UPCOMING EVENTS
Regular Wednesday meetings: As well as the events listed below, the research group meets each Wednesday at 9.30am. Details of these sessions are available here. We encourage people interested in this area to get in touch about meeting our researchers and students at this meeting. We will also host other speakers through the Geary Institute and School of Economics seminars and details of these will be provided in due course.
More upcoming events will soon be announced here.
January 25th: Geary Institute and Amarach Research Event: Decisions and Well-Being in the Irish Population. More information here.
PAST EVENTS
2017
September 8th: Launch of Geary Institute Behavioural Science and Public Policy Stream. Keynote: Professor Peter John. More information here
15th September: Stirling/UCD Workshop on Behavioural Science, Self-Control, and Public Policy. More information here
13th October 6pm: Professor Glenn Harrison from Georgia State University on economics and preference analysis.
18th
October 6pm: Professor Til Grune-Yanoff, one of the
leading thinkers on the application of behavioural science in public
policy.
10th November 2017: Professor Cass Sunstein from Harvard delivered three talks in UCD. Details available here.
November 30: A PhD conference in behavioural science was held at University College Dublin, Geary Institute on November 30th. The programme of the PhD conference is available here.
December 1: The 10th Annual Economics and Psychology Conference was held at University College Dublin on December 1st. Our keynote speakers were Professor Don Ross (UCC) and Professor Jennifer Sheehy Skeffington (LSE). The programme is available here.
November 30: A PhD conference in behavioural science was held at University College Dublin, Geary Institute on November 30th. The programme of the PhD conference is available here.
December 1: The 10th Annual Economics and Psychology Conference was held at University College Dublin on December 1st. Our keynote speakers were Professor Don Ross (UCC) and Professor Jennifer Sheehy Skeffington (LSE). The programme is available here.
September 2016
Friday September 23rd: Workshop on Behavioural Science: Ethics, Evidence and Policy (Joint with Newcastle Law School)
October 2016
Wednesday October 12th 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Megan Grimes (Strathclyde) Inconsistent Planning and the Allocation of Tasks Over Time".
Wednesday October 26th 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Benjamin Vincent (Dundee): "Time and probability discounting: how Bayesian methods can improve data collection and analysis".
November 2016
Wednesday November 2nd 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar. Philip Powell (Sheffield) "Heart Versus Head: The Effects of Differential Bodily Feedback on Altruistic and Invested Monetary Decisions".
Wednesday November 9th 3pm: Workshop on Naturalistic Behavioural Science
Wednesday November 16th 12pm to 430pm: Workshop on Unemployment and Precarious Employment
Wednesday November 16th 12pm to 430pm: Workshop on Unemployment and Precarious Employment
Wednesday November 23rd 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr. Marjon van der Pol (Aberdeen).
Wednesday November 30th 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr. Reto Odermatt (Basel)
JUNE 2016
Tuesday and Wednesday June 7th and 8th: Two-day workshop on statistical techniques using STATA.
Thursday June 9th: 2016 Stirling PhD Conference in Behavioural Science
Friday June 10th: 9th and final ESRC Workshop on Behavioural Science and Public Policy. Keynote speakers: Professor David Laibson and Professor Ulrich Witt.
MAY 2016
Wednesday May 4th 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Professor Muireann Quigley (Newcastle)
APRIL 2016
Wednesday April 6th 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr. Thomas Webb (Sheffield University). "Antecedents and consequences of monitoring (and not monitoring) goal progress".
Wednesday April 27th 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr. Noemi Berlin
(Edinburgh). "Changing dietary habit: a field experiment on low income
families" (with Michèle Belot, Jonathan James, and Valeria Skafida)
MARCH 2016
Wednesday March 2nd 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Bernardo Nunes (Stirling). "Workplace pension plans and saving behavior: evidence from the United Kingdom".
Wednesday
March 9th 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr. Emely de Vet
(Wageningen University). “How to navigate a tempting environment: from
explicit directions to implicit cues".
