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About the Course

This is a course on social norms, the rules that glue societies together. It teaches how to diagnose social norms, and how to distinguish them from other social constructs, like customs or conventions. These distinctions are crucial for effective policy interventions aimed to create new, beneficial norms or eliminate harmful ones. The course teaches how to measure social norms and the expectations that support them, and how to decide whether they cause specific behaviors. The course is a joint Penn-UNICEF project, and it includes many examples of norms that sustain behaviors like child marriage, gender violence and sanitation practices. This is Part 1 of the Social Norms, Social Change series. In these lectures, I introduce all the basic concepts and definitions, such as social expectations and conditional preferences, that help us distinguish between different types of social practices like customs, descriptive norms and social norms. Expectations and preferences can be measured, and these lectures explain how to measure them. Measurement is crucial to understanding the nature of the practice you are facing, as well as whether an intervention was or was not successful, and why. In Part 2, we will put into practice all we have learned in Part 1. New! Please use this link for a 30% discount on the recommended book that accompanies this course! https://global.oup.com/academic/product/9780190622053/?cc=us&lang=en&promocode=AAFLYG6...

Top reviews

VC

Jan 13, 2024

It's a challenging but fulfilling course that enables you to fully understand the world a little bit better. Make sure to take notes, plenty of notes if you have no memory like me!

AA

Aug 19, 2017

GOOD course i learn from it a lot of information and concepts about the community and how to analyse the behavior of my community and think different about the solution of the problem .

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By Paramjit S

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Jun 12, 2019

great learning experience...try practice in my research work

By Lorena G N V

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Oct 21, 2018

What a fascinating subject! I could dedicate myself to this!

By alix r

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Jul 19, 2017

Amazing course, very well designed and delivered. Thank you!

By Arupa S

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Feb 9, 2017

Its an excellent course and a must do for everyone in UNICEF

By kanchan g

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Oct 7, 2021

Excellent deatiled notes that give insights of the topic...

By ISABEL L E L

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Jan 8, 2020

was great!!! I understand at different way network behavior

By Sandhya S

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Apr 3, 2017

its really wonderful course.

Its give direction to thinking

By Alexandra-Elena L

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Jun 16, 2022

Great course, wonderfully explained, I have learned a lot!

By Dean M

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Sep 29, 2019

Learned a lot from the class and looking forward to Part 2

By Szekely G C ( P

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Jul 19, 2020

Thoroughly enjoyed this class, looking forward to PART 2!

By Thea A

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Apr 20, 2020

Very interesting, good use of examples, I learnt a lot!

By Fariba B

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May 15, 2022

One of the best courses I ever had, really enjoyed it.

By Fr N

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Jan 24, 2017

Get in and make the most of this. Awesome in 1 word ;)

By Amol V

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May 6, 2021

The course material is very informative and engaging.

By erica s

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Sep 29, 2020

I learned a lot and it was flexible with my schedule!

By Hala K

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Apr 26, 2020

A very interesting course, I enjoyed every bit of it.

By Oluoma M U

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Nov 15, 2019

Very awesome course! Am grateful for the opportunity.

By Ghaidaa E S

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Mar 1, 2020

the certificate shouldn't be that expensive though!!

By Natasha E

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May 28, 2017

Enjoyed this course and looking forward to part 2!!!

By Dominic N

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Jul 17, 2023

I recommend this course, the instructor is awesome!

By Mairi C

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Apr 26, 2020

Very interesting and broken into manageable pieces.

By Samuel A

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Oct 14, 2023

Excellent. Useful, practical and relevant content.

By Capitan C

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Apr 22, 2020

The videos are nice and the course is well rounded

By Edmund R

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Oct 25, 2017

Great lecturer. Interesting topic. Super helpful.

By Ika H P

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Dec 18, 2023

I enjoy every lecture. Thank you, Mrs. Bicchieri