Highly indecisive know-it-all fascinated by behaviour, communication and risk | Lead for Behavioural Science @FAO | Opinions, heuristics and biases my own
Rome, Italy
Joined June 2012
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Introducing FAO's new Behavioural Design Toolkit!
Monday 12 Oct 2026, 930am Rome
Register to attend online!: fao.zoom.us/webinar/register…
More info: lnkd.in/p/e3x9Rj8V
@FAOKnowledge @FAOInnovation
1st country workshop on the IMPACT Framework for behavioural design is complete! Thanks #India for hosting & congrats to the multi-office team for delivering.
This is how @FAO translates #behaviouralscience into action 4 agrifood systems!
@FAOInnovation
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Honoured to be part of this event and join esteemed panelists to discuss what matters most about #innovation: people!
#growthmindset = #innovationmindset
#behaviouralscience = #peoplescience
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@FAOInnovation
Just 24 hours left to apply! linkedin.com/posts/cortneypr…
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📣🌍 Agrifood innovators: the Global AgriInno Challenge 2026 is open!
#GAC2026 Focus on Small Island Developing States. 🏝️
Got solutions for food security, climate resilience, or sustainable agriculture in #SIDS?
Apply now:
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#AgInnovation @ZJU_China
Honoured to advise (and learn from!) the PRUDENT project as it applies #behaviouralscience together with agrifood stakeholders like #farmers to better understand how we can unlock new and more sustainable practices, one behaviour at a time @FAOInnovation
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We are extending our global call for behavioural scientists!
New deadline: 8 June 2026 11:59 pm Rome time
Arabic, Chinese, Russian fluency is a plus.
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Just 48h to apply to our #behaviouralscience roster!
Assignments can include:
-running experiments or quasi-experiments
-delivering behavioural design training
-guiding project de-risking and BeSci mainstreaming.
If you have applied experience (even not in Ag) please consider
Ready to use Behavioural Science to transform global agrifood systems? 🌍🍎
@FAO is looking for #BeSci experts to join our roster! Work on cutting-edge projects in climate, nutrition, and resilience to drive real-world impact.🚀
👉 bit.ly/4sJ3rLT
#AgInnovation #UNjobs
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Pleased to welcome @FAO’s Director of Partnerships & UN Collaboration @LM_Phillips to Brussels! She met key FAO partners & spoke at @ForumForAg, where she also gave an interview—highlighting that stronger collaboration & enhanced financing are key to transforming agrifood systems
Apply to our roster for the chance to make a difference! Together we are harnessing the #powerofbehaviour to leverage one of the most transformative forces on earth: #agriculture!
Ready to use Behavioural Science to transform global agrifood systems? 🌍🍎
@FAO is looking for #BeSci experts to join our roster! Work on cutting-edge projects in climate, nutrition, and resilience to drive real-world impact.🚀
👉 bit.ly/4sJ3rLT
#AgInnovation #UNjobs
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The world needs an @FAO that continues to lead based on science, innovation, evidence & data. Today, we celebrate all employees whose efforts help make this a reality. Let's keep thinking, learning, working, growing together to achieve an even more impactful FAO! #FAO80 #4Betters
How to transform agri-#foodsystems? Make better, more informed, and more human-centred decisions everyday.
🌠Just imagine the productive and sustainable world we would live in if all of us could embody this just a little bit more each moment #behaviouralscience #innovation
#DYK @FAO is leveraging #behaviouralscience to transform agrifood systems?
Check out our flyer to learn how:
better decisions➡️better production🧑🌾, better nutrition🫘, a better environment🌳 & a better life: openknowledge.fao.org/handle…
#BeSci #AgInnovation #4Betters
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Relying heavily on AI doesn’t only stifle critical thinking. It constrains creativity too.
New evidence: People generate more original ideas when they consult AI sometimes, rather than extensively or rarely.
Independent thought is a foundation of ingenuity.
A organizational culture of chronic urgency looks like productivity, but is actually a "scarcity trap," leading to burnout and poor decisions.
Ignore the Psychology of Scarcity to the peril of not only our stakeholders and projects, but also ourselves! linkedin.com/posts/cortneypr…
Wonderful that @FAOInnovation is showcased, grateful to Junxia Song and @MartinVncnt for the opportunity, and excited to see @HmnJulia engage so many current and future innovators with #behaviouralscience! #innovation agri-#foodsystems
📢HAPPENING NOW!
Over 100 experts, young professionals and students gathered in Nanjing for the #OneHealth Global Youth Summit to share knowledge, showcase innovations, and co-create solutions for our planet🌏🌱
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How does having less affect our choices?
At #SIF2025, @FAO’s Nudge Unit and 50+ participants unpacked how scarcity impacts our decisions.
The conclusion? Understanding mindsets 🧠 and co-creation 🤝are key to building an abundant future.
#BeSci #BehaviouralScience
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I'm sorry. This week I am lecturing on the economics of those two words, drawing on a large-scale field experiment we conducted when I was Chief Economist at Uber: ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura…
There is an entire back story about how that experiment came about (I received a bad ride and the rest is history: freakonomics.com/podcast/how…). Nonetheless, in the field experiment we explore the effects of apologies on restoring trust.
We find not just evidence that apologies matter, but also provide insights into why apologies matter. The results have practical implications for firms deciding when and how to apologize, and they offer broader insights into repairing trust in economic relationships.
🙏Honored to kickstart #behaviouralscience application by Country Offices thanks to @a_dohong @FAOAsiaPacific's commitment to #innovation!
🚀Cant wait to tailor the #toolkit to the region with @massimoingegno Grace Kamau Sharbendu Banerjee @faoinnovation
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Corruption in development is often blamed on individuals. Yet research by Lucas Salamanca, Steve Wendell, and Rowan Harrity shows that waste is deeply systemic. In the family planning supply chain in Sub-Saharan Africa, behaviors such as bribery, favoritism, or stockouts arise not just from bad actors but from stress, group norms, and ambiguity.
LSE's Executive Masters in #BehaviouralScience: So much more than a degree. It's a #Community 👩👩👧👦
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