Rafael M. Batista

I'm a behavioral scientist based in Princeton, NJ — soon to be in DC.

I think a lot about thinking. Increasingly, about how AI shapes our thinking and the way we experience the world — how it changes what we believe, how we perceive, and the decisions we make in our day-to-day. I also study financial decision-making, specifically how people spend, save, and borrow.

My research involves running experiments, both in the lab and in the world, but I also lean on other methods to answer questions about human behavior. I have a PhD/MBA from Chicago Booth and am currently a postdoc at Princeton University's Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science & Public Policy.

I also consult. I've worked with international banks, NGOs, social enterprises, organizers, and organizations such as the U.N. and the Gates Foundation. If you are working on a hard behavioral problem, get in touch.

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