Craig Fox
Harold Williams Chair and Professor of Management
About
Craig Fox holds joint appointments as professor of psychology at the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences and professor of medicine in the UCLA Geffen School. He co-founded the Behavioral Science & Policy Association and is co-editor of its flagship journal, Behavioral Science & Policy (BSP), and he is co-director of the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Behavioral Decision Making at UCLA. Fox’s research focuses on decision behavior, especially under conditions of risk and uncertainty. In a recent set of projects, Fox and his colleagues applied behavioral techniques to “nudge” physicians to reduce their tendency to over-prescribe antibiotics, which contributes to the rise of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs.”
Topics
8 Articles
A Psychological Approach to Helping Doctors Do Better at Doing No Harm
Behavioral nudges reduced doctors’ overprescribing and overtesting of older patients
Doctors, Subjected to Peer Comparison, Felt Increased Burnout
Nudge to improve preventive medicine performance didn’t work – and yielded discontent
Replicating a Successful Nudge in Health Care: Advice for Skeptics
How it often goes wrong and key observations for effective strategies
People Don’t Mind Government Nudges, but Prefer Them Free of Politics
When an unloved cause or political adversary is attached to a nudge, the method itself becomes suspect
How to Spot a Nudge Gone Rogue
Researchers find common warning signs in persuasion projects that went wrong
How to Harness Individual Outrage for Lasting Social Change
A practical guide to enlisting, mobilizing and continually engaging like-minded people
Curbing Over-Prescription of Antibiotics: Ranking Clinicians Is a Nudge That Sticks
Peer ranking might cut dangerous antibiotic overuse