Hi all,
Sam Enright (U Edinburgh) will be giving a talk this Thursday at 12.30 in room 2b39.
Low-Hanging Fruit in Global Health: Lessons from Lead Poisoning.
Prof. David Comerford
Economics Division<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/stirling-management-school/our-resea…>, Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA.
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Recent publications:
Bridger, E. K., Tufte-Hewett, A., & Comerford, D. A. (2023). Perceived health inequalities: are the UK and US public aware of occupation-related health inequality, and do they wish to see it reduced?. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 2326.
Comerford, D. A., Tufte-Hewett, A., & Bridger, E. K. (2023). 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. Rationality and Society, 10434631231193599.
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Werner De Bondt, a pioneer of behavioural finance, is giving a series of talks at Dundee. Recommended!
Prof. David Comerford
Economics Division<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/stirling-management-school/our-resea…>, Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA.
(+44 / 0) 75-42-188-166
Director, Behavioural Science Centre<https://behsci.stir.ac.uk/>
Program Director, MSc Behavioural Science<https://www.stir.ac.uk/courses/pg-taught/behavioural-science/>
Recent publications:
Bridger, E. K., Tufte-Hewett, A., & Comerford, D. A. (2023). Perceived health inequalities: are the UK and US public aware of occupation-related health inequality, and do they wish to see it reduced?. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 2326.
Comerford, D. A., Tufte-Hewett, A., & Bridger, E. K. (2023). 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. Rationality and Society, 10434631231193599.
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Thanks, David:)
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Thanks Egor, such a shame I'll be away at a conference and so will miss this. It is a great thing that you have brought Werner to Scotland - well done!
I will circulate to colleagues
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Dear David,
Professor Werner De Bondt (DePaul University, Chicago, US) is coming to Dundee. Professor De Bondt studies the rationality and irrationality of investors, markets, and organizations. He has investigated key research questions such as the intuitive tendency of naïve investors to extrapolate past trends in stock prices and corporate earnings, market overreaction, bubbles, the excessive self-confidence of traders, and their herding instinct. Key facts:
• One of the founders of the field of behavioural finance.
• 3,357 citations of his paper in the Journal of Finance “Does the Stock Market Overreact?”. Co-author – Nobel Prize winner Richard Thaler.
• Frequent speaker to academics and investment professionals around the world.
• Numerous academic articles (among others, in the Journal of Finance, the Financial Analysts Journal, the European Economic Review, and the American Economic Review).
He will make three presentations. All in a face-to-face format. 2-4 pm. Dundee university campus. Venue to be confirmed later.
Tuesday 11 June 2024
• Driven by outliers? The size and winner-loser effects in U.S. stock returns, 1931-2021
• For academics & PhD students
Wednesday 12 June 2024
• The behavioural revolution in finance
• For early-career researchers / PhD students / graduate students
Thursday 13 June 2024
• Lecture on investments emphasizing both the strengths and weaknesses of financial decision-making
• For everybody
Please use the following link<https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=OTEyrjoJKk2Bpl0zS82QGfW…> in order to register for the sessions before 24 May. This is important for us for room booking and catering purposes.
Please let me know in case of questions.
Regards,
Egor
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Dear colleagues
See below..
And I'm so sorry to have missed the conference yesterday. due to hip pain I couldn't drive.
Sounded like a very exciting day!
Have a lovely weekend
Gozde
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Hello Gozde,
I hope you're well. I wondered if the talk below might be of interest to your colleagues at the Behavioural Science Centre at Stirling Uni?
Best wishes,
Marie
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Subject: [EGHS-sig] Lunch talk by Prof. Gerhard Reese
Dear SIG members,
We would like to invite you to the upcoming lunch talk by Prof. Gerhard Reese: "From planetary to mental health - a multilevel approach". We would be very grateful if you could share the talk in your network/ on social media (please find all the necessary info below).
All the best,
Gudrun (Sproesser), Philipp (Kadel), Julia (Koller)
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Date: Thursday, 16 May 2024, 12 PM CEST
Link: https://jku.zoom.us/j/98654797163?pwd=MjRTNEJFZ0ZwWFV6dWFNTHU3Z1dPUT09
Meeting-ID: 986 5479 7163
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Announcement text:
Global environmental change exerts strong and primarily negative effects on human societies. Their effect on human health are wide ranging, and recent research suggests that the climate crisis in particular negatively affects mental health and well-being. In this talk, I address the links between planetary and mental health, suggesting how and under which conditions mental health is both affected by environmental crises, but also how mental health can contribute to understanding mitigation and adaptation efforts. Based on a review of stable evidence (i.e., reviews, meta-analysis), I suggest a multilevel model that seeks to integrate planetary and mental health and well-being.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/Ehps4G/status/1782387755982508412
A flyer for the upcoming talk can be found at the following link: https://cloud.uni-konstanz.de/index.php/s/rCyPcPqwkzpwetC
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Dear PhD Lab,
I have had quite a few people telling me that they cannot come to campus tomorrow. I wouldn't mind an online session myself (i.e., saving me the commute and catching up with some sleep), so how about we have tomorrow’s meeting on MSTeams?
