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The Stirling Behavioural Science Centre will host eight Behavioural Science Workshops in 2014/16, funded by the Economic and Social Research CouncilContext & Aims: The purpose of this workshop series is to bring together economics and psychology researchers in key areas...

Below is our list of Autumn events in behavioural science at Stirling. It will evolve over the summer. As always, suggestions for collaboration across and outside the campus are welcome. September 2016 Wednesday September 21st 4pm: Behavioural Science Seminar Thursday September 22nd and Friday September 23rd: Workshop on Behavioural...

The Behavioural Insights Team released a report recently on "Applying behavioural insights to regulated markets". Details below. Readers of the blog and current/former students here should find this very useful."This report is structured as follows:Section 1 sets out the traditional justification for regulatory design, and makes the case to redefine...

The website behaviouraleconomics.com has added a new section where employers and candidates can submit jobs and CVs. It has just launched so it's a little threadbare but the framework looks go...

Post Details4 PhD Studentships in Economics and/or Behavioural Science at Stirling Management School Full-Time with Start Date on October 1st 2016 (with some flexibility)Closing date: 5pm on 8th July 2016Salary: EU Fees plus £14,000 per annumThe PostDescription of DutiesProject 1:  Understanding career inequality in Scotland and the UK This...

BSC member Simon McCabe explores the role of mortality concerns.This research examines how death reminders impact the valuation of objects of various ages. Building from the existence bias, the longer-is-better effect posits that which exists is good and that which has existed for longer is better. Integrating terror management theory, it was reasoned...