We’re delighted by the quality of talks. See here:
Someone wise once pointed out that the best noise a scientist can make is not “Eureka!” but rather “Hmmm… that’s odd”. On Monday Feb 20, we had two talks from two excellent guest speakers that both showed some intriguing results. The option to impose monetary punishments on freeriders has been shown to increase cooperation in
Congratulations to all our staff on the MSc Behavioural Science. For the third year in a row, our program achieved a score of 100% student satisfaction in the industry-standard PTES survey. Given ongoing efforts from Till, Craig, Seda, myself, Allison Butler (program administrator), our guest lecturers and Pete Lunn (our external examiner) to make the
Pop composer Burt Bacharach died last week. Do You Know the Way to San Jose?; Walk On By; The Look of Love; (They long to be) Close to You; Say a Prayer; What the World Needs Now Is Love – that’s all Burt’s music. My premise is that Bacharach and lyricist Hal David wrote the
Improving residential energy efficiency can be a cost-effective way to tackle the current energy crisis, increase energy security and mitigate climate change. Significant variations in the efficiency of homes across the country raise the question of how retrofitting should be implemented to maximise impact. In this article published by the Economics Observatory, Ella Benoit, Mirko
Shona Matthews presented yesterday on her paper “Could lenders insulate Britain?: The potential of the annual mortgage statement as a trigger to motivate homeowners to make thermal efficiency home improvements.” Shona Matthews is a very worthy winner of the Keep Scotland Beautiful award for the dissertation that best promotes sustainability. Read more about the event
The Behavioural Science centre is inviting anyone with an interest in pursuing a PhD with us to submit an expression of interest by April 14th. A panel will then assess whether your application qualifies you for inclusion in a competition for a full PhD scholarship. The timeline is presented below and further details can be
In an article in The Conversation, Christopher Boyce, Honorary Research Associate at the Behavioural Science Centre, talks about what he has learned on his search for happiness.
Congratulations to centre member Shona Matthews who is recipient of the Keep Scotland Beautiful award. This prize, generously sponsored by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful, is awarded to the MSc dissertation that best promotes sustainability. Shona will present her dissertation on February 8th at 2pm in Campus Central 3.04, where she will also receive her