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The Atlantic: Three Ways to Handle an Awkward Thanksgiving – November 28, 2024

Psychology Today: 3 Creative Ways to Deal with a Bad Boss – August 1, 2023

Alliance for Decision Education podcast: The Science of Changing Course with Dr. Jennifer Lerner – July 6, 2022

The Harvard Gazette: What’s a little envy between friends? – March 31, 2022

Science: As COVID-19 soars in many communities, schools attempt to find ways through the crisis – November 18, 2020

The Wall Street Journal: How Covid-19 May Be Unconsciously Affecting Your Financial Decisions – October 18, 2020

The Washington Post: We can reopen schools–if we’re willing to rethink how they operate – July 13, 2020

Psychiatric Annals: Sadness and Adapting in the Time of COVID-19 – July 3, 2020

CNN: Empathy is both a trait and a skill. Here’s how to strengthen it – June 24, 2020

The Washington Post: It’s an angry time, but it can also be energizing – June 20, 2020

Knowable Magazine: How we make decisions during a pandemic – May 26, 2020

Science News: How fear and anger change our perception of coronavirus risk – May 14, 2020

The New York Times: How Fear Distorts Our Thinking About the Coronavirus – February 11, 2020

Harvard Kennedy School: Harvard researchers help explain link between emotion and addictive substance use – January 9, 2020

It’s All Just a Bunch of B(ehavioral) S(cience) podcast: It’s Time to Talk About Our Feelings – December 2, 2019

Thrive Global: Exactly How to Make a Tough Decision Easier and Less Stressful – July 11, 2019

Harvard Kennedy School Magazine: The Decision Scientist – April 16, 2019

Washington Examiner: Why we don’t have the leaders we want – March 22, 2019

Office Hours podcast: Jennifer Lerner on Decision Science, Leadership, and the Sunk Cost Bias – March 12, 2019

The Irish Times: Anger as a market force – June 12, 2018

BBC Capital: How to fake a shopping buzz without spending any money – July 3, 2017

The Sydney Morning Herald: Tony Abbot: ready for round two in the fight for PM – July 1, 2017

Interview on PBS NewsHour: “Gender on the Job” – May 25, 2017

PBS NewsHour: Anger or fear: which is worse? – May 24, 2017

The Mandarin: Stressed at work? Maybe you’re lacking control – March 7, 2017

Education Week: Here’s What Works for Teacher Accountability. January 24, 2017

Scientific American: How to Be a Better Spender – January 1, 2017

Mathematica Policy Research: Accountability in Schools Must Extend Beyond Test Scores, Study Says – October 17, 2016

Scientific American: Pay for Success: How “Impact Investing” Can Make Government Services Better – October 6, 2016

Interview on WGBH News, bringing science to bear on the question of “Voter Stress Syndrome” [12:07-18:49] – September 26, 2016

The Atlantic: The Best Headspace for Making Decisions – September 19, 2016

The New York Post: Abandoning social media? Just ghost – August 9, 2016

Forbes: Should You Trust Your Gut When Sizing People Up? New Research Says Definitely Not – July 29, 2016

New York Magazine: When It Comes to Empathy, Your Gut May Be Failling You – July 27, 2016

Yibada: When it Comes to Empathy, Trust your Brain not your Intuition – July 24, 2016

Medical XPress: When it comes to empathy, don’t always trust your gut – July 22, 2016

Harvard Business Review: When Transparency Backfires, and How to Prevent It – July 21, 2016

Harvard Kennedy School: Lerner Named to Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel – June 16, 2016

Washington Post: Why Terrorist Attacks Might Not Help Trump – June 15, 2016

Emotion Researcher: How Cognition Became Hot: Emotions, Decisions and Policy Making – May 2016

The New York Times: Memos Play Central Role in Decision-Making at de Blasio’s City Hall – March 17, 2016

Vox: What journalists get wrong about social science: full responses – January 22, 2016

NPR’s Hidden Brain: How Emotional Responses To Terrorism Shape Attitudes Toward Policies – December 22, 2015

The New York Times: The Power of Precise Predictions – October 2, 2015

HKS Serves 2015 – September 12, 2015

Harvard Kennedy School Magazine: Your Body Chemistry and Professional Status – August 25, 2015

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: What’s the saddest movie scene? Research says answer may be in ‘The Champ’ – August 10, 2015

Harvard Kennedy School Magazine: Jennifer Lerner on Emotions and Decision Making – April 22, 2015

MarketWatch: How emotions affect money habits – March 13, 2015

PRI: Research shows your social networks affect your mood – and your decisions – January 13, 2015

WGBH Boston: Decisions are More Emotional than You Think – December 30, 2014

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study: Jennifer S. Lerner and Students Partner to Understand Emotions and Decision Making – November 14, 2014

Pacific Standard: Understanding Isil Messaging through Behavioral Science – September 17, 2014

MIT News: 3 Questions: Johannes Haushofer on the psychology of poverty – May 27, 2014

Huffington Post: Is Gratitude a Tool for Patience? – March 11, 2014

Radcliffe Magazine: Public Policy Meets Brain Science – January 16, 2014

Experts in Emotion Series; June Gruber, Yale University – May 24, 2013

Forbes: Harvard Researcher Prove Feeling Sad Makes Us Stupid With Money – November 21, 2012

The New York Times: It’s Easy To Be King – October 27, 2012

NPR: CEOs May Find It Lonely At The Top, But Not Stressful – September 26, 2012

Stanford News: More authority means less stress, say Stanford and Harvard psychologists – September 25, 2012

Harvard Gazette: Managing just fine – September 24, 2012

New Scientist: The yuck factor: The surprising power of disgust – July 14, 2012

Washington Post Op-Ed: “Why don’t Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum just quit?” – April 11, 2012

LiveScience: “Personal Question Leads Scientist to Academic Excellence” – September 1, 2011

Women’s Health Blog at the Women’s Center in Orlando: “Your bad traits may not be so bad after all” – August 29, 2011

Hindustan Times: “Private Lives, Public Secrets” – August 6, 2011

The New York Times: Matter Over Mind- April 20, 2011

PBS, NOVA: “Mind Over Money” – April 27, 2010

CBS News Sunday Morning: “Decisions, Decisions…” – April 26, 2010

FinancialTimes.com: “Why sadness is good for you” – November 13, 2009

MSNBC.com: “Famous faces can’t keep their mouths shut” – September 24, 2009

The Boston Globe: “Spotting a terrorist: Next-generation system for detecting suspects in public settings holds promise, sparks privacy concerns” – September 18, 2009

Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio: “Decoding the Science of Decision Making” – July 24, 2009

O, The Oprah Magazine: “6 Common Shopping Traps — How to Avoid Them” – July 1, 2009

The Wall Street Journal: “For Mother’s Day, Give Her Reins to the Portfolio” – May 9, 2009

boston.com: “Locking in: Save a lot–or pay the price” – April 18, 2009

Center for Public Leadership: “Lunch Talk: ‘Leadership Decision Making’ with Professor Jennifer Lerner” – April 2, 2009

Greater Good Magazine: “Spent: New research explores why sadness makes us splurge” – March 1, 2009

TIME Magazine: “Feeling our way out of the recession” – January 29, 2009

John F. Kennedy School of Government Bulletin: “Science of Decisions: At the Kennedy School, the art of decision making is brought into the lab” – January, 2009

Newsweek: “How the Brain Regulates the Urge to Shop.” – December 5, 2008

London Evening Standard: “Feeling blue? Then forget retail therapy as you’ll make the wrong purchases” – February 8, 2008

Science for Peace and Security (SPS) – NATO – March 25, 2002