Behavior, Psychology, and International Development

I recently learned that a friend and colleague from grad school, Bryan Turner, passed away unexpectedly. Bryan is a tireless (literally) advocate for ending extreme poverty around the world (*). He approaches this advocacy, like everything he does, in an extreme and passionate way. You can read a bit about him here, and support his passion to end extreme poverty here.

Rather than use this space to share specific thoughts or feelings, I just wanted to present a few of his recent posts - about the need to understand the psychology of behavior change for international development work - check them out, if you like:

• Psychology of belief change - How do people change their minds about issues?
• The need to apply behavioral sciences to development - It’s time for policy makers to enter the 21st century

(*) = Not ready to change tenses