MargaretSamahita

We are hosting the first workshop from the series "Supporting a Positive Research Culture in Experimentation" funded by a UCD Research Culture ReCLAIM award. The workshop is organised by members of the BSP Group consisting of Diogo Geraldes, Margaret Samahita, Oana Peia, Marta Talevi, Yung-Shiang (Jasmine) Yang, Sinéad Flannery, Oscar Barrera-Rodríguez and Vessela Daskalova. Workshop details: When: 30 April 2025, 10am-3pm Where: UCD Geary Institute Seminar Room Registration: Please fill in this form by 22 April For more info, please contact: vessela.daskalova@ucd.ie Project summary: Experimentation is a crucial tool for research and collecting causal evidence in various fields such [...]

We are glad to announce that the 17th annual one day conference on Economics and Psychology will be held on Wednesday, December 11th, 2024 in person at the Economic and Social Research Institute. Details of the 16 previous workshops are available here https://bsp.ucd.ie/annual-economics-and-psychology-conferences/ The purpose of the conference is to develop the links between Economics, Psychology, and cognate disciplines throughout Ireland. A special theme of these events is the implications of behavioural science for public policy. To facilitate a large number of presentations and sufficient time for chats during the breaks, each presentation will be short, with each speaker [...]

New Thinking on Climate Change (Prof Andrew Oswald) UCD School of Economics are hosting the first Walsh-Neary Lecture, which will be held annually as the flagship public lecture in honour of Brendan Walsh and Peter Neary, whose contributions have had a profound and lasting impact on the UCD School of Economics. This year's lecture will be delivered by Andrew Oswald, Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science atthe University of Warwick on "New Thinking on Climate Change". He will discuss how climate policies can/should be seen and designed as a behavioural science problem. Everybody is welcome to attend. Please [...]