The Program in Political Psychology and Decision Making (POP-DM) at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy is an internationally-renowned research, teaching and training program. It houses the Behavioral Political Science (BPS) lab, the Applied Decision Analysis (ADA) and Poliheuristic projects, as well as the Polythink research program.
Program in Political Psychology & Decision Making (POP-DM)
Prof. Alex Mintz
Head of POP-DM
POP-DM previously housed the journal Political Psychology (2010-2015), the 2013 meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), the Harvard-IDC annual workshop in Decision Theory, the 2012 IDC-Columbia University Dialogue on Framing, Decision Making and Negotiation, and the annual Simulation Exercise with leading policy makers, diplomats, and top academicians.
POP-DM consists of the following units:
- The Applied Decision Analysis (ADA) project
- The Behavioral Political Science (BPS) Lab
- The Polythink Project
- The Poliheuristic Project
- The POPDM Training Unit
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Behavioral Political Science (BPS) Lab
The Behavioral Political Science (BPS) lab is the research arm of POPDM. BPS aims at explaining the so-called ‘black box’ of political behavior and political decision making.
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Lab Members Bios
Read about our lab members