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Rafael M Batista

Rafael M Batista

@rafmbatista.bsky.social

Behavioral Scientist | Postdoctoral Research Fellow @ Johns Hopkins University

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins University

WashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaUnited States🇺🇸
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I'm a behavioral scientist based in Washington, DC.

I think a lot about thinking and how people make everyday decisions. My research at the moment looks at how AI shapes our thinking and the way each of us experiences the world — how it changes what we believe, how we perceive, and the decisions we make in our day-to-day. I also study financial decision-making, specifically how people spend, save, and borrow.

My research involves running experiments, both in the lab and in the world, but I also lean on other methods to answer questions about human behavior. I have a PhD/MBA from UChicago's Booth School of Business and spent a year as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science & Public Policy in Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs.

I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School's Technology and Society Initiative.​

I also consult. I've worked with international banks, NGOs, social enterprises, organizers, and organizations such as the U.N. and the Gates Foundation. If you are working on a hard behavioral problem, get in touch.​

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Career: 3

MBA

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Sep 2023 - Jun 2025

Research Assistant

Baumeister & Tice Social Psychology Lab

Aug 2011 - Aug 2014

Our work ranges in topics including (but not limited to) self and self identity, self-control and self-regulation, ego depletion, judgment and decision making, attitudes and persuasion, subjective well-being and meanings of life.

Finance & Economic Analysis Intern

Executive Office of Governor

Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

The Office of Policy and Budget (OPB) provides coordinated planning, policy development, budgeting and evaluation in support of the Governor, State agencies and State Legislature pursuant to authority under the Florida Statutes; as well as providing departmental planning, policy and budgetary analyses and recommendations for the Executive Office of the Governor. OPB is organized into nine units.

Skills: 35

Technical

Data AnalysisMatlabRSQL

Business

Business DevelopmentExperimental DesignExperimentationFundraisingManagementMarketingNonprofitsPublic Relations
RecruitingStrategic Planning

Interpersonal

LeadershipPublic SpeakingQualitative ResearchResearch

Community

Community EngagementCommunity OutreachEvent Planning

Other

Behavioral EconomicsBehavioral ScienceCommunicating ScienceCross-cultural ResearchDecision AnalysisDecision MakingDecision SciencesGrant Writing
International RelationsOrganizational LeadershipPublic PolicySocial NetworkingSPSSTime Management

Projects: 1

WBS International Behavioural Science Networking Event

wbs.ac.uk/news/meet-the-leading-names-in-behavioural-science/

Dec 2014 - Feb 2015

Warwick Business School and the University of Warwick's Behavioural Science GRP hosted its inaugural International Behavioural Science Networking Event on Monday, 23 February 2015 at Warwick Business School's new London base at The Shard. The aim of the event was to connect the top behavioural science students to the leading organizations applying behavioural insights to their practice from around the world.

Publications: 6

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From: Claude Design; For: Researchers

notes.rafaelmbatista.com

Apr 2026

Trails and public spaces

notes.rafaelmbatista.com

Apr 2026

Other publications

Why we need a global view of human behaviour

World Economic Forum Agenda

Dec 2014

Courses: 21

  • Methods & Analysis in Behavioural Science w/ Dr. Neil Stewart

    PS923

  • Issues in Psych Science w/ Dr. Gordon Brown

    PS922

  • Principles of Cognition w/ Dr. Nick Chater

    IB9AN

  • Psychological Models of Choice w/ Dr. Neil Stewart

    PS918

  • Behavioural Economics w/ Dr. Eugenio Proto

    EC989

  • Experimental Economics w/ Dr. Eugenio Proto

    EC984

  • Neuroeconomics w/ Dr. Elliot Ludvig

    PS927

  • Behavioural Science: Implications & Applications w/ Dr. Gordon Brown

  • Culture and Self w/ Dr. Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı

    PSYC 505

  • Culture and Behavior w/ Dr. Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı

    SOCI 432

  • Behavioural Microeconomics w/ Dr. Graham Loomes & Dr. Andrea Isoni

    IB9AM

  • Religion, Secularism, and Democracy w/ Dr. Murat Somer

    INTL 440

  • Behavioral Economics w/ Dr. John Hamman

    ECO4106

  • Persuasion w/ Dr. Davis Houck

    SPC4540

  • Collective Action & Social Movements w/ Dr. Deana Rohlinger

    SYP3350

  • Philosophy of Law w/ Dr. Maria Morales

    PHI3400

  • Psychology of Women w/ Dr. Joyce Carbonell

    SOP3742

  • Intercultural Leadership & Dialogue

    INR5936

  • Interpersonal Relationships

    PSY4930

  • History of Happiness w/ Dr. Darrin McMahon

    HIS4930-01

  • Econometrics w/ Dr. Carl Schmertmann

    ECO4421

Awards: 2

  • Bess H. Ward Honors Thesis Award

    Mar 2014

    The Honors Office offers awards of up to $750 each to support research or creative activity leading to an Honors Thesis for students who are in the Honors in the Major Program. The grants are intended to pay for travel to perform research, or expenditures for expense items, or small equipment items directly related to the thesis research. honors.fsu.edu

  • 2013 Social Science Scholar

    Jan 2013

    The Program was created to select outstanding juniors and provide them with leadership development opportunities and support. Social Science Scholars are chosen through a competitive process. Those selected will participate in a unique, 3-unit leadership seminar during the spring semester of their junior year. The seminar prepares students for projects of their choosing, which are undertaken during the following summer and/or fall semesters. Each Social Science Scholar receives up to $5,000 for approved travel and other expenses related to domestic or international internships, service projects or research. During their senior year, Scholars will present reports on their leadership, attend seminars and symposia and work with mentors to prepare for fellowships, graduate schools and/or careers.

Languages: 3

  • English(Native or bilingual)
  • Portuguese(Native or bilingual)
  • Spanish(Limited working)

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