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Call for Papers
Behavioural Science & Policy
21-23 April 2015
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

The Network for Integrated Behavioural Science (NIBS) is hosting an international and interdisciplinary conference on behavioural science and policy. Behavioural science is a flourishing and growing field that is offering novel and important insights into individual and social decision making. Behavioural scientists are also incorporating their insights into social and political discourse to design more effective and behaviourally informed policy solutions. This development is encouraged by governments and institutions around the world including the UK where the Behavioural Insights Team (“Nudge Unit”) is deploying ideas from behavioural science to develop and drive policy, for example, in the domains of tax collection, unemployment, organ donation, or energy consumption, or the World Bank in its 2015 Development Report in which they apply behavioural insights to development policies addressing poverty, finance, health, or climate change. This conference is aimed at bringing together scholars from different fields interested in presenting their latest research on topics at the intersection between the behavioural sciences and policy making.

NIBS is a collaborative research initiative between three of the UK’s primary centres for behavioural science research: the CeDEx group at the University of Nottingham; the CBESS group at the University of East Anglia; and the Behavioural Science groups (Warwick Business School and Psychology) at the University of Warwick. NIBS is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

The scientific program will consist of four keynote lectures and a number of contributed talks organised in parallel sessions.

Keynote Speakers:

• Colin Camerer (California Institute of Technology)
• Nick Chater (Warwick Business School)
• Catherine Eckel (Texas A&M University)
• Paul Slovic (Decision Research, University of Oregon)

Submission Procedure and Deadlines:

If you want to present your research, please submit either a full paper or an extended abstract (1-2 pages) to nibs2015@nottingham.ac.uk by January 16, 2015. We invite contributions from different disciplines such as economics and psychology using different methodologies such as laboratory experiments, field experiments, or theory. We particularly welcome contributions with an emphasis on applied and policy relevant research. Authors will receive notification of acceptance by the end of February 2015.

Conference Fee: The registration fee is £180 for staff and £100 for PhD students and will include coffee breaks, lunches, and the conference dinner.

Programme Committee: Abigail Barr, Sudeep Bhatia, Gerardo Infante, Felix Kölle, Daniel Read, Chris Starmer, Bob Sugden

Important Dates:

January 16, 2015: Deadline for submission
End of February 2015: Notification of acceptance

Logistic Information:

The conference will take place at the Sir Clive Granger Building at the School of Economics, University Park located at the University of Nottingham.

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Further logistical details will be provided once the programme is confirmed.

For any further information please visit the conference website

or contact us at nibs2015@nottingham.ac.uk

Please share this call of papers with other researchers who might have an interest in the topic.

Suzanne Robey
Administrator for NIBS<>

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