Mélusine Boon-Falleur

Mélusine Boon-Falleur’s research revolves around how people’s socio-economic background shapes their decision-making and life outcomes. Her work also covers social inequalities and barriers to climate action, with a particular focus on understanding the beliefs and behavior of political and economic elites.

Her research combines different methods, from theoretical models inspired by economics and evolutionary biology, to empirical studies both in the lab and in the field.

She obtained a PhD in cognitive science at the Ecole Normale Superieure where she defended her doctoral dissertation on the effect of resources on psychological preferences and behavioral strategies at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in the department in 2024. 
 

• Mélusine Boon-Falleur, Jean-Baptiste André, Nicolas Baumard, Daniel Nettle. Household Wealth is Associated With Perceived Trustworthiness in a Diverse Set of Countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2024, 290 (1993), ⟨10.1177/19485506241289461⟩. ⟨hal-04811886v2⟩
• Mélusine Boon-Falleur, Brigitte Dormont, Coralie Chevallier. Does higher perceived risk of morbidity and mortality decrease risk-taking?. Royal Society Open Science, 2022, 9 (12), ⟨10.1098/rsos.220486⟩. ⟨hal-03962079⟩
• Mélusine Boon-Falleur, Aurore Grandin, Nicolas Baumard, Coralie Chevallier. Leveraging social cognition to promote effective climate change mitigation. Nature Climate Change, In press, ⟨10.1038/s41558-022-01312-w⟩. ⟨hal-03627988⟩
• Mélusine Boon-Falleur, Nicolas Baumard, Jean-Baptiste André. Risk-seeking or impatient? Disentangling variance and time in hazardous behaviors. Evolution and Human Behavior, 2021, 42 (5), pp.453 - 460. ⟨10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2021.04.001⟩. ⟨ijn_03339584⟩
• Melusine Boon-Falleur, Nicolas Baumard, Jean-Baptiste André. Risk-seeking or impatient? Disentangling variance and time in hazardous behaviors. 2020. ⟨ijn_03064711⟩