"For sustainable enterprise to truly drive on the promise in its name, it has to be about more than just 'going green'; it must also account for economic development that is both socially inclusive and environmentally sound. Joe Arvai will take you on an international...
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Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai, “What it takes to get people to care about Climate Change” (Michigan Radio)
As a follow-up to Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai's publication in Nature Climate Change, Michigan Radio talks with Joe about his recent research which attempts to understand exactly what it takes to get people to care about climate change. This study was co-authored...
Society’s Biggest Problems need more than a Nudge
So-called “nudge units” are popping up in governments all around the world. The best-known examples include the U.K.’s Behavioural Insights Team, created in 2010, and the White House-based Social and Behavioral Sciences Team, introduced by the Obama administration in...
Risk Management in a Developing Country Context: Improving Decisions About Point-of-Use Water Treatment Among the Rural Poor in Africa
In developing communities, when goodwill and collaboration are not enough, what next? A philanthropist approached a team of scientists with a problem: At a time when more than 1 billion people—the vast majority of which live in the developing world—lack basic access...