The Behavioural Science and Policy Events bring together researchers, students, and others from Ireland and beyond to talk to each other about using behavioural insights to improve policy making. Some events are organised by the UCD School of Economics.
Events 2024 - 2025
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, October 4 | 15:00-16:00 | Economics Seminar with Demid Getik (Durham) |
| Wednesday, October 23 | 16:00-17:00 | Walsh-Neary lecture with Andrew Oswald (Warwick) |
| Tuesday, October 29 | 13:00-14:00 | Geary Seminar with Diego Marino Fages (Durham) |
| Friday, November 8 | 15:00-16:00 | Economics Seminar with Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch (Düsseldorf) |
| Wednesday, November 20 | 13:00-13:50 | BSP Seminar with Oscar Barrera-Rodríguez (UCD) Venue: Quinn Q117 |
| Friday, November 22 | 15:00-16:00 | Economics Seminar with Dennie van Dolder (Essex) |
| Wednesday, December 11 | 17th Annual Irish Economics, Psychology, and Policy conference |
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| Tuesday, February 25 | 13:00-14:00 | Geary Seminar with Paul Smeets (Amsterdam) |
| Thursday, February 27 | 13:00-14:00 | Economics Seminar with Melis Kartal (Vienna) |
| Friday, April 11 | 15:00-16:00 | Economics Seminar with Thomas Buser (Amsterdam) |
Past Events
Autumn Events 2023
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, September 20 | 13:00-14:00 | BSP Seminar with Till Weber (Newcastle) on "The Role of Payoff Parameters for Cooperation in the One-Shot Prisoner’s Dilemma" in Seminar Room C001 |
| Wednesday, October 04 | 13:00 - 14:00 | BSP Seminar with Eugenio Verrina (Department of Economics, Sciences Po Paris) in Seminar Room C001 |
| Friday, October 06 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Economics Seminar with Karine Van Der Straeten (Toulouse) |
| Tuesday, October 24 | 16:30 - 17:30 | IBSPN Event with Erik Angner on "How Economics Can Save the World" (Stockholm) at TCD. More details here. |
| Wednesday, October 25 | 14:00 - 15:00 | UCD Econ & BSP Seminar with Erik Angner (Stockholm) in the UCD Sutherland School of Law Theatre L024 - Mason Hayes. More details here. |
| Wednesday, November 01 | 13:00 - 14:00 | BSP Seminar with Diarmaid Ó Ceallaigh (ESRI) on "Measures of problem gambling, gambling behaviours and perceptions of gambling in Ireland" |
| Wednesday, November 08 | 13:00 - 14:00 | BSP Seminar with Hamideh Mohtashami Borzadaran (Birmingham) |
| Wednesday, November 22 | 18:00 - 19:30 | Behavioural Design For Good: Insights and Workshop @ the UCD Geary Institute |
| Thursday, December 14 | 09:00 - 17:00 | 16th Irish Economics and Psychology Conference (December 14, 2023) at the UCD Smurfit School |
Spring Events 2023
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, January 27 | 15:00-16:00 | UCD Economics Seminar with Marinella Leone (University of Pavia) |
| Wednesday, February 22 | 13:00 - 14:00 | BSP Seminar with Angela Sutan (Burgundy School of Business) |
| Thursday, February 23 | 15:00 - 16:00 | BSP Seminar with Linus Mattauch (Technical University of Berlin) co-hosted by UCD Environmental Policy |
| Thursday, March 02 | 16:00 - 17:00 | BSP Seminar with Claire Hill (University of Minnesota) |
| Friday, March 03 | 15:00 - 16:00 | UCD Economics Seminar with Emily Nix (University of Southern California) |
| Wednesday, March 08 | 13:00 - 14:00 | BSP Seminar with Diogo Geraldes (UCD) on "An Experiment on Gender Representation in Majoritarian Bargaining" |
| Friday, March 31 | 15:00 - 16:00 | UCD Economics Seminar with Marta Serra-Garcia (University of California San Diego) |
| Wednesday, April 19 | 13:00 - 14:00 | BSP Seminar with Carolyn Heinrich (Vanderbilt University) |
| Friday, April 28 | 13:00 - 14:00 | UCD Economics Seminar with Ernesto Reuben (New York University Abu Dhabi) |
| Tuesday, May 30 | 13:00 - 14:00 | Geary & Behavioural Science and Policy Seminar with Alex Galassi (New South Wales Behavioural Insights Unit, BIU) on "Sludge reduction: from research to application to improve the customer experience" |
| Monday and Tuesday, June 5/6 | Monday 12pm to Tuesday 5pm | Workshop on “Behavioural Public Policy and Participatory Governance” |
Autumn Events 2022
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, September 02 | 15:00-16:00 | BSP Seminar with David Comerford (University of Stirling) |
| Wednesday, September 21 | 16:00 - 17:00 | BSP Get together |
| Wednesday, September 28 | 13:00 - 14:00 | BSP Seminar with Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri |
