[Behsci] new faculty hire - Professor Leo Lades

Tue Sep 26 14:36:43 BST 2023

Hi all,

Just a quick note to say that I am very much looking forward to working
with you all and am extremely excited about the upcoming years!

All the best and talk soon,
Leo

On Tue, 26 Sept 2023 at 14:26, David Comerford <david.comerford at stir.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am delighted to announce that Leonhard Lades is officially joining
> Stirling economics division as Professor of Behavioural and Environmental
> Economics. Leo will join the faculty in the Spring semester.
>
> Many of you will know Leo as a former colleague here at Stirling and as
> someone who has reliably and regularly contributed to behavioural science
> at Steven after he had left.
>
> Below is a link to Leo's website, which details some of his excellent
> contributions, including a state-of-the-art framework for considering the
> ethics of behavioural science interventions and, more recently, pioneering
> work that takes a behavioural lens to the environment and to administrative
> burden Leonhard K. Lades (google.com)
> <https://sites.google.com/site/leonhardklades/>
>
> It is a very exciting moment for the Economics division and for the
> Behavioural Science Centre to be welcoming someone of Leo's vision!
>
>
> <https://sites.google.com/site/leonhardklades/>
> Leonhard K. Lades <https://sites.google.com/site/leonhardklades/>
> Dr Leonhard K. Lades Assistant Professor (with tenure) in Environmental
> Policy, University College Dublin Academic Lead of the UCD Behavioural
> Science & Policy Group Honorary Treasurer of the International Association
> for Research in Economic Psychology (IAREP) Program Director of the UCD MSc
> sites.google.com
> **
>
>
>
> Prof. David Comerford,
> Director MSc Behavioural Science,
> Economics Division
> Stirling Management School
> FK9 4LA
> Scotland
>
> Recent Papers:
> Public preferences to trade-off gains in total health for health equality:
> Discrepancies between an abstract scenario versus the real-world scenario
> presented by COVID-19 - David A Comerford, Angela Tufte-Hewett, Emma K
> Bridger, 2023 (sagepub.com)
> <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10434631231193599>
>
> <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00355-021-01352-9>
> Response Bias in Survey Measures of Expectations: Evidence from the Survey
> of Consumer Expectations’ Inflation Module - Comerford - Journal of Money,
> Credit and Banking - Wiley Online Library
> <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jmcb.13003>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* David Comerford <david.comerford at stir.ac.uk>
> *Sent:* Monday, September 25, 2023 12:15 PM
> *To:* Kevin Grant <kevin.grant at stir.ac.uk>
> *Cc:* Sam Shand <samshand at cowryconsulting.com>
> *Subject:* Honorary lecturer
>
> Hi Kevin and Sam,
>
> I introduce you to one another - Kevin, Sam is the graduate from our MSc
> who I nominate as an honorary lecturer. Here is the justification that the
> board is seeking - let me know if there is anything I can help with:
>
> Sam Shand is partnering with Prof David Comerford around the delivery of
> the MSc Behavioural Science. Sam is representing Cowry Consulting, one of
> the UK's foremost behavioural science consulting agencies. Cowry works
> predominantly with organisations in the financial services (e.g. Tesco
> Bank), retail (Ocado), public (Reducing Reoffending Partnership) and third
> (Dog’s Trust) sectors.
>
> Cowry have developed a program to partner with academic institutions that
> offer programs in behavioural economics and behavioural science. So far
> they have partnered The University of Manchester, City University of
> London, Keele University, and Kingston University London.
>
> The goal of the partnership is that our MSc students gain insights from
> someone working at the coalface of applied behavioural science; who knows
> about what clients demand and the challenges of applying behavioural
> science in organisations; and who has a sense of the market demand for
> behavioural science and up-coming areas in the industry.
>
> An added benefit is that the partnership means that two of our MSc
> students will automatically be offered places on Cowry’s competitive Summer
> School. In addition, we will have the opportunity to nominate one of our
> students to receive a two-week period of work experience with Cowry.
>
> The benefit for Cowry from this is that they will have a direct pipeline
> of well-trained behavioural scientists whom they can directly recruit to
> their graduate scheme. One key intention of the partnership with Stirling
> is to broaden this pipeline outside of London.
>
> Sam Shand and Course Director David Comerford have worked out a model
> where Sam will deliver 4 guest lectures on applied behavioural science over
> the course of the academic year. Sam will also help to refine an existing
> assignment on the program - an experimental design project. Students will
> work with Sam and Prof Comerford to tailor the experiment we design so that
> it yields data that informs a live Cowry project.
>
> In addition to the above, Sam will deliver a careers talk to students
> across the university on opportunities in Behavioural Science.
>
> Moreover, Sam is exceptionally well placed to deliver on the above because
> Sam is a graduate of our MSc Behavioural Science at Stirling. At Stirling,
> Sam was jointly awarded our Research Based Learning Prize' - awarded for
> the best behavioural science dissertation and earned a distinction in his
> MSc. Prior to coming to Stirling, Sam spent the first 4 and half years of
> his career working in Organisational Change consultancy, primarily at the
> Pricewaterhouse Coopers consulting firm.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
> Prof. David Comerford,
> Director MSc Behavioural Science,
> Economics Division
> Stirling Management School
> FK9 4LA
> Scotland
>
> Recent Papers:
> Public preferences to trade-off gains in total health for health equality:
> Discrepancies between an abstract scenario versus the real-world scenario
> presented by COVID-19 - David A Comerford, Angela Tufte-Hewett, Emma K
> Bridger, 2023 (sagepub.com)
> <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10434631231193599>
>
> <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00355-021-01352-9>
> Response Bias in Survey Measures of Expectations: Evidence from the Survey
> of Consumer Expectations’ Inflation Module - Comerford - Journal of Money,
> Credit and Banking - Wiley Online Library
