Why do behavioral scientists frame problems or interventions in individual terms rather than through collective action? How can practitioners use the skills and tools of behavioral science to develop and implement system-level change?

Join the Behavioral Insights Student Group for a discussion about the unrealized potential of behavioral science in policy design, advocacy, and social justice. Anthony will frame the discussion with a short presentation followed by audience Q&A.

Anthony Barrows is a Managing Partner at Project Evident where he founded the Center for Behavioral Design & Social Justice. The Center focuses on policy and program design centered on lived experience and rooted in behavioral insights. Previously, Anthony was a Managing Director at the applied behavioral science firm ideas42 where he led the Economic Justice portfolio for 9 years, and before that spent over ten years in child welfare, spanning positions in direct service, supervision, training, advocacy, project management and system improvement. In 2018 Anthony was selected as an Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow for his work advancing the well-being of children and families. Anthony holds a BA in Philosophy and Art from UMass Boston, an MFA in Printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute, and an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government where he was a Gleitsman Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership.