September 2023 - BehSci - University of Stirling Mailing Lists

Stirling workshop on "Behavioural Science and Digital Markets Regulation" – 20 October 2023
by Till Stowasser 18 Oct '23

18 Oct '23

Dear colleagues, [Sorry for cross-posting] I am extremely pleased to announce that the Behavioural Science Centre is hosting a one-day workshop on "Behavioural Science and Digital Markets Regulation” on Friday, 20 October 2023. The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers interested in behavioural regulatory policy and practitioners from the field (such as CMA, FCA, Ofgem, Ofcom, BIT). The list of seven speakers is book-ended by two absolute powerhouses in the field: * Fiona Scott Morton<https://som.yale.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/fiona-m-scott-morton> (Yale) serves as the Theodore Nierenberg Professor at Yale School of Management and was appointed Chief Economist of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition (but that is a story for another day). Prior to this, she served as the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics at the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division. * Amelia Fletcher CBE<https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/amelia-fletcher> (East Anglia & CMA) is a Professor of Competition Policy, Non-Executive Director of CMA, and member of the Enforcement Decision Panel at Ofgem. Her past roles include Non-Executive Director of FCA, HM Treasury-commissioned Digital Competition Expert Panel Chief Economist, and Senior Director at the Office of Fair Trading. She was appointed OBE (in 2014) and CBE (in 2020) for her services to economic policy and the economy. The lineup is complemented by five further speakers who are leading experts in their fields: * Pete Lunn<https://www.esri.ie/people/pete-lunn> (Founder and head of ESRI’s Behavioural Research Unit & Adjunct Professor at Trinity College Dublin) * Elisabeth Costa<https://www.bi.team/people/elisabeth-costa/> (Managing Director of BIT) * Laura Smart<https://www.fca.org.uk/insight/author/laura-smart> (Senior Economist at CMA, formerly leader of the Behavioural Economics and Design Unit at FCA) * Stuart Mills<https://business.leeds.ac.uk/departments-economics/staff/1798/dr-stuart-mil…> (Leeds University & LSE Fellow) * Philip Newall<https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/philip-w-s-newall> (University of Bristol & Advisory Board Member of the Gambling Commission) We are expecting further attendants from CMA, FCA, Ofgem, and Ofcom. This will be a fun event, and I hope to see many Stirling colleagues on the day as well. If you would like to attend, please sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-on-behavioural-science-and-digital-… * Admission is free, and the event is catered (lunch; tea and coffee; drinks and snacks) * Location: Cottrell Building (Court Room) Should you have any questions, please get in touch with me (till.stowasser(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:till.stowasser@stir.ac.uk>) Oh, and feel free to circulate this email in your network as you see fit. Thank you and best wishes, Till ____________________________________ ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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new faculty hire - Professor Leo Lades
by David Comerford 26 Sep '23

