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Iris Bohnet is the Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government and the co-director of the Women and Public Policy Program 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 books What Works: Gender Equality by Design and Make Work Fair, coauthored with Siri Chilazi. Bohnet advises governments and companies around the world. She serves as a scientific advisor to the UN Secretary-General, on the Workplace Innovation Council (Aspen and Pivotal), and was 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 a dozen 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 curriculum vitae.