Other Work

During my academic career so far I have also been very lucky to participate in some very exciting projects that I would like to share with you below. I realise from this list that they all share a common theme: they have offered me an active role to some of the behind-the-scenes of other possible facets of academic research! 

Podcast Interviews with Behavioural Science Uncovered

I am very lucky to have had the opportunity to work on two podcasts for Prof. Severine Toussaert's series humorously titled 'B.S. Uncovered'. Through these episodes, I had the chance to interview leading researchers in my field, discuss their latest projects, and gain insights into the inner workings of their research and work processes - shared with you in each episode. 

Team incentives and escape rooms with Professor Simeon Schudy 

In this episode, we talk with Simeon Schudy about his working paper “The Effect of Incentives in Non-Routine Analytical Team Tasks”, co-authored with Florian Englmaier, Stefan Grimm, Dominik Grothe and David Schindler (forthcoming in the Journal of Political Economy). Using a novel experimental setup, escape rooms, this paper investigates the effect of incentives on performance in non-routine analytical team tasks. The paper studies the value of incentives for both intrinsically and less intrinsically motivated teams. Further, it evaluates how incentives affect team organization and studies the impact of exogenously varying the demand for leadership in such tasks.

Enabling or Limiting Cognitive Flexibility with Associate Professor Marta Serra-Garcia 

In the episode, we talk with Marta Serra-Garcia about her American Economic Review paper “Enabling or Limiting Cognitive Flexibility? Evidence of Demand for Moral Commitment”, co-authored with Silvia Saccardo. This paper investigates the nature and flexibility of self-serving beliefs in decision environments where morals and personal incentives are in conflict. Through laboratory experiments, the authors distinguish participants who are willing to curb opportunities for self-serving beliefs, favouring moral behaviour, from those who seek the cognitive flexibility to entertain beliefs that can justify their selfish decisions.

Terra Incognito - Book Project for Ian Goldin and Robert Muggah

While working as a Research Assistant to Prof. Ian Goldin, I had the opportunity to contribute and witness the process of writing up a book aimed at a mass audience. This experience gave me the birds eye view of how to effectively translate academic and economic information into accessible content. In Terra Incognita, we cover key global economic topics - such as Climate Change, Inequality, Development and Demography - through the use of maps.  

Laboratory Assistant for the University of Oxford, Centre for Experimental Social Science (CESS)

If you are curious about how social science research can be conducted 'in the laboratory' I can recommend exploring the CESS website where I worked as a research assistant for a couple of years. I was involved in participant recruitment, some of the day-to-day management of experiments, and  even pre-lab testing the experiments!

Conference and Similar Administrative Duties 

I have also been fortunate enough to be involved with the organisation of conferences. Organising a keynote discussion for a behavioural science conference in Oxford. I have also organised a conference session in Micro- and Behavioural Economics for the Economics of Sustainability conference in Oxford. I was also invited (and I accepted) to review submissions for the European Association of Young Economists (EYAE).