| Friday, September 30 | 15:00 - 16:00 | UCD Economics Seminar with Friederike Mengel (University of Essex) |
| Friday, October 07 | 09:15 - 14:30 | Symposium on “Behaviour Change and the Future of Work” |
| Wednesday, October 26 | 13:00 - 17:00 | "Workshop on “Behavioural Science and Sustainable Food Consumption” |
| Friday, October 28 | 15:00 - 16:00 | UCD Economics Seminar with Håkan Holm (Lund University) |
| Friday, November 04 | 15:00 - 16:00 | UCD Economics Seminar with Leonie Gerhards (King's College London) |
| Friday, November 11 | 15:00 - 16:00 | UCD Economics Seminar with Andy Brownback (University of Arkansas) |
| Wednesday, November 23 | 13:00 - 14:00 | BSP Seminar with Natalia Montinari (University of Bologna) in the Economics Seminar Room D201 |
| Wednesday, November 30 | 15:00 - 16:00 | BSP Seminar with Daire McCoy (SEAI) on the Richview Campus in Studio 1 (first floor) of the Planning & Environmental Policy Building |
| Friday, December 02 | 15:00 - 16:00 | UCD Economics Seminar with Leonardo Bursztyn (University of Chicago) |
| Friday, December 16 | 09:00 - 17:00 | 15th Annual Economics and Psychology Conference (December 16, 2022) at the Technological University Dublin |
Spring Events 2022
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, February 2 | 13:00 - 14:00 | David Comerford (Stirling) on "A field experiment to promote breastfeeding adherence" |
| Wednesday, February 9 | 13:00 - 14:00 | Shane Timmons (ESRI) on "Encouraging saving for financial shocks" |
| Wednesday, February 16 | 13:00 - 14:00 | Simon McCabe (Stirling) on "Does signage encouraging people to take pride in the local area reduce littering?" |
| Friday, February 18 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Economics seminar with Angela Sutan (Burgundy School of Business) |
| Wednesday, February 23 | 13:00 - 14:00 | Sanchayan Banerjee (LSE) on "Can reflection on nudges promote climate citizenship? Evidence from a large online experiment in the UK" |
| Friday, February 25 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Economics seminar with Miquel Miquel Pellicer (University of Marburg) |
| Wednesday, March 2 | 13:00 - 14:00 | Lea Barbett (Hagen) on "What about nature? A Systematic Approach to pro-nature conservation behaviours" |
| Wednesday, March 23 | 13:00 - 14:00 | Juliane Hennecke (Magdeburg) on "Do you really want to share everything? – The Wellbeing of Work-Linked Couples" |
| Wednesday, March 30 | 13:00 - 14:00 | Kieran Mohr (ESRI) on "An online diagnostic study of knowledge and attitudes about household waste management in Ireland" |
| Friday, April 01 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Economics seminar with Eva Raiber (University of Aix-Marseille) |
| Wednesday, April 6, 2022 | 13:00 - 14:00 | Marianna Baggio and Ginevra Marandola from the European Commission's Competence Centre on Behavioural Insights on "Employee's reaction to gender pay transparency: an online experiment" |
| Wednesday, April 13, 2022 | 13:00 - 14:00 | Suhas Vijayakumar (UCD) on "The Solitary Creator: How Solitude Helps Essence Retention and Increases Demand for a Creator’s Product” " |
| Friday, April 22 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Economics seminar with Leonardo Bursztyn (University of Chicago) |
| Thursday, June 16 | Whole day | Workshop of Online Social Influence (Keynote by Chris Roth) |
Autumn Events 2021
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, October 1 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Economics Seminar with Dr Willemien Kets, Oxford on "Organizational design: Culture and Incentives" |
| Wednesday, October 6 | 14:00 - 15:00 | BSP Seminar with Dr Claes Ek, Gothenburg on "Norm-based feedback on household waste: Large-scale field experiments in two Swedish municipalities" (with Magnus Soederberg) |
| Friday, October 15 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Economics Seminar with Dr Lingqing Jiang, Essex |
| Wednesday, October 20 | 14:00 - 15:00 | BSP Seminar with Dr Margaret Samahita, UCD on "The Unintended Side Effects of Charity Regulation: Donors Penalize Administrative Burden Almost as Much as Overheads" |
| Wednesday, October 27 | 14:00 - 15:00 | BSP Seminar with Dr Emma Howard, TU Dublin on "Risk perception and vaccination nudges in the context of Covid 19" |
| Friday, November 5 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Economics Seminar with Dr Johanna Mollerstrom, George Mason University |
| Thu & Fri, November 5-6 | 14:00 - 17:30 on both days | BSP Workshop on Environment, Well-being, and Behaviour with LSE. More details here |
