*** Call for abstracts *** The 16th (!) Irish Economics and Psychology Conference takes place on December 14, 2023. bsp.ucd.ie/16th-irish-eco… It is co-organised by UCD Smurfit School's Marketing Subject Area and UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy's Behavioural Science and Policy in Ireland. The keynote speaker is Lars Tummers!

3 misunderstandings about money that cost us a lot in the long run: Deirdre Robertson Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) Psychology TCD IrishResearch looks at the psychology of our financial decisions rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Can you help us with our research by doing 2 short online surveys? You need to be over 18 & in Ireland. Sign up at esri.ie/survey. If you want to know why we study the psychology of money, here’s a short piece on common mistakes we make! rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Happy to announce that Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) is resuming Research Seminars, list of upcoming speakers and registration here: esri.ie/events/esri-re… Next week we are excited to host Riccardo Crescenzi (Riccardo Crescenzi), info below. See you there!

Come to Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway to level up your #international #Consumer #insight, learn #datascience and build your #international #workexperience Apply here: universityofgalway.ie/courses/taught…

We are currently recruiting for the following position: Research Assistant - Behavioural Research Unit The successful candidate will join a small team of behavioural economists and psychologists. The primary function is to assist this team in conducting behavioural experiments.

Come work with us! Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) We’re looking for a Research Assistant to help us run experiments to inform financial, health and environmental policy. The role is best suited to a recent Masters grad (psych, econ or related). Apply here: esri.ie/careers/current

We’re hiring a research assistant! Looking for a graduate with a background in psychology, behavioural economics or related discipline to work on research for policy projects on health, environmental and financial decisions. Link here: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationIni…

New paper! We tested whether shoppers in Ireland choose different snack foods when the Nutri-Score label is on packages. People choose snacks with better Nutri-Scores when they see the label and also when industry provides healthier options. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Sales sales sales and why we can’t resist them. New piece on the psychology of money! Also our survey on how we make decisions about money is still open. Link to sign up at the end of the article and here: esri.ie/survey

Deirdre Robertson The Irish Times We're conducting a survey to find out how to help people get better deals on credit cards, bank accounts, loans and mortgages. We need people aged 18+ in Ireland to do 2 short surveys online. ✍ Sign up here: esri.ie/survey

Do you work: - in research, healthcare or policy in obesity, physical activity, nutrition or health behaviour? - in the U.S., Ireland or U.K.? We’re trying to find people to do an anonymous 15 min online survey funded by Department of Health. Like or DM & I’ll send link. Pls RT.

Today is the last day to complete this survey. If you intended to do it but haven’t yet, please do! I have sent the link in a private message to those who contacted me. If you would like to take part but haven’t received it please send me a message

Some behavioural people might be interested in this post. It’s not a postdoc in our unit but would involve doing some behavioural work partly in collaboration with us

Our next seminar is March 13th in TU Dublin Aungier St. at 4pm! Panellists Lucia Reisch, Shane Timmons, Emma Howard & Des O'Mahony will discuss 'Behavioural Insights to Promote Sustainable Behaviours', moderated by Deirdre Robertson Registration required: tickettailor.com/events/irishbe…

Calling all students in psychology, economics and related disciplines. Come work with us in the Behavioural Research Unit (or elsewhere in the ESRI) for the summer

Come along to this tomorrow evening!

We have an RA position open in the lab. Come work with us!

We have a postdoc position open in our lab. Psychologists, economists and related disciplines welcome. We do research - mostly experiments - to inform lots of different areas of public policy.

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