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Nudge: the final edition

Hosted by the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science

Online public event

Speaker

Professor Richard H Thaler

Professor Richard H Thaler

Chair

Professor Liam Delaney

Professor Liam Delaney

Originally published over a decade ago, Nudge by Nobel Laureate Richard H. Thaler, and Cass R. Sunstein is now available in a completely revised final edition with six new chapters. Join us to hear from co-author Richard Thaler.

Meet our speaker and chair

Richard H Thaler () was awarded the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to the field of behavioural economics. He is the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioural Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a member of the National Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2015 he was the president of the American Economic Association. He has been published in numerous prominent journals and is the author of Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioural Economics.

Liam Delaney () is the Head of Department for Psychological and Behavioural Science at ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ. His career has focused at the intersection of economics, psychology, and public policy applications and he has developed a number of programmes in this area.

More about this event

The Department of Psychological & Behavioural Science () is a growing community of researchers, intellectuals, and students who investigate the human mind and behaviour in a societal context. Our department conducts cutting-edge psychological and behavioural research that is both based in and applied to the real world.

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