Nadja Born

Nadja is a PhD Candidate in Organizational Behavior and a research fellow at the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School. Nadja specializes in leveraging behavioral insights to design and experimentally test interventions that reduce bias and improve decision-making. Her work takes an interdisciplinary approach, incorporating theories and methods from social psychology, data science, and behavioral economics. Beyond academia, Nadja co-founded a behavioral science start-up dedicated to transforming research into actionable digital tools and strategies for leaders and policymakers. She has also worked for the Development Impact Group and the Behavioral Sciences team at the World Bank, applying behavioral insights to tackle global policy challenges.