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Jana Gallus @janagallus

Associate Professor @UCLAAnderson. I design and study incentive systems – especially non-financial ones – in the knowledge economy. Mom of 4.

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Jana Gallus@janagallus
26 Nov 2025
UCLA Magazine just ran a feature on my work (and a bit of my life) “What’s Your Incentive?” 👉 newsroom.ucla.edu/magazine/j… #incentivedesign #fieldexperiments @uclaanderson @UCLA

What’s Your Incentive?

Anderson economist Jana Gallus studies how nonmonetary rewards can motivate people — and help solve society’s problems.

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School's almost out. How did your kid do, really? Yesterday, a fellow mom approached me, puzzled. Kid has great grades, does well practicing, yet slipped on standardized scores. How? This important NYT piece by @ariel_kalil & Derek Rury explains why it's so hard to know:
Ariel Kalil@ariel_kalil
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Pleased to have an Op-Ed in today's NYT. It’s Becoming Impossible to Know How Your Kid Is Doing in School nytimes.com/2026/05/26/opini… via @NYTOpinion
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I have spent my career running field experiments. With my new book coming out I have decided to run a few on all of you! Here is the first one! I am giving away a bundle: 1 signed copy of my new book Experimental Economics: Theory and Practice 1 free t-shirt of the book. But, there is a Dictator Game twist. In the comments please tag a friend. Before you know if you win, tell me your allocation: keep both, give one, or give it all away. If you are randomly selected, I'm holding you to what you said. Your choice is already public, and your friend can see it right now. Your chances of winning do not depend on your allocation. I will randomly select a winner this Saturday at midnight EST and report back. Extra credit giveaway: if the random person chosen also retweeted this message, then I will also send a signed copy of The Voltage Effect to both them and their partner. And, yes, your partner can sign up too to double your chances! Good luck!
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Great opportunity for researchers interested in knowledge integrity, online communities, and open source: The Wikimedia Foundation is hiring a Research Scientist (remote). Applied research on Wikipedia, elections, disinformation, neutrality & more. 👉 job-boards.greenhouse.io/wik…

Wikimedia Foundation

The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in...

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We’ve been busy with a number of excellent proposals, and this batch has shaped together wonderfully. The Center for Incentive Design funds research in #health, #housing, and #education. This quick video gives a high-level overview. Learn more: incentivedesign.org/grants
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The Center for Incentive Design is proud to announce that we will be supporting a project about grade inflation and parent behavior, led by Ariel Kalil of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago.
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Such information consumption patterns may lead parents to invest less time & resources in their child’s academic performance, & thus negatively impact students’ educational outcomes. The team will study if making standardized test scores easier to access impacts outcomes.
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The Center for Incentive Design supports projects in health, education, and housing. Learn more about our projects: incentivedesign.org/grants #education #school #parents #incentivedesign
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Interested in a PhD in #BehavioralScience? Join us for a Virtual Open House on 11/14, 2-3:30 PM PST. You'll get to meet some of our fantastic students & faculty in the BDM area at @uclaanderson RSVP: bit.ly/bdm_openhouse24 Already have your PhD? Thx for spreading the word! ;-)
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At @uclaanderson, we’re innovating and breaking down the walls of the ivory tower with our new capstone courses. In my case, FEiSty = Field Experiments in Strategy. My students are running #FieldExperiments with organizations, getting hands-on experience and contacts 🌎💼
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And that’s where @netflix comes in. We had a fantastic talk from Simon Ejdemyr, who gave us a behind-the-scenes look at how experimentation drives decisions at #Netflix. We discussed sequential and adaptive testing, swim lane designs (new fav), experimentation #strategy & more🚀
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Curious what it is we’re really doing in the #BusinessSchool classroom? I often get that question. Yesterday, in my #FEiSty course, I had my students… watch Netflix. 🎬😲 But before you jump to conclusions, hear me out! 👇
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✨ James Robinson just won the Nobel Prize in Economics! 🎉✨ But honestly… Nico, my 5-year-old, saw it coming! 😂 Intensely taking notes in James’ lecture. James even gave Nico feedback and (I think it was James) commended him for his good notation. Watch for more.
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Can you guess what paper James was giving here? 😉
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Can’t wait to see the talk. Always great to catch up. Bruins rolling out the blue carpet to our speakers #UCLAFirstThursdays
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There’s a new tool that generates a podcast conversation with two hosts based on sources you feed it. Google’s NotebookLM is in beta phase, and it has already hooked me for class prep. I’ve been giving it my slides before class to see what it makes of the material.
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The Audio Overview shifts me into a different learning style, which is refreshing. Even where it goes a bit astray, it has offered me new perspectives to consider.
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It’s likely even picking up on the things that will be most salient for my students, too––all the tech examples on where and why experimentation is used. I’ve been encouraging my students to use AI tools every step along the way, so we can learn about what’s possible, together.
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