Todd Rogers

Weatherhead Professor of Public Policy
Director of the Student Social Support R&D Lab
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Research interests: Behavioral scientist. Intersection of education, psychology, judgment and decision-making, and behavioral economics. Cognitive, motivational, and social barriers to student achievement, and development of low-cost scalable interventions that are informed by behavioral science.

Cognitive and social factors that influence election participation (e.g., get-out-the-vote activities informed by psychological insights). How time-inconsistent preferences can be leveraged to increase support for future-minded policies and choices (e.g., support for environmental legislation, ordering healthier foods, and watching high-brow movies).