Presenters and abstracts to be announced prior to presentation. Graduate students interested in presenting should contact Reed Rasband, rasband[at]g.harvard.edu.
Introducing the Sociopolitical Motive × Intergroup Threat Model to Understand Intergroup Relations: Multiracial Categorization as a Case Study
Arnold K. Ho University of Michigan
Researchers have used theories of social dominance, system justification, authoritarianism, and social identity to understand intergroup phenomena ranging from racial categorization to political movements. The result has been a growing understanding of how particular sociopolitical motives and contexts impact intergroup relations, without a unifying perspective to...
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Social pressure, information, and recycling: Experimental evidence from Lebanon
Kristin Kao, University of Gothenberg
Salma Mousa, Yale University
Abstract: Can social pressure encourage citizens to take costly action for the environment? We leverage a field experiment in the Lebanese city of Bickfaya to answer this question. Partnering with the local municipality and a grassroots NGO, we evaluate a program that tracks citizens’ waste, inspects their waste bags, and sends them personalized feedback on how to...