Irene Mussio

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If you are a behavioural/experimental economist in the UK you should join us in the BEE-UK network. We are over 100 members now and we'd like to have as many local leads and members in as many UK universities as possible!

www.bee-uk.org/join-now/

Applying a Risk‐Risk Tradeoff Economics Approach to the Occupational Health of Nurses: Economic and Microbial Risk Analysis Public health challenges are increasingly complex, and interventions reducing the risk of one health outcome may increase the risk of another. We focus on the increased risk of occupational asthma (O....

New paper out in Risk Analysis with Amanda Wilson and friends. Always a pleasure to work with this group!
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Thank you to the attendees of the Workshop on the Psychology of Climate Risk Communication! Had an amazing time! Lots of appreciation for Wändi Bruine de Bruin (our keynote) and the panelists (Susanne Lorenz, Joseph Daron and Sarah Taylor) and also to IAREP for sponsoring!

The effects of cognitive load and mindfulness meditation on decisions related to risk and time This study explores how cognitive load and a preventive mindfulness meditation impact decisions related to risk and time. For this, we use a controlle…

Natalia, Nadja and I have a new paper out in JBEE where we examine the interaction between mindfulness meditation and cognitive load on students risk and time preferences.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I'm extending the deadline until June 20th (busy week this week!). We already have many outstanding submissions!

Last week to submit to the Workshop!

Don't forget to submit your abstract! Deadline is June 15th =)

Clear Waters, Bright Futures: Do Low‐Cost Information Interventions Increase Health Preventive Behaviors Contaminated drinking water poses a significant, long-term health challenge in developing countries. With the aim of shedding light on the most effective presentation of this information in awareness....

New peipz is out in Health Economics!
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PsychCRC The Centre for Decision Research at the University of Leeds is hosting the Workshop on the psychology of climate risk communication, to be held at the University of Leeds, UK, on September 8, 2025. T...

We (@cdrleeds.bsky.social) are hosting a Workshop on the Psychology of Climate Risk Communication at the University of Leeds, funded by IAREP. Economics, psychology and decision-making papers are broadly accepted.

Read more here and submit your abstract! sites.google.com/view/psychcr...

Thank you @mmglz.bsky.social for presenting your work on preventive health behaviours in our Econ seminar at LUBS! @lubsecondept.bsky.social

Promoting early development in healthy buildings research As part of their activities in 2025, the Healthy Buildings Network have chosen to fund four diverse and novel research projects through…

As part of their activities in 2025, the Healthy Buildings Network have chosen to fund four diverse and novel research projects through their pump-priming scheme.

You can find more on each of these here 👇
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I'm very proud to have received this grant, but also proud to have such an amazing support net here at UoLeeds. This grant will allow me to continue the work I'm doing with Kiet in the Mekong, and generate new collaborations at UEH and @efdinitiative.bsky.social Vietnam.

There are still two more seminars to go in our Spring #CDRLeeds seminar series! We will be hearing about #DecisionSupport, #Healthcare and #Risk from our speakers. Join us on-campus or via Zoom. More details in: cdr.leeds.ac.uk/events/cdr-s...

Couldn't agree more! I'm extending my behavioural/experimental course to 2 semesters and I'm expecting this to be a key resource.

The Healthy Buildings Network has a new website! @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social

www.healthybuildingsnetwork.org

Deadline to apply for this position is in a few days!

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer in Economics We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.Are you an academic with proven abilities to carry out teaching and research in Economics? Do you have an excellent research record and a potent...

We have up to two permanent lecturer positions in the Dept of Economics at the University of Leeds. Would love to get at least one new behavioural/experimental friend! Details: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Might invite you up to Leeds at some point if you are in the UK. Wait for an email from me!

This is an amazing piece of research and extremely relevant with the housing crisis happening in the UK right now.

Risk assessment in public health often lacks community input when defining acceptable risk targets. Researchers, including CDR's @irenemussio.bsky.social, developed a method to account for individual #risk #preferences in medical -and potentially other- decisions. read more: doi.org/10.1080/1545...

Go for it! Application for this PhD is easier than you think, it requires a "statement of purpose" which is a few questions long. You can also leverage this and apply to the lubs phd + internal phd fellowships!

A risk-risk tradeoff approach for incorporating the public’s risk perceptions into quantitative microbial risk assessment In public health, risk experts often define acceptable risk targets without community input. We developed a novel method for applying behavioral microeconomics to integrate individuals’ risk prefer...

New paper out with Amanda M. Wilson and friends! We developed a novel method for applying behavioral microeconomics to integrate individuals’ risk preferences into risk assessment using risk-risk trade-offs and QMRAs

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

LUBS is launching their PhD Excellence scholarships for the next academic year! If you have any students who might be interested please share it with them

great idea!

Horizons Institute on LinkedIn: #airquality #energy One week today! A great opportunity for anyone interested in #AirQuality and #Energy who can making it to University of Leeds campus 👇 Join the Healthy…

The Healthy Buildings Network is running a workshop on air quality and energy, led by @douglasbooker.bsky.social and @luciemidd.bsky.social. Read all about it below! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Here's my self-nomination hahaha

The first Behavioural Economics starter pack has reached its limit. I have started a second one. Do not hesitate to nominate and self-nominate!
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I'm off academic probation and I'm going to celebrate for the next few weeks eating my way around Yorkshire's Christmas makets!

Dr Henry Burridge presents at the Healthy Buildings Network launch

Prof Cath Noakes presents to the Healthy Buildings Network launch

If you missed the Healthy Buildings Network launch at University of Leeds yesterday, but still want to find out more, or stay up to date, you can:

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