Experimental and Behavioural Economics
Experimental and Behavioural Economics
The Experimental and Behavioural Economics Research Group (EBERG) draws its membership from economists based at the Economics Department at Warwick who work in the fields of Experimental Economics, Behavioural Economics and/or Subjective Wellbeing (“Happiness Economics”). Experimental methods are used in many fields of economics, including behavioural economics, public economics, labour economics, political economy, game theory, and financial economics. Behavioural economics is an attempt to understand decision-making in the context of the many psychological, cognitive and emotional factors that influence behaviour. Behavioural economists typically build on traditional economic models with insights from psychology or neuroscience. Since behavioural economics concerns the underlying motivations for behaviour it can be hard (though not impossible) to find data to support or develop behavioural theories without the use of experimental methods which explains the close relationship between the two fields.
Experimental and behavioural research are fundamentally interdisciplinary and this is reflected in the fact that the group is linked to other similar groups across the University of Warwick and beyond. DR@W is the overarching interdisciplinary group of all behavioural scientists in Warwick which, together with EBERG, also takes members from the Behavioural Science Group at Warwick Business School and behavioural and experimental psychologists based in the Psychology Department, and hosts a weekly seminar, the DR@W Forum. Many members of EBERG are also affiliated with Bridges, an interdisciplinary centre that includes behavioural and experimental work in its remit that also hosts regular seminars and workshops. Behaviour, Brain and Society is one of the University of Warwick’s global research priorities (GRPs) and the co-ordinator of EBERG sits on the board of the GRP. Several group members are actively involved in the ESRC CAGE centre. Theme 3 of CAGE is led by the co-ordinator of EBERG and has a special focus on subjective wellbeing.
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DR@W Forum (Hybrid Session) - Andrea Isoni (WBS), Lukasz Walasek (Psychology), Daniel Sgroi (Economics)
The first DR@W Forum of 2022/23 will be an introduction to the re-launched Behaviour, Brain and Society (BBS) Global Research Priority (GRP).
The BBS GRP brings together academics from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds to foster Warwick’s research on behavioural science topics of societal interest. It includes researchers from Economics, Psychology, Warwick Business School, Warwick Medical School, the Warwick Manufacturing Group and beyond. In addition to supporting DR@W, the GRP does a lot more to raise the profile of Warwick’s behavioural science community both locally, nationally and internationally.
The GRP funds behavioural science events throughout the year including both DR@W and the SONA pool and we think that this introductory session will be of particular value to new members of research staff, including PhD students, who may be unaware of the GRP, where DR@W fits into the overall picture and the potential research funding opportunities that the GRP may offer them.
During this informal session, the GRP leads will explain how the GRP works, how you can become a “theme lead”, and what the GRP can do to support your research, including providing direct funding for experiments or other activities.
This is a great opportunity for networking across departments and a fantastic opportunity to share your views and help shape the GRP’s future.
Pizza, cake and tea and coffee will be provided in the foyer from 2.00 pm . The main session will begin at 2.30pm.