How can insights from cognitive and behavioral sciences be used to improve the effectiveness of public policies? In what ways can these tools help address challenges such as disinformation, unwarranted public distrust, or the overproduction of legal norms? How can we design institutions and regulatory frameworks that align better with human cognitive features?
What explains the development of trust and mistrust in human societies? What environmental, cognitive and social mechanisms lead individuals to favor sanctions, rigid norms, or systems of social control such as authoritarianism? How can we make sense of the structure and variability of our normative ecologies?
Why do false or misleading claims sometimes take root in our minds? Which psychological and ecological factors shape the spread of misinformation? How should we understand the growing influence of large-scale manipulation and persuasion strategies?
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