Time as usual: 11:00
Here is the link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a8QjhAG78wXYGugtvgAljYXfvfBvi…
See you tomorrow!
Till
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Dear Behavioural Science cluster,
Hopefully of interest to some of you. The Behavioural Insights Community Scotland<https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12093522/> is hosting their second Behavioural Science Meetup in Edinburgh on Tuesday, 30th of April at 6pm.
If you are interested in joining this event, please get in touch with either Liz Barker (elizabethhbarker(a)yahoo.co.uk) or Mauro Renna (mrenna.mr(a)gmail.com).
Further details below.
Best,
Till
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* Behavioural science meetup: Tuesday 30th April 6pm
* The 2nd behavioural science meet-up for behavioural scientists and related disciplines in Edinburgh and surrounding areas!
* Meet in the Green Room Wine Bar on 19-25 William Street, Edinburgh. It's a 10 min walk from Haymarket station.
* At the first meetup we had a broad mix of practitioners - healthcare, finance, UX, anthropology, sustainability, economics. For this meetup, we also have academics, data science, quantitative market research and more joining.
* Feel free to share with the invite with others!
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Big talk! - Apologies for cross posting
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From: Mirko Moro <mirko.moro(a)stir.ac.uk>
Sent: Friday, April 5, 2024 4:22:07 PM
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Subject: Fw: Daron Acemoglu lecture
Dear both,
I guess this email was intended to be sent to you!
In any case, this is a great event and we should promote it within the Division!
Mirko
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Sent: 05 April 2024 14:18
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Dear all,
Apologies for any cross-posting, but next month we have Daron Acemoglu coming to Glasgow to give the 2024 Adam Smith Distinguished Speaker lecture.
I thought that it might be of interest to some of your colleagues and students.
If you could share within your schools that would be much appreciated: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/adam-smith-distinguished-speaker-series-tick…
I trust everyone is well and hopefully catch-up soon.
Thanks,
Graeme
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College of Social Sciences
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Apologies for cross-posting.
Dear colleagues,
We are happy to announce that we will be presenting two talks at the Economics Seminar Series in April. We extend a warm welcome to our guest, Tekin Kose from HERU at the University of Aberdeen, and our newest member of the Economics Division, Rachel Scarfe. Both will be sharing their research findings in the field of applied economics. We would be delighted by your presence and support for this event.
Please respond to this invitation by 22 March and indicate whether you will be joining, including the buffet lunch, to help us plan catering requirements and to choose an appropriate venue.
When: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 12:00 PM-2:30 PM.
Where: C.2B76
12:00-13:00 – Rachel Scarfe, Economics, University of Stirling, “Long-term trends in part-time work”
Abstract: In this paper I document new stylised facts about part-time work. First, in many European countries, including the UK, there has been a substantial increase in the percentage of men working part-time since the 1990s. At the same time, the female part-time share has remained stable, or fallen slightly, so that the net effect is a slight increase in the overall part-time share. There has also been an increase in part-time work on the extensive margin; fewer people work very low hours and more work between 20 and 30 hours per week. Second, despite this increase in the quantity of part-time work, the difference in average hourly pay for part-time and full-time work has steadily decreased. In this paper I develop a model of the labour market which can explain both firms’ and workers’ preferences for part- and full-time work. In the equilibrium of the model, part- and full-time workers undertake different tasks. As a result, the model can endogenously generate earnings that are non-linear in hours worked and can explain the patterns seen in the data.
