Hi all,
Hopefully you all remember Francesca, a PhD student from the University of Tuscia, Viterbo (north of Rome), who visited the Division last September and October. She is returning to the School for the whole month of May. She will most likely be based in Room 3B76, and I encourage you to come by and say hello. We will also organise a small social event while she is here.
During her research visit, she will present a policy paper titled “How to fill the socioeconomic gap of marginal areas: the case of LAG Alto Lazio” on Tuesday 13 May at 2 PM (room TBC).
This work builds on qualitative research and intersects with sustainability and environmental issues.
I will be extending the invitation to colleagues, including PhD students from the Management School, Social Science, and Environmental Science, so fingers crossed for a good turnout. I will try to organise a coffee after the talk, which will be a nice opportunity to connect with other PhD students working in related areas.
I hope you will be able to attend. I will confirm the room and send a calendar invite shortly, but please do save the date for now. I encourage you to come in person if possible, but I will also set up a Microsoft Teams link for those who prefer to join remotely.
Best wishes,
Mirko
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Hi all,
There is a potentially interesting workshop on qualitative methods in consumer research at Stirling on May 22. The link is below. I signed up.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iv-symposium-of-current-trends-in-consumer-r…
All the best,
Leo
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Hi all,
Just a quick life sign from me. I’ve been slow to reply to e-mails because I am travelling. I have now arrived in the US and will pick up work/e-mails again. So if I have ignored your message – sorry for that and I will get back to you this week. Apologies if this happens at odd times. I am in a different time zone.
Best,
Till
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Hi all,
For tomorrow, shall we meet on the bridge at 1:15 pm (the bridge that takes you over to the student accommodation)? I'll have my dog with me.
I couldn't book a table at Meadowpark. They're only taking walk-ins because of some big bookings, but the girl said we should be fine if we get there before 6 pm. Hopefully, it is okay, but I am happy to change plans if folks think that would be better.
Looking forward to tomorrow, and the weather looks great 🙂
Jayne Brown
PhD Student
Stirling Management School
University of Stirling
Stirling
FK9 4LA
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Details of an interesting talk on behavioural science and replication. Andrew Gelman is one of the speakers too:
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Subject: [Jdm-society] Invitation to “Philosophy Meets Behavioral Science” Zoom talk series | Next talk on EXPERIMENTS, CAUSAL INFERENCE, AND LIMITS OF EVIDENCE | Apr 25, 2025
Date: 8 April 2025 at 17:30:51 BST
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The Center for Empirical Philosophy and Behavioral Insights (CEPBI) is comprised of a group of researchers interested in the intersection of philosophy and behavioral science. More information can be found at http://www.cepbi.org/
We invite you to explore this intersection at our second 2025 online tandem talk titled EXPERIMENTS, CAUSAL INFERENCE, AND LIMITS OF EVIDENCE with philosopher Nancy Cartwright (Durham University, UC San Diego),
statistician Andrew Gelman (Columbia University), and
behavioral scientist Berna Devezer (University of Idaho).
The online talk will take place on April 25 from 10:00 to 11:30 AM ET.
About the talk:
In recent years, evidence from the behavioral sciences has come under intense scrutiny due to methodological concerns, particularly issues related to replicability. In this talk, we will explore the foundations and underlying causes of this criticism, challenge the uniformitarian assumptions often applied to behavioral evidence, and examine the limitations of experiments that seek to elicit law-like patterns in human behavior. We invite you to engage in a critical analysis of how knowledge is produced in disciplines that study humans both as subjects and as objects of the scientific process.
About the speakers:
Nancy investigates how scientific findings can meaningfully inform real-world decisions by centering her work on the methodology of the social sciences. She is interested in objectivity, causal inference, and the conditions under which evidence becomes actionable in fields like education, child protection, and international development.
Andrew examines how we use data to understand the world, with research spanning voter behavior, policy evaluation, toxicology, survey methods, and the interpretation of statistical effects. He is especially interested in the limits of inference and the practical challenges of applying statistical models to complex social questions.
Berna’s work focuses on reproducibility, statistical theory, and the modeling of scientific processes. Drawing from behavioral research and computational modeling, she explores how experimental design and research context shape the reliability and validity of empirical findings.
You can join by Zoom on April 25th here:
https://lmu-munich.zoom-x.de/j/65365292241?pwd=B9eJ4msJ9Epd704CvTawasuRrEjb…https://lmu-munich.zoom-x.de/j/65365292241?pwd=B9eJ4msJ9Epd704CvTawasuRrEjb…
We are hoping to see you all soon.
Best regards,
Cait Lamberton and Martin P. Fritze
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Hi all,
So, it looks like April 9th suits folks for hiking up Dumyat! The plan is to head off around 1.30pm (we had an AI lab session scheduled for this day, but I believe we are just rescheduling it).
1.
Jayne
2.
Liz Barker
3.
Gabe
4.
Leo
5.
Till
6.
Jasmine
7.
Stewart
8.
Liz Barnes
Unless stated otherwise, I'll assume everyone is coming to Meadow Park afterwards for food. I will arrange a table. If you won't make it to Meadow Park let me know by the end of this week.
Looking forward to it!
