Join UBC Decision Insights for Business & Society (UBC-DIBS) and the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics for a Behavioural Insights & JEDDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, & Inclusion) Seminar on Antiracist Behavioural Science.
Crystal Hall (University of Washington) will be presenting will be sharing research from her new book, Antiracist by Design.
When: Fri., Mar. 14, 2025 at 1:00-2:30pm Pacific
Where: UBC & Zoom
To register: https://bit.ly/BI-JEDDI-Hall
About the talk
Antiracist by Design: Reimagining Applied Behavioral Science
Behavioral science has been celebrated as a field whose insights can help design a better world, but its color-blind approach has often perpetuated unjust systems. However, with an adjustment to the norms and practices prominent in the field, a more equitable approach can help ensure that structural disparities and bias aren’t ignored, or worse, exacerbated. This approach has the potential to make the field more efficient and effective, even in the face of current backlash against practices that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
About the presenter
Dr. Crystal Hall is the John and Marguerite Walker Corbally Endowed Associate Professor in Public Service at the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Policy & Governance. She also holds an appointment as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology in the University of Washington Department of Psychology. Her research explores decision making in the context of poverty, using the methods of social and cognitive psychology, along with behavioral economics. She has a record of serving government agencies at the local, state, and federal level – including having served as a Fellow on the White House Social and Behavioral Sciences Team and the Federal Office of Evaluation Sciences at the General Services Administration.
About the UBC-DIBS BI Seminar Series
The UBC-DIBS Behavioural Insights Seminar series features researchers and practitioners sharing their field and lab projects using the behavioural and decision sciences to “nudge for good”. Recordings of past seminars are available on the BI wiki here.
About the JEDDI Seminar Series
The Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics launched the JEDDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, & Inclusion) Seminar Series to provide a platform for academic and business thought leaders to share their experiences and strategies for creating more just, equitable, diverse, decolonized, and inclusive workplaces. Learn more.