Master in Behavioral and Social Sciences for Public Policy

The Master in Behavioral Science and Public Policy trains students in a wide range of advanced techniques in the study of human behavior. Graduates of the program will accurately and rigorously analyze human populations, measuring their preferences, expectations, opinions, and behaviors with an understanding of the biases that affect individual judgments and the collective phenomena that emerge from their interactions.

This master's program has been designed to respond to a new demand, and to allow its graduates   to seize an increasing number of opportunities in Behavioral Science in today's world. It is part of an international academic   trend   that is driving the world’s most renowned universities to develop similar programs.

While focused on Behavioral Science in the broad sense – experimental psychology, cognitive science, behavioral ecology, cognitive anthropology – the program also borrows tools, theoretical reflections, and inspiration from neighboring disciplines: sociology, economics, political science, and the philosophy of social science and data sciences.

This interdisciplinarity is indispensable to training individuals who can face today’s most pressing public policy challenges so many of which require   engagement from distinct perspectives and with different tools. 
 

La compréhension des populations, de leurs préférences, de leurs anticipations, du contexte dans lequel elles vivent, ainsi que l’analyse des dynamiques collectives qui les animent, constituent aujourd’hui des éléments de connaissance capitaux pour mener des politiques publiques efficientes.

Le programme du master Sciences comportementales et sociales pour les politiques publiques a été conçu pour répondre à ce besoin de connaissance et pour offrir à ses lauréats la possibilité de saisir les opportunités de plus en plus nombreuses qui s’offrent dans le monde d’aujourd’hui aux profils capables de produire ce savoir. Centré sur les sciences comportementales au sens large - psychologie expérimentale, sciences cognitives - il emprunte également ses enseignements et ses inspirations à l’économie, à la sociologie, à la philosophie ou encore aux data sciences. A travers cette visée et cette dimension interdisciplinaire, ce master s’inscrit dans la dynamique académique internationale qui conduit aujourd’hui les universités les plus renommées à développer de semblables programmes.
 

  • Next intake September 25
  • Deadline to apply March 2025
  • Language of instruction English & French
  • Duration 2 years
  • ECTS 115

Courses & Program structure

Program Structure

Program Coordinator

Master in Behavioral and Social Sciences for Public Policy

Dominique Guillo

Behavioral Science and Public Policy Masters Coordinator

[email protected]

Professors

KEY INFORMATION

Next academic period
September 2025

Application deadline
31/03/2025

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  • Semester 1

    • (BEH502) Human Behavior and Ecology
    • (DAT506) L'Enquête: Analyse des Données Avancée
    • (ECO519A) Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Complex and Risky Environments
    • (MAN501) Management et Leadership Publics
    • (POL505) La Participation des Populations aux Politiques Publique 
  • Semester 2

    • (DAT505) Experimental Psychology: Advanced Data Analysis 1
    • (ANT501) Leadership, Power and Inequality
    • (BEH501) Behavioral Insight for Public Policy in Africa: Debate Workshop
    • (DAT507) Statistiques et Politiques Publiques
    • (ECO509) Sustainable Development Policie 
  • Semester 3

    • (BEH602) Behavioral Science Applied to Marketing and Communication
    • (DAT602) Computational Social Science
    • (DAT603) Experimental Psychology: Advanced Data Analysis 2
    • (RES607) Thematic Seminars in Behavioral and Social Sciences / Master's Thesis Preparation
    • (RES803) Natural Language Processing Applied to Social Scienc e
  • Semester 4

          (RES600) PFE/Thesis

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