Wednesday March 16th 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr. Zhihua Li (Warwick University). "Reference-dependent preferences in outcome sequence comparison: Theory and evidence".
Thursday March 24th: One Day Workshop on Mental Health and Economics
Thursday March 24th: One Day Workshop on Mental Health and Economics
FEBRUARY 2016
Wednesday February 3rd 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Stefano Carattini (Grantham Institute for Research on Climate Change).
Wednesday
February 10th 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr. John McAlaney; ‘Norms, misperceptions and manipulations: The social
psychology of cybersecurity".
Wednesday
February 17th 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Prof Leigh Sparks and Prof Steve Burt (Stirling University). "The potential for
behavioural science research in retail contexts".
JANUARY 2016
Wednesday January 27th 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Professor Gerard Hastings (Stirling)
DECEMBER 2015
Friday December 4th: SIRE Workshop on Behavioural Science and Self-Control
NOVEMBER 2015
Wednesday November 4th 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr Simon McCabe (Stirling): "The influence of death awareness and cultural values on economic and health behaviour"
Wednesday November 18th 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr Jody Quigley (Stirling): "The Social Norms of Suicidal and Self-harming Behaviours"
Wednesday November 25th 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar
OCTOBER 2015
Wednesday October 14th 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Professor Marjon Van Pol (Aberdeen). "Investigating the Glasgow effect on health".
Wednesday October 21st 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr Adam Harris (UCL): "Questioning the status of optimism as a fundamental characteristic of human thought"
Friday October 30th: SIRE Workshop on Consumption Behaviour
SEPTEMBER 2015
Wednesday September 9th: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr. Vera Rita de Mello Ferreira
Friday September 18th: Stirling Workshop on Well-Being and Public Policy
Friday September 18th: Stirling Workshop on Well-Being and Public Policy
Wednesday September 23rd 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr Susann Fiedler (MPI Bonn): "How Social Preferences
Guide the Transformation of Objective Payoffs: An Eye-tracking Analysis"
Wednesday September 30th 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr Lukasz Walasek (Warwick University): "Sources of variability in estimates of loss aversion"
JUNE 2015
Tuesday June 2: Guest Lecture: Professor Paul Mills (University of California, San Diego): "The promises and failures of the biomedical literature"
Thursday June 25: Stirling PhD Conference in Behavioural Science.
Friday June 26: ESRC Workshop on Behavioural Science and Public Policy.
APRIL 2015
Wednesday April 1: Behavioural Science Seminar: Peter Riefer (UCL) "Modern foraging: exploration and exploitation in supermarkets".
Wednesday April 15: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr Alexia Gaudeul (Jena) "After the nudge: The impact of nudges on people's attitudes and perceptions"
Wednesday April 22: Behavioural Science Seminar: Professor Ivo Vlaev (Warwick) "Money Lives: Improving financial capability using behavioural theory and ethnography"
March 2015
Wednesday 4: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr Peter Matthews (Stirling): "Homo Economicus in a Big Society: Understanding Middle-class Activism and NIMBYism towards New Housing Developments"
Wednesday 11: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr Stian Reimers (City University London): "Being bad at being random: Coins, lotteries and battleships"
Wednesday 18: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr Eva Rafetseder "Choice or no choice: Investigating children's ability to feel regret and relief"
Wednesday 25: Behavioural Science Seminar: Professor Marjon van der Pol (Aberdeen): "Present bias and physical activity"
February 2015
Wednesday February 4: Behavioural Science Seminar: Professor Rory O'Connor (Glasgow).
Wednesday February 11: Behavioural Science Seminar: Professor Mandy Ryan (Aberdeen)
Wednesday February 18: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr. Pete Lunn (ESRI): "The Surplus Identification Task: A Psychophysical Approach to Economic Choice".
Wednesday February 25: Behavioural Science Seminar: Professor Nick Hanley (St. Andrews)
December 2014
Tuesday 2nd: Professor David Blanchflower (Dartmouth and Stirling). "Labour Market Slack in the UK and US". LTA4. 5pm.
