MANDATE REVIEW

Hi all,

following today’s Mandate meeting I paste below the proposed Mandate points for the coming year.

If you have any further suggestions or questions – don’t hesitate to contact us!

Please note that the Mandate will be posted in a couple of weeks so please revise it and forward your suggestions before then 🙂

Happy Carnival weekend!

All best,

Daniel, Arzu & Livia

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YSI’s BEHAVIOUR & SOCIETY WG: Mandate meeting 28.02.25

 

About

We explore the relationship between individual behavior and institutional and socio-economic structures. Join us to draw upon  psychology, sociology, neuroscience, and philosophy, as well as behavioral and experimental economics.

Coordinators:
Daniel Fernando de Souza (University of Turin, Italy)
Arzu Shipstone (Prince Sultan University, UK)
Livia Jessica Dell’Anna (University of Salento, Italy)

Contact
behavior@youngscholarsinitiative.org

Mandate

Research themes

  • Behavioral Economics and Decision Theory
  • Emergence of social phenomena from individual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
  • Neuroeconomics & Cognitive Economics
  • AI, Digital technologies and societal impact
  • Behavioral Science from the Global South perspective
  • Agent-based modelling
  • Social norms
  • Behavioral Law and Economics
  • Quintuple Helix of Innovation
  • Social Interactions in the Knowledge Economy
  • Agent Theory 
  • Behavioral welfare and Public economics

 

Research Question 

  • How does human behavior differ from the rational agent in economics and what are the consequences for economic theorizing?
  • How does the law influence and drive human behavior
  • Where do economic preferences come from, and what are they?
  • What role do narratives play in shaping economic decisions and behaviors?
  • How do policymakers, managers, and workers collaborate to generate innovations?
  • How can we incorporate the influence of power into economic analysis?
  • How do culture and economic decision-making interact
  • What are the societal and behavioral ramifications of AI?
  • How can we develop microfoundations that accurately represent the diversity among market agents?
  • How can policies be adapted to various cultural contexts effectively?

Other Projects Planned 

  • Pre-Conference on Innovation to be held in UniSalento, Puglia (IT)
  • Hosting webinars to present essays or personal research agendas.
  • Choice & Welfare workshop – in person – annual event, London (UK)
  • Regional Pre- Conference by  International Association Of  Energy Economics, Istanbul (TK)

Existing partnerships and cooperation 

  • Cognitive Economics Society
  • London Behavioral Economics Network
  • Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network