6th Annual BEST Conference on Human Behaviour and
Decision Making 2025
In 2025, the BEST Centre will host the 6th annual “BEST Conference on Human Behaviour and Decision Making” on Thursday 13th & Friday 14th February at the Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane Australia.
Sponsors:
BEST2025 is proudly sponsored by Decision Design and Behavioural Economics and Research Team (BERT), Behavioural Economics and External Affairs, The Cabinet Office Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Queensland Government.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN:
About BEST2025:
The Centre for Behavioural Economics, Society and Technology (BEST) is a national and international leader in applied behavioural research. The Centre draws on QUT’s expertise in applied economics and social marketing, while leveraging and amplifying QUT’s expertise in health, science, technology and creative industries. The BEST Centre brings together researchers interested in applying Behavioural Insights to address real world problems in close collaboration with government, industry and the not-for-profit sector.
The conference will bring together academic, private sector and policy researchers to share, learn and collaborate on scientific research focused on understanding human behaviour, and how that impacts decision making and thus society more broadly.
The Conference welcomes researchers from all fields, including but not limited to: Applied & Experimental Economics, Social Marketing, Psychology, Sociology, Social Psychology & Evolutionary Psychology, Evolutionary Biology, Education, Health, Demography, Sexuality & Gender, Political Science, Religion, Anthropology, Scientometrics, Sports, Engineering, Mathematics, Management, Business Studies, Creative Industries, and Philosophy.
ARC BITA:
The annual BEST Conference is also run in conjunction with the team from ARC BITA. The Training Centre for Behavioural Insights for Technology Adoption (BITA) is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Training Centre led by Queensland University of Technology in partnership with University of Queensland, University of Western Australia and industry organisations. To find out more about BITA: https://arcbita.org/
Registrations:
General Attendance – $249.00
Student/Concession – $100.00
Note: Registration includes two-day attendance, lunches both days, and conference dinner ticket on Thursday night.
For more information about BEST2025:
If you’d like to discuss any type of opportunities to be part of BEST 2025, please contact Dr Stephen Whyte sg.whyte@qut.edu.au
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- “Gender in Science” Round Table Speakers
- Final Program for the BEST 2021 Conference!
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