Detailed information about the course
| Title | 11th Winter School in Behavioral Economics and Experimental Research |
| Dates | 12-17 janvier 2025 |
| Lang |
Workshop language is English |
| Responsible | Christian Zehnder |
| Organizer(s) | Prof. Christian Zehnder, University of Lausannne Prof. Holger Herz, University of Fribourg |
| Speakers | Simon Gächter (University of Nottingham) Simon's main research interests are on voluntary cooperation in the presence of free rider incentives, and on the interplay of material and psychological incentives. His work is interdisciplinary and uses tools of (cross-cultural) experimental economics.
Robert Dur (Erasmus University Rotterdam) Robert's research interests include personnel economics, organization economics, and behavioral economics. He works on both theory and empirics. Currently, he is undertaking a series of field experiments in companies and public-sector organizations on the effects of incentive pay and feedback on workers' performance and well-being.
Giovanna d'Adda (University of Milan) Giovanna's research uses laboratory and field experiments to investigate key drivers of pro-social behavior, such as institutions, norms, and leadership structures. In recent years, she has applied insights from behavioral economics to energy and environmental conservation. |
| Description | The doctoral program in Behavioral Economics and Experimental Research (BEER) is financed by the CUSO (Conférence Universitaire de la Suisse Occidentale). The aim of the program is to offer interdisciplinary courses including elements of economics, management, psychology, and the neurosciences. The program is open to all doctoral students in the above-mentioned disciplines.
Our guest speakers this year will be:
Simon Gächter (University of Nottingham) Robert Dur (Erasmus University Rotterdam) Giovanna d'Adda (University of Milan)
The winter school includes a series of lectures from the three aforementioned external experts. In addition, there will be interactive sessions in which the participants can directly exchange ideas and insights with both the external speakers and the organizers, as well as scientific group work. |
| Program | The winter school will start in the evening of Sunday, January 12 and will end on Friday, January 17. There will be lectures on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday (morning and early afternoon), and Wednesday morning. The rest of the afternoon on these three days (after the lectures) will be dedicated to group work and projects. In the afternoons and early evenings the lecturers and organizers will be available for discussions and office hours. There will also be dedicated slots for discussion of personal projects (e.g., dissertation papers) with the speakers. Friday morning will be reserved for the presentation of the group projects developed during the week. On Wednesday the participants have the possibility to benefit from the fantastic winter sport environment in Champéry (Champéry provides direct access to the "Portes du Soleil" ski resort). All participants are strongly encouraged to bring their winter sport equipment with them for this purpose. |
| Location |
Champéry |
| Information | The winter school will take place in Champéry (Valais).
Participants will be hosted at: |
| Expenses | Participations fees:
- For PhD students of the CUSO universities (Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Fribourg and IHEID) and of the University of Bern: CHF 100 (room and meals included) Travel expenses will be reimbursed based on a second-class half-fare return Swiss rail ticket between the university to which the student is attached and the location of the activity. This is equally valid for travel undertaken in a private car.
- For PhD students outside the CUSO network: CHF 1'703 (room and meals included but travel expenses not covered)
Detailed information on the management directives can be found here |
| Registration | The deadline for applications is November 30. Acceptance decisions will be communicated by December 10 at the latest. |
| Places | 18 |
| Deadline for registration | 30.11.2024 |
| Contact | If you have questions about the winter school, please feel free to contact Bénédicte Moreira, the program coordinator at behavioural-research(at)cuso(dot)ch |
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