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Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir is an academic, currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Open University, as a visiting researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and as a visiting fellow at the LSE. She completed her PhD in Social Psychology at the LSE, and she has over 10 years of experience in survey research and data analysis, ranging from running small-scale surveys for hard-to-reach samples to running large-scale multi-country surveys for more general, representative samples. Her research expertise and interests involve prosocial behaviour, migration, and meta-science, with a special focus on power dynamics and intergroup relations that influence research, teaching, and learning processes in science and higher education. She has a deep understanding of survey methodology and a strong track record of designing and implementing complex survey projects for a wide range of clients. She has excellent analytical skills, with the ability to turn complex data into actionable insights and recommendations.

I am researcher based in London, UK, currently undertaking an PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science, with my current research focusing on the politics of agrarian change and conflict in Myanmar. I am Leverhulme Trust Scholar at the International Inequalities Institute at the LSE. My background is in qualitative research methods, and have worked in complex risk environments for extended periods of time.  I am also a photographer and film-maker, and have conducted ethnographic work and photographic projects in countries including Nepal, Myanmar, Bolivia, South Africa, Canada and the UK. Alongside this I have published in several news outlets including the Diplomat, LSE Review of Books and New Naratif. PhD Research Topic:  My research investigates the politics of agrarian change in Myanmar, in particular the role of state building aspirations among minority ethnic groups, legal land regimes, conservation & resource conflicts. My broader interests lie in environmental politics, animism, development and militarism, and how these intersect with processes of state formation and nationalism. I have worked primarily alongside Karen peoples in highland areas of Southeastern Myanmar which have been home to one of the worlds longest civil wars.

Atrina is a PhD student in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science (PBS) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). For her research, she primarily uses Subjective Evidence-Based Ethnography (SEBE) for a naturalistic study of human judgement and decision-making in realistic contexts. To this end, she uses miniature cameras worn at the eye-level (subcams) to capture and investigate decisions within the context in which they occur and with regard to the decision ecology. Her other research interests include Behaviour Change, Economic Psychology, and Behavioural Science. Atrina graduated from LSE with Distinction for MSc Psychology of Economic Life and was awarded the Rob Farr Award for Best Dissertation. She previously studied Economics, Environmental Economics, and Business. Atrina teaches Psychology of Economic Life, Social Psychology of Economic Life, Consumer Psychology, and Social and Organisational Decision-Making at LSE.

Denise is a political strategist and researcher who is currently completing a PhD at the London School of Economics. She has over a decade of experience on political campaigns in the US, UK, and Europe. Denise's academic research and doctoral thesis focuses on the application of social psychological theories, specifically group orientations like group identification, authoritarianism, and egalitarianism, to investigate perceptions of candidates, vote choice, and election prediction. Denise also researches national nostalgia and its influence on political attitudes and vote choice.

Versatile freelance consultant, senior researcher and project lead.  Based on my experience across a range of fields I have set up Innovation Office to work on impactful projects serving private and public clients. Areas of expertise: • Education & Skills • Environment & Energy • Democracy & Governance • Public Policy/EU Policies • International Development • Urban & Regional Development • Trade & Investment • Psychological & Behavioural Science • Media, Communications and Culture • Organisations and management •  Entrepreneurship & Innovation Please get in touch with any collaboration opportunities, happy to provide further information on my experience related to the above areas.

Sarah Harrison is an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Government at LSE and Deputy Director of the Electoral Psychology Observatory. She is a leading scholar in the fields of political psychology, extreme right politics, and youth political behaviour. Harrison's recent publications include  Youth Participation in Democratic Life  (2016, with Cammaerts, Bruter, Banaji, and Anstead) and articles in  Comparative Political Studies, American Behavioural Scientist  and  Parliamentary Affairs . She is editor of a forthcoming special issue of  Societies  on “Electoral Psychology” and of a forthcoming book entitled ‘Inside the Mind of a Voter’ (Princeton University Press with  Michael Bruter ). Her research has been recognised by prestigious awards and honourable mentions from the Economic and Social Research Council, the Michael Young Award, and the political psychology section of the American Political Science Association. She has also advised multiple Electoral Commissions worldwide and worked as an expert or authored reports for multiple prestigious international organisations including the European Commission, Council of Europe, the Committee of the Regions, the European Youth Forum, and All Parties Parliamentary Group on the Vote at 16 in the British Parliament. Expertise:  electoral psychology, elections, electoral behaviour, electoral ergonomics, political participation, youth, democratic frustration, quantitative & qualitative methodologies LSE Consulting projects: The Conference on the Future of Europe: Putting Local and Regional Authorities at the Heart of European Democratic Renewal European Committee of the Regions, October 2021 The Big Conversation - Climate Change British Council, May 2021 The Big Conversation Research Pilot British Council, April 2021 Reflecting on the future of the European Union: The view from local and regional authorities European Committee of the Regions, January 2018 Youth Participation in Democratic Life Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, February 2013

