anuj.shah@chicagobooth.edu| my cv
I am currently an associate professor of behavioral science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Starting Summer 2024, I will join Princeton's Department of Psychology and School of Public and International Affairs.
My research uses cognitive and social psychology as a lens into social issues, such as poverty, crime, and conflict. I try to develop this perspective using different methods.
I use lab experiments to examine the mechanisms underlying social phenomena, and I use field experiments to test interventions based on an understanding of those mechanisms.
For example, in one line of work I consider the role that attention plays in shaping decision-making among people facing poverty. In other research, I study the role that automaticity plays in driving social conflict
(whether between youths or between police officers and civilians), with a focus on designing and evaluating programs that mitigate conflict by reducing automaticity.
Ultimately, I am interested in how this lens can inform public policy.
Outside of the lab, I enjoy cooking, eating, reading, eating, and listening to college a cappella music (while eating). We all have our vices.