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One of our Amazing PhD Students Tristan Boedts helps to raise around £300K for Muscular Dystrophy - Oxford's 10K Race BBC News

Wed, 21 May 2025 11:22:00 GMT

Link: Student with muscular dystrophy to start Oxford's charity 10k race - BBC News

They raised around £300k.

Amazing Tristan - Super achievement and well done from the whole Behavioural Science Group!

The next DR@W Forum will take place on 15th May 2025

Fri, 09 May 2025 07:57:00 GMT

The speaker is Xiaojie Zhang (Nanyang Technological University).

Details of the talk can be found HERE

Joshua Fullard - Interview BBC Live 5 - Teacher Diversity!

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:54:00 GMT

Naga Munchetty - Sarah-Jane Mee sits in - BBC Sounds

Joshua is on after the first 30 minutes.

Neil Stewart recognised at the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize awards

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:04:00 GMT

Many congratulations to Neil Stewart, Professor in the Behavioural Science group and Pro-Dean (Research, Engagement & Impact), who was named runner-up for the Outstanding ��TV and Enterprise Impact Award at the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Celebrating Impact Prize award evening.

This prestigious award highlights Neil's significant contribution to consumer financial wellbeing, helping around four million people escape the cycle of persistent debt thanks to his pioneering research on decision-making and debt management.

His work has been instrumental in informing the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) new measures aimed at helping consumers gain better control over their spending, saving credit card users up to £1.3 billion per year.

Welcome Robert Stueber who joined the Behavioural Science Group in September 2024

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:03:00 GMT

Robert joined WBS as an Assistant Professor in 2024.

In his research, he uses laboratory, field, and survey experiments to answer questions in Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, and Labor Economics. Currently, he is working on projects related to moral behavior and stereotypes.

The Economic Journal celebrates Most Influential Papers from its history

Fri, 08 May 2015 13:08:23 GMT

WBS' Graham Loomes co-authored a paper the Royal Economic Society selected as one of its 13 most influential from its 125 year history: 'On and Beyond Regret Theory'.

New Series of the Human Zoo

Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:52:24 GMT

A new season of the Human Zoo is now airing on BBC radio 4.

Undergrads Present Posters in Innovative Research Module

Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:15:26 GMT

Dawn Eubanks has been teaching undergraduate business students the necessary skills for conducting academic research

Inaugural Nudgeathon to be held at WBS

Thu, 27 Nov 2014 13:06:46 GMT

��TV students are invited to register their interest for a psychological 'Nudging' marathon.

Big Data Researchers support Google Flu Trends

Thu, 27 Nov 2014 12:52:36 GMT

Tobias Preis and Suzy Moat integrate Google Flu Trends data with official CDC figures for a more accurate 'nowcasting' model.