Best,
Jayne
Jayne Brown
PhD Student
Stirling Management School
University of Stirling
Stirling
FK9 4LA
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In case you have not seen this set of free global behavioural science talks next week
https://www.unbesciweek2025.org/
UN BeSci Week 2025 | United Nations<https://www.unbesciweek2025.org/>
The 2025 UN Behavioural Science (BeSci) Week is taking place from April 7th–11th! Coordinated by the UN Behavioural Science Group, this year’s event will bring together colleagues from 46 UN Entities in 15 virtual events.
www.unbesciweek2025.org
All the best,
Leo
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Hi all,
Here is a potentially interesting talk. I will try to make it for the first 30minutes.
All the best,
Leo
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From: Philip Ebert <p.a.ebert(a)stir.ac.uk>
Sent: 31 March 2025 13:55
To: Leonhard Lades <l.k.lades(a)stir.ac.uk>; David Comerford <david.comerford(a)stir.ac.uk>; Gozde Ozakinci <gozde.ozakinci(a)stir.ac.uk>
Subject: FW: VSS 3 April Hayden Wilkinson (Oxford) 3:15 P.C22
Hi there
We have a talk on Thursday in our visiting speaker seminar that might be interesting to Beh Econ staff and PhD’s in case you want to pass this on. The talk will be in Pathfoot.
Best
Philip
From: Ten-Herng Lai <ten-herng.lai(a)stir.ac.uk>
Date: Monday, 31 March 2025 at 09:21
To: Stirling Philosophy Emeritus Staff <StirlingPhilosophyEmeritusStaff(a)stir.ac.uk>, Stirling Philosophy Staff <StirlingPhilosophyStaff(a)stir.ac.uk>, stirlingphilsoc(a)gmail.com <stirlingphilsoc(a)gmail.com>, pgpafs(a)st-andrews.ac.uk <pgpafs(a)st-andrews.ac.uk>
Subject: VSS 3 April Hayden Wilkinson (Oxford) 3:15 P.C22
Hi all,
Our VSS this Thursday will be
Date: 3 April
Location: Pathfoot C22
Time: 3:15 pm
(Please note that we are aiming to have the refreshments arrive 3:00 so that we can informally gather before the talk begins)
Speaker: Hayden Wilkinson (Oxford)
Title: Regret aversion: A new consideration for rational choice
Abstract:
In this paper, I discuss preferences over gambles that seem intuitive, and that many real-world agents seem to hold, but that deviate from orthodox normative decision theory. These preferences even deviate from the various less orthodox decision theories designed to accommodate risk aversion. This is because such preferences exhibit not risk aversion, but instead regret aversion: a preference for one’s chosen option to be more likely to turn out better (or perhaps a lot better) than the alternatives. Is regret aversion rational? Plausibly, yes. Beyond mere intuitions about cases, I offer two further motivations for regret aversion being rational. The first is that it is needed to reflect at least some concern for doing what is objectively best, and it is plausible that such a concern is rational, especially in moral decision-making. The second motivation is that regret aversion correctly diagnoses and treats what’s wrong with the so-called ‘fanatical’ verdicts that orthodox decision theory gives us in cases of extremely low probabilities and extremely high stakes. But there are also reasons to think regret aversion irrational: it leads to violations of several widely-held and seemingly plausible principles of rationality. Perhaps these violations constitute a decisive objection to regret aversion. Or, if not, perhaps regret aversion constitutes a decisive objection to all normative decision theories so far proposed.
Bio:
Hayden is a Research Fellow at the Global Priorities Institute at the University of Oxford, as well as a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College. Prior to Oxford, he earned his PhD from the Australian National University and held a visiting fellowship at Princeton University as a Fulbright Scholar. His research addresses a variety of questions that arise in high-stakes moral decision-making, particularly those that fall within decision theory, normative ethics, and applied ethics. His recent work has appeared in journals such as Ethics, the Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy & Public Affairs, and Noûs.
Zoom link for online participation: https://stir-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98191793530?pwd=vluwk1X1iJoanRDkqtLnbvIcZCNL1J…
Please join us for drinks and dinner at the Meadowlark after the talk.
Regards,
Ten
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Dear BehSci PhD Lab,
Greetings from Munich.
Here is what’s on this week in Stirling.
Wednesday: BehSci PhD Lab
* Time: 14:00–15:30
* A number of demonstrations
* Liz Barker: Website
* Jasmine and Kevin: TeX/Overleaf & Academic CV
* Gabe: Miro
* On campus option: 2B129 (Cottrell)
* Online option: MSTeams Link – PhD Lab<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:8QjhAG78wXYGugtvgAljYXfvfBviIG…>
*
Meeting ID: 344 770 354 412
Passcode: yD6BN9Gr
Thursday: Economics Seminar
* Time: 12:30–14:00
* TBC
* On campus option: 3_04 (Campus Central)
* Online option: MSTeams Link – Economics Seminar<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_YmRiYzJmMTAtMzM3ZC00ZT…>
As always, here is our agenda document<https://stir-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/r/personal/ts31_stir_ac_uk/Documents/3%2…>.
Best,
Till
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Dr. Till Stowasser
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)
Faculty Chief Examiner for Stirling Business School
Chief Examiner for Economics
Lead of Behavioural Science PhD Lab
University of Stirling
Stirling FK9 4LA
United Kingdom
till.stowasser(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:till.stowasser@stir.ac.uk>
till.stowasser.net<http://till.stowasser.net/>
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