Nick Chater, Professor of Behavioural Science in the Warwick Business School, writes for The Guardian:

"In times of national crisis, governments need to act, advise and inform. But they also need to tell stories that allow us, as citizens, to understand government policy and, crucially, to coordinate our individual efforts towards a common goal."

Negotiations expert Professor Abhinay Muthoo comments on the immediate priorities after the UK leaves the EU this evening:

“Brexit will happen this evening at 11pm GMT. In many ways it will be a sad moment, and many will have mixed emotions. That said, the UK now needs to focus sharply on its future, and to work out how, in this new world, it can secure prosperity for all its citizens. That is of first-order importance."

EPP Director Prof Christoph Hoerl has co-authored an article "Thinking in and about Time: A Dual Systems Perspective on Temporal Cognition" published in the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences in December 2019 (written together with Teresa McCormack from the School of Psychology at Queen's University Belfast). This is accompanied by 33 commentaries on the article written by philosophers and researchers working in comparative, developmental and cognitive psychology, as well as by a response to those commentaries by Christoph and Teresa.

We are delighted to announce that the Department Economics has been ranked top of their specialist subject table in the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020.

We are proud to announce that our new degree in Economics, Psychology and Philosophy will launch in 2020/21 and is now accepting applications.

Studying Economics, Psychology and Philosophy (EPP) offers a unique opportunity to study at the intersection of three interconnected subjects. Students will consider the cognitive and contextual factors that shape people’s decision-making, how we can help people make better decisions, and what is involved in groups of people making decisions.