Lorenz Goette is Professor and Provost’s Chair at the Department of Economics, National University of Singapore. He obtained in PhD from the University of Zurich in 2001. Prior to joining NUS, he was a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and held faculty positions at the University of Lausanne,  Switzerland and the University of Bonn, Germany. His research interests are in behavioral economics, and most of his applications focus on field experiments. He works on interventions to help households conserve water and energy, and how to motivate individuals to contribute to public goods, such as blood donations or getting vaccinated. His research is published in leading journals in economics, such as the American Economic Review or Review of Economic Studies, and general-interest journals such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.