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Iris Bohnet Photo
Co-Director, Women and Public Policy Program
Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government
Contact:
617-495-5605
Assistant: Lexi Serino
617-998-5799

Iris Bohnet is the Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government and the co-director of the  at Harvard Kennedy School. She is a behavioral economist, combining insights from economics and psychology to improve decision-making in organizations and society, often with a gender or cross-cultural perspective. Her most recent research examines behavioral design to embed equity at work. She is the author of the award-winning book  and co-author of the forthcoming book . Bohnet advises governments and companies around the world, including serving as Special Advisor on the Gender Equality Acceleration Plan to the UN Secretary-General/Deputy Secretary-General and as a member of the Gender Equality Advisory Council of the G7. She was named one of the Most Influential Academics in Government and one of the most Influential People in Gender Policy by apolitical. Professor Bohnet served as academic dean of Harvard Kennedy School for six years and as the faculty chair of the executive program “Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century” for the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders for more than ten years. She presently serves as the faculty director of the social sciences at Harvard Radcliffe Institute and on a number of boards and advisory boards. She is the recipient of several awards and honorary degrees. Iris is married and the mother of two children. For more information, please visit Professor Iris Bohnet's or 

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Outside Professional Activities For Iris Bohnet

Organization Relationship
Edge Membership on a scientific or other advisory board
Global Institute for Women's Leadership, King's College Membership on a scientific or other advisory board
Women in Banking and Finance Membership on a scientific or other advisory board
Generation CEO Membership on a scientific or other advisory board
MBA for Women Foundation Fiduciary board membership
UN Global Compact Speaking engagement, invited lecture, or presentation
German Rectors Conference Reimbursed travel
Global Arc Conference Speaking engagement, invited lecture, or presentation
Lincoln Financial Group Speaking engagement, invited lecture, or presentation
Women in Aerospace Speaking engagement, invited lecture, or presentation

Contact

Phone: 617-495-5605
Assistant: Lexi Serino

Expertise

Fairness & Justice
Gender, Race & Identity
Decision Making & Negotiation

Mailing Address

Harvard Kennedy School
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138