DR@W People
DR@W researchers can be found in many academic departments, across the University of Warwick. Although the majority are based within the four Behaviour Spotlight departments - Economics, WBS Behavioural Science, Psychology and Statistics (links below), other collaborators are located in WBS Marketing Group, WMG and Mathematics. General enquiries about DR@W should be directed to the DR@W coordinator- John.Taylor[at]wbs.ac.uk
Dr Lukasz Walasek, Behaviour Spotlight Chair
Department of Psychology, Behavioural Science Group
This group focuses on the behavioural science central to human welfare, particularly:
- economic and consumer psychology;
- judgement and decision making;
- psychology and the law;
- health related behaviour; and
- risky and intertemporal decision making.
They use laboratory and field experiments, large longitudinal datasets, and mathematical modelling to apply the core principles of cognitive psychology to the important decisions in our everyday lives.
Department of Economics, Experimental & Behavioural Economics Group
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.
Department of Statistics
Warwick Statistics is one of the world's largest concentrations of researchers in statistics and probability.
Vicky's current research interests include: optimal stopping and optimal control problems, especially related with utility indifference pricing, and with applications to real options and corporate finance, executive stock options, and behavioural economics and finance.
Warwick Business School, Head of WBS Behavioural Science Group
Research in the WBS Behavioural Science Group includes behavioural and experimental economics, cognitive science, judgement and decision making, and the application of economic methods to social phenomena not traditionally included within economics.
Department of Psychology, Behavioural Science Group
This group focuses on the behavioural science central to human welfare, particularly:
- economic and consumer psychology;
- judgement and decision making;
- psychology and the law;
- health related behaviour; and
- risky and intertemporal decision making.
They use laboratory and field experiments, large longitudinal datasets, and mathematical modelling to apply the core principles of cognitive psychology to the important decisions in our everyday lives.