The People Lab
@thepeoplelab.bsky.social
Research lab led by @elizabethlinos.bsky.social at Harvard Kennedy School.
We build evidence on the people in government and the communities they are called to serve.
We build evidence on the people in government and the communities they are called to serve.
Welcome @josephinearnfred.bsky.social!
Her research explores the underrepresentation of women & minorities in public management, with experimental work on gender norms, representation, and support for policies like paternity leave.
peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu/team/josephi...
Her research explores the underrepresentation of women & minorities in public management, with experimental work on gender norms, representation, and support for policies like paternity leave.
peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu/team/josephi...
Josephine Arnfred
Josephine Arnfred is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of Copenhagen and a Visiting Scholar at The People Lab. Her project investigates the underrepresentation of women and minori...
peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu
October 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Welcome @josephinearnfred.bsky.social!
Her research explores the underrepresentation of women & minorities in public management, with experimental work on gender norms, representation, and support for policies like paternity leave.
peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu/team/josephi...
Her research explores the underrepresentation of women & minorities in public management, with experimental work on gender norms, representation, and support for policies like paternity leave.
peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu/team/josephi...
We’re also excited to welcome @flokeppeler.bsky.social!
He focuses on public administration, HR in the public sector, and digital innovation. We are lucky to be collaborating with him on a large megastudy on health worker recruitment (more to come soon!)
peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu/team/florian...
He focuses on public administration, HR in the public sector, and digital innovation. We are lucky to be collaborating with him on a large megastudy on health worker recruitment (more to come soon!)
peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu/team/florian...
Florian Keppeler
Florian Keppeler is an associate professor at the King Frederik Center for Public Leadership at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University (Denmark). His research focuses broadly on publ...
peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu
October 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
We’re also excited to welcome @flokeppeler.bsky.social!
He focuses on public administration, HR in the public sector, and digital innovation. We are lucky to be collaborating with him on a large megastudy on health worker recruitment (more to come soon!)
peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu/team/florian...
He focuses on public administration, HR in the public sector, and digital innovation. We are lucky to be collaborating with him on a large megastudy on health worker recruitment (more to come soon!)
peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu/team/florian...
Special thanks to Heidi Reinson, and Helelyn Tammsaar for their incredible hospitality and for making the visit so impactful!
September 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Special thanks to Heidi Reinson, and Helelyn Tammsaar for their incredible hospitality and for making the visit so impactful!
✅ Launch of the first national survey of city employees to understand workforce needs
✅ Development of PolicyBot, an AI-powered tool that helps decision makers quickly access, interpret, and apply research
✅ Development of PolicyBot, an AI-powered tool that helps decision makers quickly access, interpret, and apply research
September 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
✅ Launch of the first national survey of city employees to understand workforce needs
✅ Development of PolicyBot, an AI-powered tool that helps decision makers quickly access, interpret, and apply research
✅ Development of PolicyBot, an AI-powered tool that helps decision makers quickly access, interpret, and apply research
✅ Fellowship programs boost long-term government retention by 30 percentage points
✅ A first-of-its-kind megastudy with Denmark’s Ministry of Health testing how to recruit thousands of cross-border nurses
✅ New approaches to improving access to housing stability and safety net benefits
✅ A first-of-its-kind megastudy with Denmark’s Ministry of Health testing how to recruit thousands of cross-border nurses
✅ New approaches to improving access to housing stability and safety net benefits
September 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
✅ Fellowship programs boost long-term government retention by 30 percentage points
✅ A first-of-its-kind megastudy with Denmark’s Ministry of Health testing how to recruit thousands of cross-border nurses
✅ New approaches to improving access to housing stability and safety net benefits
✅ A first-of-its-kind megastudy with Denmark’s Ministry of Health testing how to recruit thousands of cross-border nurses
✅ New approaches to improving access to housing stability and safety net benefits
We find that light-touch outreach (emails and texts) led to significant increases in benefit claims at low cost, while more intensive methods provided minimal added impact.
Read the full paper here: www.hks.harvard.edu/publications...
Read the full paper here: www.hks.harvard.edu/publications...
Interventions to Bolster Benefits Take-Up: Assessing Intensity, Framing, and Targeting of Government Outreach
Behaviorally-informed “nudges” are widely used in government outreach, but face criticism for being too modest to address poverty at scale. Indeed, when used to increase the take-up of social safety n...
www.hks.harvard.edu
June 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We find that light-touch outreach (emails and texts) led to significant increases in benefit claims at low cost, while more intensive methods provided minimal added impact.
Read the full paper here: www.hks.harvard.edu/publications...
Read the full paper here: www.hks.harvard.edu/publications...