Research group

Centre for Behavioural Experimental Action and Research (C-BEAR)

Centre for Behavioural Experimental Action and Research

We utilise, develop, and apply experimental methods to study key questions in the behavioural and social sciences. We engage with societal challenges via research, consultancy, policy outreach, and training postgraduate students, early-career researchers, and practitioners to perform experimental research.

About

The Centre for Behavioural Experimental Action and Research (C-BEAR) is a collegial, interdisciplinary group of experts who use behavioural science and experimental methods to understand and address societal challenges. We integrate specialist knowledge in economics, politics, psychology, sociology, and management science to develop innovative and cutting-edge research. We employ an array of experimental methods, including laboratory, online, field, and natural experiments, as well as mathematical modelling and statistical analysis. C-BEAR is a hub that supports researchers and PhD students to develop research projects with social impact, and it helps industry and policymakers to achieve their goals by providing convincing evidence.

Research highlights

People, projects and publications

People

Dr Adrian Chadi

Associate Professor in Economics

Research interests

  • Labour Economics
  • Human Resource Management
  • Health & Well-Being
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Dr Antonella Ianni PhD

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Arezoo Pooresmaeili MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Cognitive Neuroscience, Sensory Perception, Higher Cognition, Attention, Reward Processing, Decision Making, Neuroimaging, Eye-tracking

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Christian Kellner

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • My research seeks to understand how people decide in situations of uncertainty. In particular, I am interested in understanding the implications of ambiguity in economic contexts such as contract design, auctions or communication. 
  • Further information about my research can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/kellnerchristian

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Chung-Ching Tai

Associate Professor in Risk Management

Research interests

  • Behavioural economics and Experimental economics
  • Neuroeconomics
  • Agent-based computational economics

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Daisy Lyu PhD

Lecturer in Marketing

Research interests

  • Consumer psychology
  • Omni-channel retailing
  • Technology adoption theories

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Daniel Devine

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Public opinion
  • Voting behaviour
  • Political psychology

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Fenfang Lin

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Marketing strategy 
  • B2B SMEs branding & Marketing
  • Product innovation

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Foivos Savva

Lecturer in Economics

Research interests

  • Microeconomic Theory
  • Social Choice
  • Welfare Economics

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Dr Gerhard Riener PhD

Professor of Economics

Research interests

  • Decision making
  • Gender and public policy
  • Education

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