Zvonimir Bašić

Big congrats!!

Applications open for the MSc in Behavioural Science at the University of Glasgow: 11 full tuition-fee scholarships available. Two tracks (Science & Business/Econ) combining rigorous theory + applied behavioural research. Both lead to academic or non-academic careers.
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A Large-Scale Field Experiment to Reduce Nonpayments for Water: From Diagnosis to Treatment Abstract. In a field experiment among 9,823 customers of the Namibian water utility, we implement interventions to reduce nonpayments. The interventions are based on diagnostic surveys to identify key obstacles to payments. They address informational frictions and apply psychological commitment techniques to narrow the gap between customers’ willingness to pay and actual payments. Initially, payments increase by 29% to 55%, making the interventions highly cost-effective. Removing informational frictions has a lasting impact, but the commitment techniques produce only short-term effects. We demonstrate the effectiveness and limitations of behavioral interventions in settings where heavy-handed tools (e.g., disconnecting nonpayers) are difficult to implement.

From behavioral diagnosis to highly cost-effective interventions to tackle non-payment for public utilities. In the September issue, by Bettina Rockenbach, Sebastian Tonke, Arne Weiss zurl.co/5yS0t

ICSD 2026 Welcome TO ICSD 2026 We are delighted to announce that the International Conference on Social Dilemmas will be held in Shimonoseki, Japan, on June 1-5, 2026, at the Shimonoseki Grand Hotel. The confer...

🎉 We're excited to announce that the #ICSD2026 (Jun 1-5, 2026)website is now live! sites.google.com/view/icsd2026
📅 Key dates
Nov 2025: Abstract submission opens
Dec 22, 2025: Submission deadline
Late Feb 2026: Acceptance notifications
Apr 3, 2026: Registration closes
Jun 1, 2026: Conference begins

Revising Beliefs in Light of Unforeseen Events Abstract. Bayesian updating is the dominant theory of learning. However, the theory is silent about how individuals react to events that were previously un

Thrilled to share that our article

“Revising Beliefs in Light of Unforeseen Events” is forthcoming in the Journal of the European Economic Association (JEEA).

(with C. K. Becker, T. Melkonyan, @andissofianos.bsky.social Sofianos, S.T. Trautmann)

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👉 academic.oup.com/jeea/advance...

Enjoying my first day at #IMEBESS in Valencia! Great talks, great people, and the venue is fantastic! Excited to present joint work with @basiczvonimir.bsky.social and @stefanschmidt.bsky.social on "Selection neglect and social identity".

🚨PhD position in Experimental and Behavioral Economics at GATE Lyon 🚨

The candidate will be co-supervised by myself and a colleague at GATE. If you know any strong candidates (or if you're one!), feel free to reach out.

Deadline: May 15, 2025

Happy to answer questions! Full call in link below.

The University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School MSc in Economics programme accepts applications. Follow the link below to apply and come work with us ⬇️ the deadline is approaching.
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Gilbert Scott building from the University of Glasgow library

📢 Missed this? @uofgasbs.bsky.social Glasgow Experimental Lab (GaEL) is looking for participants to join their subject pool!

They run incentivised economic experiments to study human behaviour—and you’ll be compensated for your time.

Interested? Sign up here: asbs-hroot.gla.ac.uk

Portrait of Dr Rodolfo Sejas-Portillo

“We are calling for research to inform policies which won’t reinforce existing inequalities.”

Mandatory energy labels are leading to misinformation for house buyers - @uofgasbs.bsky.social Dr Rodolfo Sejas-Portillo writes for @heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2502...

📣 Thrilled to announce our 4th Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, 8-9 Sept 2025, TU Munich @tum.de, Campus Heilbronn. Keynotes: Ulrike Malmendier (University of Berkely, California) & Noam Yuchtman (@ox.ac.uk) 🫶🏻

Submission deadline 15 May 🚨

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2-Year Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d, 100 %) Organisational Design, RCTs with firms

📣 Exciting postdoc position! Please share!

Interested in Organisation Design and running RCTs with organisations?

2 years postdoc in the Market Design department
@ZEW, no teaching!

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Come Join us!
Send your papers: behavioural-science-conf@glasgow.ac.uk
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Join us for the 2nd Scottish Behavioural Sciences Conference 2025 @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgasbs.bsky.social

in Scotland a cradle of behavioural science since the days of Adam Smith & David Hume

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I have written a review article on the research within experimental economics studying the impact of intelligence on economic decision making.

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New paper alert

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What does beauty have to do with intergenerational inequality? Dan Hamermesh (UT Austin) and I just published a paper at PNAS to understand this: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...