How do social science findings make government policies more effective?

"From Social Sciences to Social Policy: How Research is Improving Government," a panel discussion on Thursday, March 3, 6-8 p.m. at The New School in New York City

WHAT:

The Center for Public Scholarship (CPS) at The New School presents "From Social Science to Social Policy: How Research is Improving Government," a conversation about President Obama’s executive order mandating the application of social science findings to make government policies more effective. 

In a conversation moderated by Kenneth Prewitt (Columbia University), Cass Sunstein (Harvard Law School) and Daniel Kahneman (Princeton University) reflect on the changes this executive order is likely to produce and the kinds of social science findings that are most relevant to this effort to make policy more effective as well as whether there may be a downside.

According to the CPS, putting these findings to use has increased the effectiveness of federal programs such as veteran services, federal financial aid, and farm aid programs. These small. but demonstrably effective changes include emails to service members about a savings plan for which they're eligible, text messages to low-income students reminding them about college enrollment, and letters to farmers about a microloan program from the Federal Farm Agency that can cover financial gaps left by the commercial lending industry.

From Social Science to Social Policy: How Research is Improving Government is the 8th event in its Public Voices series.

 

WHO:

Cass Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School and former administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Daniel Kahneman, Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology, Emeritus at Princeton University and the 2002 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science

Kenneth Prewitt, former director of the United States Census, Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs and Special Advisor to the President at Columbia University


WHEN

Thursday, March 3, 6-8 p.m.

 

WHERE

The New School's Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 2nd Floor, 55 West 13th Street

 


TICKETS The event is free, but members of the media must rsvp with Scott Gargan at [email protected] or 212.229.5667 x 3794.

Tickets for the general public can be ordered on the event website.

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Media Contact:

Scott Gargan, The New School
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