Education
B.A Philosophy, Complutense University, Madrid
M.A Philosophy, Complutense University, Madrid
Ph.D. Philosophy, UNED, Spain
Courses Taught
- Democracy as a Culture: Shaping Communities and Civic Life
- Money and Happiness
- Ethics and Service Learning
- Global Genocides in Literature and Film
- Global Crossings: Culture, Behavior, and Identity
- Cultural Expressions in a Material World
- The World Explained by Soccer
- Global Crossings: Social Conflicts in a Globalized World
- Global Sixties and Revolutions
- Global Green Cultures of Production and Consumption
- Evolving Environments: Global Diversity and Cultural Ecology
- Hispanic Masterpieces in English Translation
- Rebels and Revolutionaries in Languages, Literature, and Culture
- Spanish
Research
Culture in Behavioral Public Policy
Rationality/Irrationality
Decision Theory
Behavioral Economics
Public Health / Environment
Selected Publications
2024 – Hortal A, Pérez Martínez A. Behavioral strategies for reducing corruption: from regulation to choice architecture. Behavioural Public Policy. Published online 1-18. doi:10.1017/bpp.2024.48 doi.org/10.1017/bpp….
2024 – Hortal, A. . Thriving by Design: Can Behavioral Economics and Public Policy Shape Virtuous Lives? Behanomics, 2.
2024 – Banerjee, S., Zimmermann, L., Hortal, A., Dold, M., Ivchenko, A., Lades, L., … & Savani, M. M. (2024). https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioural-public-policy/article/recent-developments-in-behavioural-public-policy-ibppc-2022/1C5666ED989D2D3EB1EFFC50A7C97463. Behavioural Public Policy, 1-6.
2023 – Alejandro Hortal and Luis Enrique Segoviano Contreras (2023), “Behavioral Public Policy and Well-Being: Towards a Normative Demarcation of Nudges and Sludges”, Review of Behavioral Economics: Vol. 10: No. 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/105.00000168
2023 – “Fighting gender violence with behavioral public policy: scope and limitations”. Retos, 13(25), 69-83. DOI https://doi.org/10.17163/ret.n25.2023.05
2023 – Evidence-based policies, nudge theory and Nancy Cartwright: a search for causal principles Behavioural Public Policy 7 (2), 333-352
2022 – “Nudges: a promising behavioral public policy tool to reduce vaccine hesitancy”. Revista Brasileira de Políticas Públicas. 12 (1), 80-103
