Co-Generating Knowledge through Action-Research: Field Experiments in Behavioral Economics
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The generation of scientific knowledge has traditionally been an activity carried out by scholars, often far from practice. This presentation uses the example of Economics, where rigorous experiments carried out together with practitioners and policy makers have led to testing cherished assumptions within the discipline and to finding innovative, practical solutions in the field. It illustrates the benefits and challenges to both research and practice of joint participation in knowledge creation and application. The presenter will draw on her own research, using field experiments conducted with local field organizations and governments to test new ideas in behavioral economics, such as altruistic capital.
Nava Ashraf
Nava Ashraf is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is also Director of Research of the Marshall Institute, Co-Director of the Psychology and Economics program at STICERD, and co-Lead Academic of the International Growth Centre, Zambia.
37th Annual Conference
Scholarship and the Generation of Knowledge
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