| Wednesday, November 10 | 14:00 - 15:00 | BSP/ENVPOL Seminar with Prof. Astrid Dannenberg, University of Kassel |
| Friday, November 12 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Economics Seminar with Dr Seda Ertaç, Koc University |
| Wednesday, November 17 | 14:00 - 15:00 | BSP/ENVPOL Seminar with Dr Ewa Zawojska, University of Warsaw |
| Wednesday, November 24 | 14:00 - 15:00 | BSP/ENVPOL Seminar with Dr Olga Poluektova, ESRI |
| Friday, December 3 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Economics Seminar with Dr Lenka Fiala, Nova School of Business and Economics |
| Tuesday, December 14 | 12:00 - 15:00 | 14th Annual Economics and Psychology Conference (December 14, 2021). |
Spring Events 2021
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, January 20 | 14:00 - 15:00 | BSP Seminar with Dr Jet Sanders (LSE) and Liam Delaney (LSE) on "Media representation of behavioural science in the UK during the pandemic" |
| Friday, January 29 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Economics Seminar with Dr Christina Rott (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) |
| Wednesday, February 03 | 14:00 - 15:00 | BSP Seminar with Dr Kate Laffan (UCD) on "The greenest of green: Do Irish consumers prefer homegrown renewable electricity?" (co-organised with UCD Environmental Policy) |
| Wednesday, February 10 | 14:00 - 15:00 | BSP Seminar with Dr Taha Yasseri (UCD) |
| Friday, February 19 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Economics Seminar with Dr Siri Isaksson (Norwegian School of Economics) |
| Wednesday, February 24 | 14:00 - 15:00 | BSP Seminar with Dr Pete Lunn (ESRI) on "Vaccines and Behaviour: Studies of our best Covid-19 defences" |
| Wednesday, March 03 | 14:00 - 17:00 | BSP Workshop on "The role of mental health in public policy design" |
| Wednesday, March 24 | 14:00 - 15:00 | BSP Seminar with Dr Ganga Shreedhar (LSE) (co-organised with UCD Environmental Policy) |
| Friday, March 26 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Economics Seminar with Prof. Markus Reisinger (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management) |
| Wednesday, March 31 | 14:00 - 15:00 | BSP Seminar with Dr Christian Krekel (LSE) on "Volunteering Improves Wellbeing: Evidence from a Nationwide Micro-Volunteering Programme" |
| Wednesday, April 07 | 14:00 - 15:00 | BSP Seminar with Dr Till Stowasser (Stirling) on "Charmers vs Rounders: Rent price discontinuities in the German housing market" |
| Wednesday, April 14 | 14:00 - 15:00 | BSP Seminar with Prof. Tobias Börger (HWR Berlin) on "The value of blue-space recreation and perceived water quality across Europe: A contingent behaviour study" (co-organised with UCD Environmental Policy) |
| Wednesday, April 21 | 14:00 - 15:00 | BSP Seminar with Ivan Petrov (UCD) on "Paying More for Less in Energy Efficient Rental Properties" (co-organised with UCD Environmental Policy) |
| Friday, April 23 | 16:00 - 17:00 | Economics Seminar with Dr Luba Petersen (Simon Fraser University) |
Autumn Events 2020 (September to December)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, September 23 | 14:00 - 16:00 | Behavioural Science Workshop on Sludge (link) |
| Friday, October 02 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Behavioral/Experimental Economics seminar organised by UCD Economics: Johannes Wohlfahrt (University of Copenhagen) on "Beliefs about the stock market and investment choices: Evidence from a field experiment" |
| Wednesday, October 07 | 14:00 - 15:00 | Presentation by Brian Monroe (UCD) on "What We Learn from Trust Games" |
| Wednesday, October 14 | 14:00 - 16:00 | Behavioural Science Workshop on Behavioural Energy Economics (link) |
| Friday, October 23 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Behavioral/Experimental Economics seminar organised by UCD Economics |
| Wednesday, October 28 | 14:00 - 15:00 | Presentation by Deirdre Robertson (ESRI) |
| Wednesday, November 04 | 14:00 - 16:00 | Behavioural Science Workshop on Economics of Self-Control |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 14:00 - 15:00 | Presentation by Margaret Samahita (UCD) |
| Wednesday, November 18 | 14:00 - 15:00 | TBC |
| Thursday, November 26 | 10:00 - 11:30 | Behavioral/Experimental Economics seminar organised by UCD Economics Emil Temnyalov, University of Technology Sydney |
| Wednesday, December 02 | 14:00 - 15:00 | Presentation by Stefan Muller (UCD) |
| Wednesday, December 09 | 14:00 - 15:00 | Presentation by Vessela Daskalova (UCD) |