13:00-13:30 – buffet lunch
13:30-14:30 – Tekin Kose, HERU, University of Aberdeen, “Assessing Health and Wellbeing of Individuals with or without a Fibromyalgia Diagnosis: Evidence from the PACFiND Study”
Abstract: This study aims to explore determinants of health status and wellbeing of individuals who have and have not received a diagnosis of fibromyalgia. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with people who had a fibromyalgia diagnosis, who was not diagnosed but met criteria for fibromyalgia, and who had pain that is not associated with fibromyalgia. The sample is selected from participants of a previous population survey in Scotland and responses are collected through a postal questionnaire. EQ[1]5D-5L and ICECAP-A survey questions are utilized for measurement of health and wellbeing levels of participants. Generalized linear models and Quantile regressions are used for empirical analysis. Findings reveal that there are no significant differences in average health statuses and wellbeing levels of individuals who have a diagnosis of fibromyalgia and who met the criteria for fibromyalgia without a diagnosis. However, individuals with other type of pain report higher average health and wellbeing indicators compared to those with fibromyalgia related diagnosis or symptoms. Participants who are unemployed due to an illness consistently report lower health and wellbeing. Single report significantly lower wellbeing. The Glasgow effect is observed in health and wellbeing measures of this sample. Frequent hospital visits are associated with lower health and wellbeing levels. Regardless of diagnosis status, individuals with fibromyalgia symptoms display similar health-related quality of life and wellbeing levels. Having a diagnosis of fibromyalgia would not improve health and wellbeing of patients. Health services should primarily focus on improving quality of life for individuals with FM symptoms rather than achieving a quicker diagnosis.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Seda
Prof Seda Erdem
Joint Head of Economics
Member of Behavioral Science Centre
Stirling Management School
University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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Dear colleagues,
You're invited to attend our Economics Seminar Series featuring Tekin Kose from the University of Aberdeen. He'll be presenting his work on "Assessing Health and Wellbeing of Individuals with or without a Fibromyalgia Diagnosis: Evidence from the PACFiND Study".
Date: April 24th (Wednesday) Time: 12:00-13:30 Location: Room 4B96, Cottrell Building
A buffet lunch will be provided.
Please pass this invitation along to any relevant individuals who may be interested in attending.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Seda
ABSTRACT
Objective This study aims to explore determinants of health status and wellbeing of individuals who have and have not received a diagnosis of fibromyalgia.
Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted with people who had a fibromyalgia diagnosis, who was not diagnosed but met criteria for fibromyalgia, and who had pain that is not associated with fibromyalgia. The sample is selected from participants of a previous population survey in Scotland and responses are collected through a postal questionnaire. EQ5D-5L and ICECAP-A survey questions are utilized for measurement of health and wellbeing levels of participants. Generalized linear models and Quantile regressions are used for empirical analysis.
Results Findings reveal that there are no significant differences in average health statuses and wellbeing levels of individuals who have a diagnosis of fibromyalgia and who met the criteria for fibromyalgia without a diagnosis. However, individuals with other type of pain report higher average health and wellbeing indicators compared to those with fibromyalgia related diagnosis or symptoms. Participants who are unemployed due to an illness consistently report lower health and wellbeing. Single report significantly lower wellbeing. The Glasgow effect is observed in health and wellbeing measures of this sample. Frequent hospital visits are associated with lower health and wellbeing levels.
Conclusion Regardless of diagnosis status, individuals with fibromyalgia symptoms display similar health-related quality of life and wellbeing levels. Having a diagnosis of fibromyalgia would not improve health and wellbeing of patients. Health services should primarily focus on improving quality of life for individuals with FM symptoms rather than achieving a quicker diagnosis
Seda
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Dear colleagues,
The Behavioural Science Centre<http://behsci.stir.ac.uk/> at the University of Stirling Management School, the Aberdeen Centre for Research in Energy Economics and Finance<https://www.abdn.ac.uk/business/research/acreef/index.php>, and the Scottish Experimental Economics Laboratory<https://www.abdn.ac.uk/business/research/scottish-experimental-economics-la…> are delighted to announce a joint workshop on "Designing Markets for a Sustainable Future: From Experiments to Behaviour" scheduled to take place on Friday, 31 May 2024, at the University of Stirling.
The aim of the workshop is to create a platform for policymakers, academics, and industry professionals to exchange knowledge and discuss practical and academic solutions related to the design of policies -- including the role of competition policy -- and markets in addressing sustainability and environmental issues.
The keynote speakers for the event are Professor Tim Cason from Purdue University and Laura Smart from the UK Competition and Markets Authority. The agenda will feature presentations from academics from Stirling and Aberdeen, as well as a panel discussion with industry and organisation experts. The final agenda will be shared soon.
Registration is free, but the places are limited. Please register your attendance by clicking on the Eventbrite page below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/designing-markets-for-a-sustainable-future-f…
Finally, we also acknowledge the generous support of The Royal Society of Edinburgh <https://rse.org.uk/> through the RSE Saltire Research Awards.
For any queries, please get in touch with the workshop organisers, Mirko Moro, University of Stirling (mirko.moro(a)stir.ac.uk), and Frans de Vries, University of Aberdeen (frans.devries(a)abdn.ac.uk).
Best wishes,
Mirko Moro and Frans de Vries
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