26 Sep '23

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://lh6.googleusercontent.com/kxYMreHusQpZTioh4t9eKDQeDRKuAYwCHPLvyfL_h…]<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(a)stir.ac.uk> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2023 12:15 PM To: Kevin Grant <kevin.grant(a)stir.ac.uk> Cc: Sam Shand <samshand(a)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(a)cowryconsulting.com> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2023 12:35 PM To: David Comerford <david.comerford(a)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(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:david.comerford@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(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:david.comerford@stir.ac.uk>> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 11:51 AM To: Sam Shand <samshand(a)cowryconsulting.com<mailto:samshand@cowryconsulting.com>> Cc: Jez Groom <jezgroom(a)cowryconsulting.com<mailto:jezgroom@cowryconsulting.com>>; Sarah Murray <sarahmurray(a)cowryconsulting.com<mailto:sarahmurray@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(a)cowryconsulting.com<mailto:samshand@cowryconsulting.com>> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2023 3:55 PM To: David Comerford <david.comerford(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:david.comerford@stir.ac.uk>> Cc: Jez Groom <jezgroom(a)cowryconsulting.com<mailto:jezgroom@cowryconsulting.com>>; Sarah Murray <sarahmurray(a)cowryconsulting.com<mailto:sarahmurray@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 sender or the content. ________________________________ 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?reso…>. Have a super weekend when it comes. Best wishes, Sam -- [https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/qnPje0dhS-Z_4HBGXplIYnY8PDMHvXPdUhOOqAVHH…] Sam Shand. Senior Behavioural Architect [https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/DV4ZyIoeG1q9LVV2dMMbMUL1EbfezLy9m3kTEBAHw… 79254 77392<tel:+44+79254+77392> [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Lz_fEqKgOZsfvjexYA87vw5OOG1pFPEvApgMM2pB2…<http://www.cowryconsulting.com/> [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/VA93fEdqqDueqCYdqlPF79hFtdqB4VJrtFj7nV7OG… Work, 3 Waterhouse Square, 138 Holborn, London, EC1N 2SW [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/06RAEKhhwZWH3J8-iy-q9mMApShObTcclKlD8tYR0…] 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(a)cowryconsulting.com<mailto:theteam@cowryconsulting.com>. ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159 -- [https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/qnPje0dhS-Z_4HBGXplIYnY8PDMHvXPdUhOOqAVHH…] Sam Shand. Senior Behavioural Architect [https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/DV4ZyIoeG1q9LVV2dMMbMUL1EbfezLy9m3kTEBAHw… 79254 77392<tel:+44+79254+77392> [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Lz_fEqKgOZsfvjexYA87vw5OOG1pFPEvApgMM2pB2…<http://www.cowryconsulting.com/> [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/VA93fEdqqDueqCYdqlPF79hFtdqB4VJrtFj7nV7OG… Work, 3 Waterhouse Square, 138 Holborn, London, EC1N 2SW [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/06RAEKhhwZWH3J8-iy-q9mMApShObTcclKlD8tYR0…] 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(a)cowryconsulting.com<mailto:theteam@cowryconsulting.com>. ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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last day to sign up for Thursday's Behavioural Science reunion at the Court Room
by David Comerford 12 Sep '23

12 Sep '23

Sign up link below - one appetizing detail, Liam Delaney has been in touch and he is putting together a really nice talk on the past, present and future of behavioural science. The past piece pays particular attention to Stirling's history in behavioural science and is turning up some fascinating tidbits demonstrating an outsize influence of our university on the field: Stirling Behavioural Science Centre Reunion Tickets, Thu 14 Sep 2023 at 10:00 | Eventbrite<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stirling-behavioural-science-centre-reunion-…> Prof. David Comerford Economics Division Centre Director, Behavioural Science Program Director, MSc Behavioural Science Our centre website: https://behsci.stir.ac.uk/ Recent publications: Bridger, E. K., Tufte‐Hewett, A., & Comerford, D. A. (2023). Dispositional and situational attributions for why the rich live longer than the poor. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. Comerford, D. A. (2023). Response Bias in Survey Measures of Expectations: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Expectations’ Inflation Module. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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Just over a week to the Behavioural Science Centre reunion
by David Comerford 06 Sep '23

06 Sep '23

Hi all, A reminder that next Thursday in the Court room we have a reunion of our Behavioural Science Centre. Schedule: 10.00 - 11.30: Welcome and poster session (we want all attendees to bring an A3 poster that describes an aspect of their work or a topic that interests them. This will !) 11.30 - 12.00: Michael Daly<https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/michael-daly> (Founder director MSc Behavioural Science) 12.00 - 12.30: Fionnuala O'Reilly (BIT) lunch 1.30 - 2.00: Bernardo Nunes (Workera) - Machine Learning and Human Learning 2.00 - 2.30: Shona Matthews (Chartered Banker) - The Added Value of Behavioural Science 2.30 - 3.00: Panel discussion on employment paths in behavioural econ 3 - 4: walk around the loch 4 - 5: Liam Delaney<https://www.lse.ac.uk/PBS/People/Professor-Liam-Delaney> (Founder director, Stirling Behavioural Science Centre) Dinner ca. 9pm - join us for a social night! As a means of facilitating sorting and matching, please bring along an up to A3 sized poster related to your work / interests! The sign up is here: Stirling Behavioural Science Centre Reunion Tickets, Thu 14 Sep 2023 at 10:00 | Eventbrite<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stirling-behavioural-science-centre-reunion-…> Best wishes, Dave Prof. David Comerford Economics Division Centre Director, Behavioural Science Program Director, MSc Behavioural Science Our centre website: https://behsci.stir.ac.uk/ Recent publications: Bridger, E. K., Tufte‐Hewett, A., & Comerford, D. A. (2023). Dispositional and situational attributions for why the rich live longer than the poor. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. Comerford, D. A. (2023). Response Bias in Survey Measures of Expectations: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Expectations’ Inflation Module. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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