Professor Joan Costa-Font works at LSE as a Professor of  Health Economics, and team leader of the ageing and health incentives unit (AHIL) in the Department of Health Policy where he is  Co-director of the MSc International Health Policy. Joan has been Harkness Fellow at Harvard University and currently, he is a CESifo and IZA network research fellow, and has been Harkness Fellow at Harvard University and visiting fellow at UCL, Boston College, Oxford University (IA) and the University of Munich (CES). Professor Costa-Font earned three undergraduate and research degrees, in economics, law and political science a master's degree in economic analysis from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and an MSc (Econ) in international health policy (specialising in health economics and public economics). After completing a PhD in economics, in 2001 he earned a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship based at LSE and taught microeconomics and health economics as a tenured associate professor at the University of Barcelona before joining LSE in 2007, initially as a lecturer, and later as senior lecturer (2010) and then reader (2012). He has been a consultant to the WHO,  the World Bank, the Latin-American Development Bank, OECD, European Commission and private originations.  Expertise:  behavioural incentives; ageing, long-term care, health disadvantage; healthy lifestyles; preventative health care, health behaviours (smoking, obesity, sleep, food, exercise). LSE Consulting projects: Children's Wellbeing and Development Outcomes for Ages 5, 7 and 11, and their Predictors Public Health England, March 2016 - April 2018 Social Policy Reforms in the EU: A Cross-national Comparison BertelsmannStiftung, October 2015 A Common Disease with Uncommon Treatment: European Guideline Variations and access to innovative therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis Policy Analysis Centre, July 2012 Measures to Promote the Situation of Roma EU Citizens in the European Union European Parliament - DG for Internal Policies, January 2011 Pharmaceutical Reimbursement Policy in Turkey New Hope in Health Foundation (SUVAK), September 2005 The Economic Impact of Pharmaceutical Parallel Trade in European Union Member States: A Stakeholder Analysis Johnson & Johnson, January 2004

Laura Giurge is an award-winning organisational scholar and behavioural scientist. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She earned a Ph.D. in Management from Erasmus University Rotterdam and two cum laude master’s degrees in economics and business and in human resources management from the University of Groningen. Prior to joining LSE, Dr. Giurge was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Cornell University and at London Business School, as well as a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School. Her research seeks to make work better and enable all individuals to thrive and achieve their potential. Giurge’s research has been published in top journals such as Organizational Behavioral and Human Decision Processes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Human Behavior, and The Leadership Quarterly. She also publishes popular press articles in outlets such as  Harvard Business Review ,  Forbes , and  The Wall Street Journal . In 2020, one of her papers received the  Best Paper Award  at the Academy of Management. Full  CV here . At LSE, Dr. Giurge is part of the teaching team for the Executive MSc in Behavioral Science. At LBS, she connects with MBA and Executive MBAs in teaching elective courses on negotiations, well-being, productivity, and the future of work. Dr. Giurge regularly engages in  corporate consulting and executive coaching  and serve as an academic partner and advisor. Occasionally, she leads interactive and science-backed workshops, lectures, and keynote talks aligned with her expertise. Her most recent talk has been at the University of Cambridge. As a side hobby, Dr. Giurge enjoys creating powerful images that connect us to  our planet  and inner  happiness .