> <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jmcb.13003>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Sam Shand <samshand at cowryconsulting.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 21, 2023 12:35 PM
> *To:* David Comerford <david.comerford at stir.ac.uk>
> *Subject:* Re: Fw: [{WARNING: Msg Size >4 Meg; *NOT* spamchecked} score ]
> Partnership content
>
> CAUTION: This email originated from outside University of Stirling. Do not
> follow links or open attachments if you doubt the authenticity of the
> sender or the content.
> ------------------------------
>
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> Here's my CV for the nominating panel. Have a scan & let me know if
> there's any alternative angles you'd like me to bring out more.
>
> Best wishes,
> Sam
>
> On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 11:58 AM David Comerford <
> david.comerford at stir.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Sam - I'll need your cv for the nominating panel
>
> Looking forward to working with you!
> Prof. David Comerford,
> Director MSc Behavioural Science,
> Economics Division
> Stirling Management School
> FK9 4LA
> Scotland
>
> Recent Papers:
> Public preferences to trade-off gains in total health for health equality:
> Discrepancies between an abstract scenario versus the real-world scenario
> presented by COVID-19 - David A Comerford, Angela Tufte-Hewett, Emma K
> Bridger, 2023 (sagepub.com)
> <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10434631231193599>
>
> <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00355-021-01352-9>
> Response Bias in Survey Measures of Expectations: Evidence from the Survey
> of Consumer Expectations’ Inflation Module - Comerford - Journal of Money,
> Credit and Banking - Wiley Online Library
> <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jmcb.13003>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* David Comerford <david.comerford at stir.ac.uk>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 20, 2023 11:51 AM
> *To:* Sam Shand <samshand at cowryconsulting.com>
> *Cc:* Jez Groom <jezgroom at cowryconsulting.com>; Sarah Murray <
> sarahmurray at cowryconsulting.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [{WARNING: Msg Size >4 Meg; *NOT* spamchecked} score ]
> Partnership content
>
> Hi Sam,
>
> Really good to talk on Friday and to see you again.
>
> I had a meeting with our head of school and he likes this idea. I see no
> reason not to go with option 3 - Scale. I'll be in touch to work out with
> you a set of lectures that suits us all and to brainstorm about the group
> project. You might remember the experiment on antibiotic disposal that we
> did as a class in the Evidence-Based Decision Making module. I think it
> would be great if you provided us with a real-world problem and our
> students could work with me (and maybe you) to design a survey experiment
> that speaks to that problem.
>
> Kevin has to run your title past the higher ups but says there are
> precedents and as long as Cowry is not shown to be e.g. colluding with the
> Russian mafia it should go through no problem. Given that you would be
> involved in teaching / assessment the title would be "honorary lecturer".
> Has a formidable ring to it!
>
> Let me know next steps - we have induction for our incoming students on
> Monday. It seems like a good motivator to flag at the induction that the
> summer school places and work experience will be offered this summer.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
> Prof. David Comerford,
> Director MSc Behavioural Science,
> Economics Division
> Stirling Management School
> FK9 4LA
> Scotland
>
> Recent Papers:
> Public preferences to trade-off gains in total health for health equality:
> Discrepancies between an abstract scenario versus the real-world scenario
> presented by COVID-19 - David A Comerford, Angela Tufte-Hewett, Emma K
> Bridger, 2023 (sagepub.com)
> <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10434631231193599>
>
> <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00355-021-01352-9>
> Response Bias in Survey Measures of Expectations: Evidence from the Survey
> of Consumer Expectations’ Inflation Module - Comerford - Journal of Money,
> Credit and Banking - Wiley Online Library
> <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jmcb.13003>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Sam Shand <samshand at cowryconsulting.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, September 15, 2023 3:55 PM
> *To:* David Comerford <david.comerford at stir.ac.uk>
> *Cc:* Jez Groom <jezgroom at cowryconsulting.com>; Sarah Murray <
> sarahmurray at cowryconsulting.com>
> *Subject:* [{WARNING: Msg Size >4 Meg; *NOT* spamchecked} score ]
> Partnership content
>
> CAUTION: This email originated from outside University of Stirling. Do not
> follow links or open attachments if you doubt the authenticity of the
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> ------------------------------
>
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> Thanks so much for the chat today & a fantastic reunion day yesterday.
> Glad that you're excited about the possibilities of Cowry and Stirling
> partnering up!
>
> As promised, I've attached a copy of the slides and you'll be able to
> access the Cowry case study video to share with the incoming cohort of
> BeSci students at this link
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mqxM2vqtyPlWIYcMAgJnz0MznFgzIgjR/view?resourcekey>
> .
>
> Have a super weekend when it comes.
>
> Best wishes,
> Sam
>
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> Sam Shand.
>
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>
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> --
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> Sam Shand.
>
> Senior Behavioural Architect
>
> +44 79254 77392 <+44+79254+77392>
>
> www.cowryconsulting.com
>
> We Work, 3 Waterhouse Square, 138 Holborn, London, EC1N 2SW
>
> Cowry Consulting is a limited company registered in England and Wales.
>
> Registered number: 9819435. Registered office: 82 St John Street, London,
> EC1M 4JN.
>
> This email (with its attachments) is confidential to the intended
> recipient. If you are not the intended recipient please do not disclose,
> copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you received this email in
> error please accept our apologies and promptly inform us by replying to
> theteam at cowryconsulting.com.
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