10. Hanne Watkins: From academia to behavioural insights in government, Registered Reports, and morality in war

Hanne Watkins is an adviser for the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government. Previously, she was a PhD student and postdoc studying how humans think about morality in the context of war.

In this conversation, we talk about Hanne's move from academia to governmental work, and about her previous work on morality in a war context. We also talk about her experience of running a Registered Report, something I've read a fair bit about, but haven't yet gotten around to doing myself.

BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. New conversations every other Friday. You can find the podcast on all podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple/Google Podcasts, etc.).

Timestamps
0:00:57: How Hanne's work in behavioural insight for the Australian government relates to her previous academic work
0:35:34: Registered Reports: Hanne's practical experiences writing a Registered Report
0:56:16: Morality in war

Podcast links

• Website: https://bjks.buzzsprout.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/BjksPodcast

Hanne's links

• Website: https://sites.google.com/view/hannemwatkins
• Old blog: https://myscholarlygoop.wordpress.com/
• BETA: https://behaviouraleconomics.pmc.gov.au/
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=e5jaGiUAAAAJ
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/hm_watkins

Ben's links

• Website: www.bjks.blog/
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=-nWNfvcAAAAJ

References
Thaler, R. H., & Sunstein, C. R. (2009). Nudge: Improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness. Penguin.
Watkins, H. M., & Brandt, M. (2019). The moral landscape of war: A registered report testing how the war context shapes morality's constraints on default representations of possibility. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Watkins, H. M. (2020). The morality of war: A review and research agenda. Perspectives on Psychological Science.