Alexander is attached to the  Department of Media and Communications  at LSE, where he undertakes research, teaching and other activities. He also teaches on LSE Custom Programmes and the Masterclasses in Social Science, in the UK and Spain. Alexander brings extensive previous international career experience including at C-suite level to the LSE in digital, internet, e-commerce, FMCG, media & broadcasting, aerospace and banking including financial crime/AML. He advises organisations and government and undertakes research in digital, media and communications, socioeconomic analysis, health economics, productivity and management practices, as well as teaching in these and other areas. Many of Alexander's findings are high profile with a number of reports amongst the most downloaded from the LSE including 'The British Cycling Economy' with around 22,000 downloads.  Others such as the ‘Sky High Economics’ report trilogy is recognised as leading industry analysis and has provided the content that has won three international communications awards including the  B2B Campaign Award for Ogilvy-Inmarsat at the International Content Marketing Awards 2018, a SABRE 2020 PR Award beating 6,000 global entries, and the prestigious  2020 CIPR Award in PR in the Transport segment. The 2020 released report quantifying the socioeconomic impact of road traffic accidents globally in children remains one the most detailed reports of its kind and was launched by HM Queen Letizia of Spain in conjunction with the UN and UNICEF in 2020. Alexander continues to undertake detailed research pre-and post the pandemic on the transformative role of digitalisation and how this affects cohort behaviour, social, and consumer activities and organisational responses including defining whether entities are 'hiders, thrivers or survivors'. Expertise: digital; e-commerce; internet; new media; broadcasting; cohort behaviour (social media, digital and non-digital); information systems, cloud; management practices and productivity; innovation; socioeconomic analysis; health, injury and transport economics; financial crime/AML; aerospace. LSE Major Research and Projects (public domain): Digitalisation in the New Normal: Empowering Generation Z and Millennials to Deliver Change .    Freshworks, November 2022 New Era In Experience Adobe, April  2021 Sky High Economics - Chapter Three: Capitalising on changing passenger behaviour in a connected world Ogilvy / Inmarsat Aviation, September 2019 Sky High Economics - Chapter Two: Evaluating the Economic Benefits of Connected Airline Operations Ogilvy / Inmarsat Aviation, June 2018 Sky High Economics - Chapter One: Quantifying the commercial opportunities of passenger connectivity for the global airline industry Ogilvy / Inmarsat Aviation, September 2017 Managing Every Mile:  How to deliver greater return on investment from Travel and Expense Amadeus, September 2017 Industrial Strategy in Practice: Innovation and Management Best Practices in the Automobile, Energy and Aerospace Clusters in Bizkaia May 2017 The Power of Productivity Vodafone, December 2016 Socioeconomic Value of Mission Critical Mobile Applications for Public Safety in the UK: 2x10MHz in 700MHz Motorola, May 2013 Socioeconomic Value of Mission Critical Mobile Applications for Public Safety in the EU: 2x10MHz in 700MHz in 10 European Countries Motorola, March 2013 The British Cycling Economy: ‘Gross Cycling Product’ Report British Cycling/BSkyB, September 2011 The Olympic Cycling Effect British Cycling/BSkyB, November 2012 The Impact of Road Traffic Accidents with Child Victims Abertis in conjunction with United Nations Collaboration Group for Road Safety and UNICEF,  January 2020 The Transformative Effect of Cloud on Firm Productivity and Performance: Defining the Benefits and Impact of Cloud as a 21st Century Digital Enabler Amazon Web Services, March 2019 Confident Collaboration in the Cloud Navisite, June 2018 Modelling the Cloud Employment effects in two exemplary sectors in The United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy Microsoft, January  2012 Innovation, Skills Development and Labour: A European Perspective Microsoft, June 2007 Size and Health of the UK Space Industry : Economic and qualitative analysis and input into the 2021 UK Space Agency's survey and report quantifying the size and health of the UK Space Sector and also acting as sector and economic SME. BryceTech, UK Space Agency, 2021. LSE Major Research and Projects (not public-domain): Development of an Index of 'Alpha' Characteristics of Success for Target Firms.   Developing index encompassing qualitative and quantitative factors that can assign a rating reflecting the prevalence of 'alpha' success factors to enable a comparative assessment of the attraction of target prospects for MBOs and other off-market transactions. Confidential, UK/US Venture Capital Firm Identity Capital: Monetising the value of Identity.   Developing algorithm and methodology to quantify the value of social and individual data (business and personal) for GB Group to define a value for 'identity capital' for entities and individuals based on the nature of available data and other factors in an increasingly digitalised identity environment. GB Group Quantifying the Socioeconomic Contribution of Warner Brothers UK:    Deep and wide analysis of Warner Brothers' complex UK operations to define its socioeconomic contribution  to the UK economy including its direct, indirect and induced contribution. Warners Brothers UK Quantifying the Socioeconomic Contribution of One of the UK's Largest Sports and Leisure Events Organisations.  Detailed ground-up analysis and extensive demand and economic modelling of the integrated entity to define its socioeconomic direct, indirect and induced contribution both to the local and national economy. Confidential- Major leading UK leisure and sports organisation Revised Regulatory Impact Analysis of FAA Part 117 Final Rule: Flight Crew Member Duty Rest Requirements ('Cargo Carve Out'):  Analysis of original FAA decision assessing the carve out for the air cargo sector including deep analysis of key variables utilised for the decision.  Confidential- US/UK Air Transport organisation Economic Impact Assessment - UK Spaceport:  Input into the economic analysis of a UK spaceport including deep assessment of direct, indirect and induced contribution and acting as sector and economic SME. Confidential- UK organisation Economic Impact Assessment - Major UK Car Manufacturer: Quantifying the socioeconomic contribution (Gross Value Added) and employment effect for a leading UK global car manufacturer and brand including detailed modelling and report for use with government and other audiences including media. Confidential- UK car manufacturer and leading global brand. Cybercrime and Cybersecurity:  Assessing major trends, risks and mitigation in online digital services and by cohorts and defined segmentation, with recommended best-practices by major geographic regions . Confidential- Global telecom manufacturer: equipment, hardware, software and security

