Nina Mazar

nmazar@bu.edu

Bio

Nina Mazar is a behavioral scientist at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, where she focuses on the impact of technology on decision-making, ethical behavior, and social impact. She co-founded BEworks, a pioneering consulting firm now part of the kyu collective, dedicated to applying behavioral science to real-world challenges. Nina also contributes to the Behavior Change for Good Initiative at Wharton and has been involved with the World Bank’s Behavioral Insights Initiative (eMBeD) and the Behavioral Economics in Action research center at Rotman (BEAR).

Her extensive research has been widely published and featured in major media outlets such as NPR, BBC, and The New York Times. Nina has received various awards, including the Financial Times Responsible Business Education Award, and her work is highlighted in New York Times bestsellers like Drive by Daniel Pink. She served as the 2019 president of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making (SJDM) and has been recognized as one of “The 40 Most Outstanding B-School Profs Under 40 in the World” by Poets & Quants.

Nina holds Master of Science and Ph.D. equivalents in Business from Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, and was a post-doctoral associate of Prof. Dan Ariely at MIT, where she researched and lectured in the Sloan School of Management and Media Lab’s eRationality group.