UTS Behavioural Lab Conference 2022
The 2022 edition of the UTS Behavioural Lab Conference 2022 brought leading academics and practitioners of behavioural science together to look at the impact of public and private sector policies that depends critically on the behaviour of individuals, groups, and organisations.
Conference premise: A clear understanding of the power of behavioural science research and interventions can provide innovative solutions for addressing challenges faced by policymakers and practitioners. This understanding can only be achieved by bringing together those who research behavioural science and those who apply it.
Invited speakers
- Professor Loretti Isabella Dobrescu, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
- Professor Rebekah Russell-Bennett, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Professor Ben Newell, University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
- William Mailer, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
Acknowledging our conference partner
UTS Behavioural Lab appreciates the support of The Global Association of Applied Behavioural Scientists (GAABS), who partnered with us to bring you our 2022 conference.
Conference program
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Welcome
- Dr Adrian Camilleri, Director, UTS Behavioural Lab
- Nathalie Spencer, Chapter Lead, GAABS Asia-Pacific
Conference opening
- Professor Carl Rhodes, Dean, UTS Business School
Step up: What works in education?
- Professor Loretti Isabella Dobrescu, Deputy Head, School of Economics, UNSW
Blitz presentations by UTS Economics Department
- Associate Professor David Goldbaum: The origins of influence
- Associate Professor Jun Zhang: Real-estate sales star contest
- Dr Elif Incekara Hafalir: Incentives to persevere
- Dr Nathan Kettlewell: Behavioural biases and choosing health insurance
- Maximilian Reisner: Autonomy and delegation in the age of digital banking disruption
The best of both worlds: The story of how behavioural economics met social marketing (and lived happily ever after)
- Professor Rebekah Russell-Bennett, Co-Director, Centre for Behavioural Economics, Society and Technology (BEST), QUT
Blitz presentations by UTS Marketing Department
- Associate Professor Natalina Zlatevska and Aimee Smith: Near, far, wherever you are – Understanding the optimal distance for consumer engagement with social cause marketing: A meta analysis
- Dr Geetanjali Saluja: A tale of two ‘ideologies’: Differences in consumer response to brand activism
- Dr Adrian Camilleri: Nudging sustainable diets
- Dr TaeWoo Kim: The changing business landscape: Recent behavioral research on AI and their findings
- Dr Jake An: Motivating consumers via goal enabling technology: The role of goal setting characteristics
Reducing wagering in online gambling: a case study in applying behavioural science to public policy
- Professor Ben Newell, UNSW
Lab to field – Towards better collaboration models
- William Mailer, Head of Behavioural Economics, CBA
Conference closing
- Dr Elif Incekara Hafalir, Deputy Director, UTS Behavioural Lab
Contact
Director, Dr Adrian Camilleri
Adrian.Camilleri@uts.edu.au
Deputy Director, Dr Elif Incekara Hafalir
Elif.IncekaraHafalir@uts.edu.au
General enquiries
BehaviouralLab@uts.edu.au
