Paulius Yamin

I am currently the Scientific Director at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study, a Policy Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (Allen Lab for Democracy Renewal – Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation) and a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics (Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science).

I have 15 years of experience as a manager and coordinator in consulting, public sector, and research and educational administration settings. My experience spans top academic institutions, developing countries, and multinational and multidisciplinary teams. I have lived and worked in Colombia, the US, the UK, Lithuania, and now France.

Before my current post at the Paris IAS, where I manage scientific activities, selection processes, the development of new formats and funding proposals, and a large grant on societal change and transitions, I have been among others:

• Managing Director of the Penn Center for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania

• Consultant for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the World Bank Group, the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the international Organization for Migration (IOM) on behavioral science, social norms, public governance, civic culture, collective participation, and work standards compliance.

• Co-funder and Managing Partner of the Behavioural Lab Lithuania (the first behaviorally focused organisation in the Baltic countries)

• Creator and first head of one of the first behavioral teams at the Colombian government, the Cultural Change Team at the Administrative Department for the Public Function

In these and other posts, I have experience coordinating and co-authoring funding and business proposals, allowing me and my teams to raise over US $18 million in external funding.

I hold a PhD in Psychological and Behavioural Science from the London School of Economics (UK), a Master in Business Administration with Honors from the Quantic School of Business and Technology (US), an MA in Cultural Studies (with Distinction) from Goldsmiths’ College, University of London (UK), and a BA in Anthropology (Summa Cum Laude) from the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia).

I am also proud to have been a speaker on behavioral change, social norms, and civic culture in events such as the UN Behavioural Science Week, the World Economic Forum’s “New Frontiers in Nutrition” community, the Global Innovation Leadership Program at Stanford University, the World Wildlife Forum internal seminar series, and several technical meetings and consultations on domestic work of the International Labour Organization (including Geneva, Lebanon, Argentina, and Thailand).