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The Food Supply Chain Analytics and Sensing (FSAS) Initiative is creating predictive analytical tools and technologies to improve the design and management of safe and reliable food supply chains
Getting people to adopt behaviors that increase energy conservation and reduce costs for the environment requires a multipronged approach.
How can we increase contributions to public goods—to get donors to give more to charity, citizens to vote, households to consume less energy, drivers to carpool, and patients to take all of their antibiotics? One of the best ways is to make contributions more observable.
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Perception of peer rank, or how we perform relative to our peers, can be a powerful motivator.
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Social norms messaging campaigns are increasingly used to influence human behavior, with social science research generally finding that they have modest but meaningful effects.
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Over 1,300 Sloanies and their guests returned to campus in early June to attend MIT Sloan Reunion 2023.
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Professors Retsef Levi and Karen Zheng discussed their work in addressing food and agriculture issues across the globe at MIT Sloan Reunion 2023.
