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Back to EpisodesDeploying Behavioral Science on the Front Lines of Social Protest
Description
What are the most effective collective actions that social protest movements can or should undertake in the context of deep societal conflict and polarization? CASBS fellows Eran Halperin (2022-23) & Robb Willer (2012-13, 2020-21) compare their cross-national research findings and explore Halperin's real-time applied work with the dramatic, ongoing protests in Israel.
ERAN HALPERIN links:
Psychology of Intergroup Conflict and Reconciliation Lab (PCIL)
Halperin on Google Scholar
aChord: Social Psychology for Social Change
ROBB WILLER links:
Willer's Stanford faculty page
Willer's personal web page
Polarization and Social Change Lab
Willer on Google Scholar
Article in JPSP, "The Activist's Dilemma" (2020)
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