Iris Bohnet, Academic Dean and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, teaches decision-making and negotiation in both degree and executive programs. She is an associate director of the Laboratory for Decision Science, and faculty co-chair of the executive program “Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century” for the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders. She also serves on the boards of the Graduate Institute of International Studies and Development in Geneva and the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. A behavioral economist combining insights from economics and psychology, her research focuses on decision-making, and in particular, on the causes and consequences of trust, often with a cross-cultural and gender focus. A Swiss citizen, she holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Zurich.

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Courses Taught:

Judgment and Decision Making, API-304 – Harvard Kennedy School

Executive Education – Harvard Kennedy School

Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century

Mastering Negotiation: Building Sustainable Agreements

Negotiating for Leadership: An Executive Program for Women in Senior Positions

Women and Power: Leadership in a New World

Research Interests: Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Negotiation, Game Theory, Decision Analysis, Gender and Culture

Select Publications:

1. Bohnet, I., Benedikt Herrman and Richard Zeckhauser “The Requirements for Trust in Gulf and Western Countries.” Quarterly Journal of Economics.

2. Bohnet, I., and Hannah Riley Bowles, guest editors. Gender and Negotiation. Negotiation Journal. Special Issue. (October 2008)

3. Bohnet, I., Fiona Greig, Benedikt Herrmann and Richard Zeckhauser. “Betrayal Aversion.” American Economic Review 98(1), March 2008: 294-310.

4. Bohnet, I., and Fiona Greig. “Is there Reciprocity in a Reciprocal-Exchange Economy? Evidence of Gendered Norms from a Slum in Nairobi, Kenya.” Economic Inquiry 46(1), January 2008: 77-83.

5. Hong, K., and Iris Bohnet. “Status and Distrust: The Relevance of Inequality and Betrayal Aversion.” Journal of Economic Psychology 28(2007): 197-213.

6. Bohnet, I. “Why Women and Men Trust Others.” Economics and Psychology. Ed. Bruno Frey and Alois Stutzer. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007, 89-110.

Link to website:

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