Keynotes

Conversations on Behavioral Science

Cass Sunstein
The Systematic Impacts of Criminal Justice on Human Choices

Cass SunsteinThe Systematic Impacts of Criminal Justice on Human Choices
Renee Richardson GoslineThe Outsourced Mind | Renee Richardson GoslineI | TEDxSuffolkUniversity
Kelly PetersApplying behavioral economics to real-world challenges: Kelly Peters at TEDxUtrecht
Zoe ChanceHow to Make a Behavior Addictive: Zoe Chance at TEDxMillRiver
Sinan AralInfluence in Social Media Networks: Sinan Aral at TEDxColumbiaEngineering
Cass SunsteinToo Much Information │ Prof Cass Sunstein
Nicholas CarrHow Social Media Amplifies Human Nature’s Flaws