Deploying Behavioral Science on the Front Lines of Social Protest

What are the most effective collective actions that social protest movements can or should undertake in the context of deep societal conflict and polarization? CASBS fellows Eran Halperin (2022-23) & Robb Willer (2012-13, 2020-21) compare their cross-national research findings and explore Halperin's real-time applied work with the dramatic, ongoing protests in Israel.

ERAN HALPERIN links:

Psychology of Intergroup Conflict and Reconciliation Lab (PCIL)

Halperin on Google Scholar

aChord: Social Psychology for Social Change


ROBB WILLER links:

Willer's Stanford faculty page

Willer's personal web page

Polarization and Social Change Lab

Willer on Google Scholar

Article in JPSP, "The Activist's Dilemma" (2020)



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