The next Irish Workshop on Economics and Psychology will take place on 14th November 2025 at the University of Galway. Contact Feidhlim McGowan (University of Galway) if you would like to attend.
The provisional schedule gives a good snapshot of how behavioural science is evolving in Ireland — with work that spans public health, sustainability, communication, and the fast-moving interface between behavioural science and AI.
Session 1: Health and Travel
10:00–10:20 — Maria Lee (ESRI): Why do caregivers delay infant immunisations? Irish nurse perspectives
10:20–10:40 — Lilia Wasserka-Zhurakhovska (University of Galway): Who Deserves Care? The Role of Lifestyle and Health in Healthcare Decision-Making
10:40–11:00 — Shane Timmons (ESRI): Sharing is Scaring? Effects of infrastructure design on perceived danger and fairness in shared road spaces
11:00–11:20 — Adam J. Shier (ESRI): Misperceptions of the Cost of Car Use and Ownership
11:20–11:35 — Coffee Break
Session 2: Information and Belief-Updating
11:35–11:55 — Pete Lunn (ESRI): How Researchers and Policymakers Update Beliefs in Response to New Evidence
11:55–12:15 — Vasilisa Werner (University of Galway): Destructive Communication
12:15–12:35 — Suhas Vijayakumar (UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School): How and When Resource Scarcity Shapes Sharing of Lay Information
12:35–12:55 — Tobias Werner (University of Southampton): Experimental Evidence That Conversational AI Can Steer Consumer Behavior Without Detection
12:55–14:00 — Lunch
Session 3: Environment and Sustainability
14:00–14:20 — Bob van Rugge (UCD): Administrative Burdens for Home Retrofitting: A Sludge Audit of an Irish One-Stop-Shop
14:20–14:40 — Ciarán Lavin (SEAI): When are the Co-benefits Enough? An Experimental Study of Support for Energy Sufficiency Policies in Ireland
14:40–15:00 — Romina Landeo (UCC): Public Servants as Behavioural Agents: Understanding Organisational Change for Climate Action in Local Government
15:00–15:20 — Lucie Martin (ESRI): Mental Models of Economic Paradigms for Sustainability
15:20–15:40 — Marie-Christin Lanser (University of Galway): Acceptance of Alternative Energy Sources Amongst the Irish Public: Insights from a Discrete Choice Experiment
15:40–16:00 — Coffee Break
16:00–17:00 — Keynote Presentation
Prof. Holger A. Rau (University of Göttingen) — Title TBA
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