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District of Columbia Turns to Science to Improve City Operations
Washington DC’s Mayor Muriel Bowser is turning to an integrative team of scientists called The Lab @ DC as part of a new effort to utilize evidence-based policy to improve city governance.
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How Uber Uses Psychological Tricks to Push Its Drivers’ Buttons
The New York Times: The secretive ride-hailing giant Uber rarely discusses internal matters in public. But in March, facing crises on multiple fronts, top officials convened a call for reporters to insist that Uber was
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Remembering Irving Gottesman, a Pioneer in Behavior Genetics
The idea that individual characteristics and disorders arise from complex interactions between genes and environment is so widely accepted today that it’s practically common knowledge — which makes it all the more remarkable that Irving
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Global Warming and Violent Behavior
A mix of behavioral research, economic studies, and time-series data portend some unsettling effects of climate change on human social interactions.
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Meet Crystal C. Hall, Office of Evaluation Sciences Fellow
APS talked recently with Crystal C. Hall, an Office of Evaluation Sciences Fellow who is a psychological scientist and Associate Professor at the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance at the University of Washington.
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Linehan Receives Grawemeyer Award for Psychology
APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Marsha M. Linehan, whose groundbreaking research has focused on developing interventions for teens at high risk for suicide and support networks for their families and friends, has won the 2017