Tuesday & Wednesday 2nd & 3rd: Introduction for Stata for Behavioural Science
Thursday 4th: Economics Seminar:Mirko Moro (Stirling)
Tuesday & Wednesday 2nd & 3rd: Introduction for Stata for Behavioural Science
Thursday 4th: Economics Seminar:Mirko Moro (Stirling)
Friday 5th: Workshop on Unemployment and Mental Health.
November 2014
Tuesday 4th: Economics Seminar: Dr. Bjorn Wallace (Cambridge)
Wednesday 5th: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr. Mike Peacey (Bath) "Self-control at college".
Tuesday 11th: Economics Seminar: Jona Linde (VU University of Amsterdam) "Learning and Evolution in a Multi-Round Strategy-Method Minority-Game Experiment"
Wednesday 12th: Behavioural Policy Workshop (3pm to 5pm).
Thursday 13th: Economics Seminar: Bouwe Dijkstra (Nottingham) "Location-dependent payments from households to polluting firms"
Wednesday 19th: Behavioural Science Seminar: Juliane Hennecke (Potsdam). "Locus of Control and Migration Decisions - Evidence from Internal Migration in Germany"
Friday 21st: ESRC Workshop on Personality and Preferences.
Tuesday 25th: Economics Seminar: Chris Belfield (Institute for Fiscal Studies)
Tuesday 11th: Economics Seminar: Jona Linde (VU University of Amsterdam) "Learning and Evolution in a Multi-Round Strategy-Method Minority-Game Experiment"
Wednesday 12th: Behavioural Policy Workshop (3pm to 5pm).
Thursday 13th: Economics Seminar: Bouwe Dijkstra (Nottingham) "Location-dependent payments from households to polluting firms"
Wednesday 19th: Behavioural Science Seminar: Juliane Hennecke (Potsdam). "Locus of Control and Migration Decisions - Evidence from Internal Migration in Germany"
Friday 21st: ESRC Workshop on Personality and Preferences.
Tuesday 25th: Economics Seminar: Chris Belfield (Institute for Fiscal Studies)
October 2014
Wednesday 1st: Behavioural Science Seminar: Professor Liam Delaney (Stirling): "Well-being and unemployment across the life-course".
Tuesday 7th: Economics Seminar: Dr. Luca Savorelli (St Andrews). "New evidence on antismoking policies, obesity, and lifestyles".
Wednesday 8th: Behavioural Science Seminar; Dr. Michael Daly (Stirling): "Early origins of health".
Wednesday 15th: Behavioural Science Seminar: Dr. Andy Siddaway (Stirling): "Following a trauma, which children are most likely to develop posttraumatic stress disorder? Results from a recent meta-analysis".
Friday 17th: Stirling Choice Workshop (Organised by Dr. Danny Campbell).
Tuesday 21st: Economics Seminar: Osea Giuntella (Oxford): "Do immigrants improve the health of natives?"
Wednesday 22nd: Behavioural Science Seminar Dr. Ana Nuevo-Chiquero (Sheffield): "Do personality traits affect productivity? Evidence from the lab" with María Cubel, Santiago Sánchez-Pagés and Marian Vidal-Fernández, IZA Discussion Paper No. 8308 and InstEAD/SERPS no. 2014012
Friday 31st: Irish Economics and Psychology Workshop in Dublin (co-organised by centre)
September 2014
Monday 15th: Induction week for MSc in Behavioural Science
Tuesday 16th: Dr. Richard Murphy (LSE). "Top of the class: the importance of ordinal rank". Economics seminar
June 2014
May 2014
23rd : ESRC Workshop 2: Increasing the richness and frequency of social science survey data
February 2014
13th: Financial incentives in motivating socially desirable behaviours: when are they effective and when are they right?
June 2013
28th: Fifth Behavioural Science Centre Workshop
February 2013
22nd: Fourth Behavioural Science Centre Workshop
October 2012
26th: Third Behavioural Science Centre Workshop
June 2012
15th: Second Behavioural Science Centre Workshop
April 2012
20th: First Behavioural Science Centre Workshop
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