Behavioral Science Workshops

Workshop Details

• Where: Chicago Booth Harper Center, Classroom C06. Workshops will be offered IN-PERSON ONLY.
• When: Mondays 10:10–11:30 a.m. (unless otherwise noted)
• Who can attend: Workshops are open to Roman Family Center faculty, researchers, staff, and students, plus invited guests. Additional requests to attend the workshop are handled on a case-by-case basis. Please email yui.ito@chicagobooth.edu if you’d like to attend.
• Archive: For a full list of presenters 2004-present, see our workshop archive.

 

Winter Workshop Series 

 

Monday, January 12, 2026

Steven Franconeri
Northwestern University

"Point Taken: A gamified intervention that creates enlightened disagreements"

Should we drop standardized testing for college or Ph.D. admissions? Allow athletes to join teams based on gender identity? When organizational and public policies bind behavior, human coexistence requires a system for deciding collective policy. Because individuals and like-minded groups have incomplete information, constrained strategies, and biased perspectives, thoughtful debate on those policies is critical. Unfortunately, those debates too often degrade into chaotic fights.

Point Taken provides a scalable solution by translating best practices in conflict resolution and critical thinking into a structured dialogue that can be learned and played in 30 minutes. In this interactive session, you'll play a short game to feel its effects.

Monday, February 2, 2026

Anjali Adukia
University of Chicago

*Topic and more details to be announced.

Monday, February 9, 2026

Lauren Rivera
Northwestern University

*Topic and more details to be announced.

Monday, February 23, 2026

Christian Unkelbach
University of Cologne

*Topic and more details to be announced.

Monday, March 2, 2026

Tristan Botelho
Yale University

*Topic and more details to be announced.