| Thursday, December 10 | 13:00 - 17:00 | 2020 PhD Conference in Behavioural Science and Policy |
| Friday, December 11 | 13:00 - 17:00 | 13th Annual Economics and Psychology Conference |
Autumn Events 2018 (June to December)
| Date | Time | Event | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 7th | 12pm-3pm | Geary Institute Behavioural Science and Public Policy Annual Research Workshop. Keynote: Professor Wilhelm Hofmann | Eventbrite |
| September 26th | 2pm | Michael Daly (UCD and Stirling) "Self-Control and Health: Public Policy Implications" | |
| October 3rd | 2pm | Karl Purcell (SEAI): "Applying Behavioural Economics to Encourage Sustainable Energy Behaviours” | |
| October 10th | 2pm | Shane Timmons (ESRI): "Behavioural Economics and Policy" | |
| October 17th | 2pm | Áine Regan (Teagasc): "Behavioural Science to support the Agri-Food Sector." | |
| October 24th | 2pm | Clare Delargy (Behavioural Insights Team): "Using Behavioural Insights to Increase Social Capital" | |
| October 31st | Free Week | ||
| November 8th | 2pm | Behavioural Seminar: Doris Laepple (NUIG): Behavioural Experiments in Agricultural Economics | |
| November 14th | Free Week | ||
| November 16th | 12pm-3pm | Workshop on Behavioural Science, Environment, and Well-being | Contact leonhard.lades@ucd.ie |
| November 21st | 2pm | Laura Smart (FCA) "Behavioural Economics and Financial Regulation" | Eventbrite |
| November 29th | 9am-5pm | Annual European Behavioural Science PhD Conference | Eventbrite |
| November 30th | 9am-5pm | 11th Annual Economics and Psychology Conference Conference in Dublin jointly organised by researchers in ESRI and UCD. Keynote: Professor Wändi Bruine de Bruin | Eventbrite |
| December 3rd | 12.30pm - 2pm | Professor Nicola Lacetera "Paying for Kidneys? A Randomized Survey and Choice Experiment" | Eventbrite |
Spring Events 2018 (January to June)
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 24th | Anamaria Vrabie (The New School): “Behavioural Economics and Urban Design”. |
| January 31st | Cliona Kelly (UCD) “Behavioural Law and Economics”. |
| February 7th | Derville Rowland, Director General, Financial Conduct at the Central Bank. |
| February 14th | Aisling Ní Chonaire: Lead Research Advisor, Behavioural Insights Team. |
| February 21st | Faisal Naru (OECD): “Behavioural Economics and Public Policy”. |
| February 28th | Doris Laepple (NUIG): “Behavioural Experiments in Agricultural Economics”. |
| March 7th | Cal Muckley (UCD): “National culture and banking operational risk”. |
| April 4th | Ben Elsner (UCD/IZA): “Rank and Peer Effects in Education”. |
| April 11th | Paul Adams: “Behavioural Economics at the Financial Conduct Authority”. |
| April 18th | Deirdre Robertson (ESRI): “Behavioural Economics and Regulation”. |
| June 5th | Andrew Oswald (University of Warwick): “The mid-life crisis in Humans and other animals”. |
Events 2017
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 8th | Launch of UCD Geary Institute Behavioural Science and Policy Group. Keynote Professor Peter John. |
| September 15th | UCD/Stirling Workshop on Self-Control and Public Policy |
| September 27th | Simon Rafferty (EPA) “Behavioural Economics and Environmental Policy” and Patricia Harris (HSA): “Reducing Work Accidents in Ireland” |
| October 4th | Clare Delargy (BIT): “Behavioural Insights Team and Public Policy”. |
| October 11th | Aine Lyng and Ronan Murphy (NCCP): “Cancer Prevention” |
| October 13th | Professor Glenn Harrisson: “Behavioural Welfare Economics”. |
| October 18th | Cathal Fitzgerald (DETI): “Brexit and Firm Decision Making; Behavioural Economics of Innovation”. |
| October 18th | Professor Till Grune-Yanoff: “Nudging and Boosting: Steering or Empowering Good Decisions” |
| October 25th | Till Weber (Nottingham): “Experimental Methods and Behavioural Economics”. |
| November 1st | Leonhard Lades (UCD and EnvEcon): “Naturalistic Monitoring of Human Preferences and Behaviour”. |
| November 8th | Michael Daly (UCD and Stirling): “Self-control and Health”. |
| November 10th | Professor Cass Sunstein (Harvard) |
| November 15th | Orla Doyle (UCD): “Behavioural Economics and Early Childhood Intervention”. |
| November 22nd | Kenneth Devine (Central Bank of Ireland): “Behavioural Economics and Financial Decision Making”. |
| November 29th | Keith Walsh (Revenue): “Behavioural Economics and Tax Administration”. |
| November 30th | Annual PhD Conference in Behavioural Science |
| December 1st | 10th Annual Conference on Economics and Psychology |