Dr Tom Reader is an Associate Professor of Organisational Psychology at the London School of Economics. He directs the MSc in Organisational and Social Psychology, leads an MSc and Executive course on Organisational Culture, and is a chartered psychologist (MA and PhD, University of Aberdeen; Leverhulme Fellowship). Tom’s research focuses on organisational and safety culture: he studies how norms and behaviours relating to risk-management, team-working, and ethical conduct emerge in organizations and contribute to outcomes (e.g., safety, decision-making). Tom’s current work investigates how organizations can better detect and respond to signals of impeding and serious failure. Specifically, he explores how stakeholders who may lack institutional power (e.g., junior employees, service users) can have insights on critical problems at the operational-level of work (e.g., errors, accidents, conduct) that are unseen or unaddressed by senior decision-makers. Tom examines the psychological and organizational mechanisms (e.g., culture, data analytics) through which such insights can be given prominence, and thereby learnt from and used to support organizational resilience. Tom’s research has been published in:  Journal of Applied Psychology ;  Human Relations ;  Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology ;  Risk Analysis ;  Milbank Quarterly ;  Journal of Business Ethics ;  Human Factors ;  Ergonomics ;  Safety Science ;  Journal of Risk Research ;  BMJ . Tom is committed to ensuring that psychological theories and methodologies are understandable, useful, and usable by organisations and the public. He has developed a range of widely used organizational psychology tools, including the  Healthcare Complaints Analysis Tool  (used globally to measure patient safety), the  Safety Culture Assessment Methodology  (applied to measure safety culture across the aviation industry), and the  Unobtrusive Corporate Culture Analysis Tool  (for monitoring the cultural health of organisations). Expertise:  decision-making; human error; leadership; non-technical skills; oil and gas; organisational culture; patient safety; safety; situation awareness; team mental models; teamwork

Matteo M Galizzi is Associate Professor of Behavioural Science and Co-Director of the Executive MSc in Behavioural Science at LSE. He is affiliated to the  Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science , and is in the Steering Groups of the  LSE Global Health Initiative  and of the  LSE Behavioural Science Hub . Matteo is an experimental and behavioural economist conducting randomised controlled experiments in the area of health and public policy. Graduated from University of Pavia (Italy), he holds an MSc in Econometrics and a PhD in Economics from the University of York (UK). He has taken research and teaching positions at the universities of Pavia, York, Varese, Autonoma Barcelona, Brescia, Queen Mary, Durham, and Paris School of Economics. Matteo’s core methodological expertise is in behavioural data linking, i.e. the linkage of behavioural economics field experiments to longitudinal surveys, administrative records, biomarkers banks, mobile and wearable devices, apps, online panels, and other smart data sources. He is interested in exploring the heterogeneous effects, spillover effects, and sustained effects of nudges and other behavioural interventions, especially in health. He is leading an ESRC-funded project linking experimental, survey, administrative, and biomarkers data for a representative sample of the UK population within  Understanding Society , the world-largest household panel. At LSE, Matteo teaches  Research Methods for Behavioural Science ,  Frontiers in Behavioural Science Methods , and  Behavioural Science for Health  at the EMSc in Behavioural Science; and  Experimental Design and Methods for the Behavioural Science  and  Behavioural Science for Health  at the MSc in Behavioural Science. Matteo is the founder/coordinator of the  @LSE Behavioural  Twitter  account , the  Behavioural Experiments in Health Network  ( BEH-net ), and the  Data Linking Initiative in Behavioural Science  ( DLIBS ). He is the LSE local lead of the  UK Reproducibility Network  ( UKRN ). Expertise:  behavioural economics; experimental economics; health economics; experimental design; behavioural experiments in health; behavioural spillovers; behavioural data linking; external validity, generalizability, and replicability of economic experiments