Wändi Bruine de Bruin

Wändi Bruine de Bruin is an expert in using insights from behavioral science and psychology to understand and inform how people respond to important policy topics such as climate change and food insecurity.

She directs the Behavioral Science & Policy Initiative at the University of Southern California's Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service. At USC, she is also the Provost Professor of Public Policy, Psychology, and Behavioral Science. She is affiliated with USC's Sol Price School of Public Policy, the Dornsife Department of Psychology, the Center for Economic and Social Research, the Center for Sustainability Solutions and the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Threats and Emergencies.

Wändi has published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers, in journals targeting psychology, public policy, health, and environmental science. She is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Decision, Medical Decision Making, the Journal of Risk Research, and Psychology and Aging. She has served on expert panels for the National Academy of Sciences on Communicating Science Effectively and for the Council of the Canadian Academies on Health Product Risk Communication. She is regularly cited in the press and has appeared on radio programs for BBC World Service and National Public Radio in the United States.