Alessandro PaulLeiden University | LEI · Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Alessandro Paul
Master of Science
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September 2020 - present
Affective Advisory
Position
- Consultant
Description
- - Advising public and private sector organisations on behavioural change interventions and corporate strategy - Translating scientific findings into actionable advice in form of client reports - Conducting literature reviews; qualitative interviews; preparing keynotes
January 2017 - August 2017
Position
- Research Assistant
Description
- Assisting the department with programming experiments, data-preparation & analyses.
Education
September 2016 - July 2018
September 2013 - July 2016
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Publications (9)
Pervading global narratives suggest that political polarization is increasing, yet the accuracy of such group meta-perceptions has been drawn into question. A recent US study suggests that these beliefs are inaccurate and drive polarized beliefs about out-groups. However, it also found that informing people of inaccuracies reduces those negative be...
To understand human decision-making, policymakers have traditionally turned to classical economic theory. However, human behavior often deviates from the expectation of rationality put forward by these classical approaches. One area where these deviations are clearly observable is in economic and consumer choices. Mapping out these examples of cons...
A pervading global narrative suggests that political polarisation is increasing in the US and around the world. Beliefs in increased polarisation impact individual and group behaviours regardless of whether they are accurate or not. One driver of polarisation are beliefs about how members of the out-group perceive us, known as group meta-perception...
Young adults increasingly require good financial literacy to make the most of the opportunities provided to them. Unfortunately, existing financial literacy measures that may assist with targeting interventions show low reliability, ceiling effects, and a high level of abstraction. To address this, we designed and assessed the psychometric properti...
https://osf.io/a96pt/
Young adults increasingly require good financial literacy to make the most of the opportunities provided to them. Unfortunately, existing financial literacy measures that may assist with targeting interventions show low reliability, ceiling effects, and a high level of abstraction. To address this, we designed and assessed th...
https://www.routledge.com/Behavioral-Insights-for-Public-Policy-Concepts-and-Cases/Ruggeri/p/book/9781138484238
The first decades of the 21st century have offered a remarkable shift in how policies are made as well as who designs them. Until this period, advisory boards for local, regional, and national policy strategies largely comprised economis...
This chapter shows how insights from behavioral sciences can be used in public policy, specifically to improve decisions in the area of financial choice.
