Sebastian Linnemayr is a senior economist at RAND and a professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. His research focuses on the use of behavioral economic incentives to improve complex, chronic health behaviors. A recent strand of his research investigates how insights from behavioral economics can be combined with approaches from the psychology literature to more effectively support habit formation, with the goal of long-term behavior change. Linnemayr travels frequently to Uganda, where he is implementing several interventions funded by the National Institutes of Health to increase medication adherence among people living with HIV. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the Université de la Mediterranée and joined RAND after a research fellow position at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Ph.D. in economics, Université de la Mediterranée; M.Phil. in economics, Oxford University; M.A. in international relations, Johns Hopkins University; M.A. in business administration, University of Vienna
