Events

Click here to learn more about the BEST Conference 2023

Nudgeathon is a behavioural change competition, in which teams develop solutions to real-life social issues. Click here to learn more.

Join BEST, BITA, and the UQ School of Psychology for a fantastic and engaging seminar with Professor Naomi Ellemers, who will argue that social impact ambitions introduce a new dimension on which organisations are evaluated, which emphasises organisational moral choices.

This session addresses the main reason for rejection of journal articles, theses, and research grant proposals – the lack of a believable, engaging and persuasive argument.

In this seminar, Anne-Maree will share her personal post-PhD experience in landing an academic job in Australia.

The intersection of Behavioural Economics with the Agriculture and the Bioeconomy fields presents significant and promising research opportunities, and we warmly welcome you to be part of the conversation to progress this innovative research agenda.

In this fantastic AMPR seminar, Kellie discussed her journey as a QUT PhD student, and shared insights into the PhD research and publication process.

This fantastic seminar from Dr Garbas discussed the PhD journey and publication submission process.

This interactive workshop discussed methodological issues of research consumer behaviours towards technologies that are unfamiliar, or may not even exist yet.

At this event, we welcomed potential 2023 students and their parents/loved ones to attend a “Behavioural Economics Information night” held at QUT’s Gardens Point Campus.

At this seminar, Prof. Rebekah Russell-Bennett presented the steps to reverse-engineering a journal article.

Industry Business Breakfast with Professor Rebekah Russell-Bennett and Amanda Forster discussing customer vulnerability.

BEST hosted a virtual seminar with Prof. Uwe Dulleck and Dr Kate Letheren for Social Sciences Week 2022

This event was a workshop on conducting social media data collection and analysis

This was this Conceptualisation and Measure of Service System Well-being (SSW) event!

We would like to invite you to attend the 2022 ESA Winter School, to be held at the Mercure Gold Coast, 18th – 20th July 2022.

Nudgeathon is a behavioural change competition, in which teams develop solutions to real-life social issues. Click here to learn more.

Click here to learn more about the BEST Conference 2022

Nudgeathon is a behavioural change competition, in which teams develop solutions to real-life social issues. Click here to learn more.

Join us for an interactive workshop on the 13th of July to learn more about adopting a Strengths-Based Approach with Vulnerable Consumers.

What makes us Human - June "Mammoth" Reading Group

This interactive session will introduce Miro as an online visual knowledge management tool, enabling collaboration via embedded design thinking techniques.

The film for the May Cinematics Night will be "The Name of the Rose (1986)"

The Queensland branch of the Women in Economics Network and the Centre for Behavioural Economics, Society and Technology (BEST) at QUT invite you to a free webinar: Can Australian Media Survive Without Advertisers: The future of news.

The 2021 BEST Justice Seed-Funding Initiative is a collaboration between BEST and QUT Centre for Justice, with the purpose of creating new research partnerships for ECRs and MCRs.

Click here to learn more about "BEST Presents: What's new in applying behavioural insights to public policy?"

Click here to learn more about the BEST Conference 2021

Click here to learn more about the Drivers of Innovation Workshop

In conjunction with Prof Jan Kietzmann, the BEST Centre is pleased to host this professional development seminar. Presented by Andrew Park, a Phd student at Simon Fraser University, Canada.

This workshop brought together a focus group of industry experts and behavioural scientists to discuss challenges and opportunities related to behaviours and decision-making in agriculture and natural resources.

This workshop brought together industry experts and behavioural scientists to discuss challenges and opportunities related to trust and behaviour in the digital environment.

Join Behavioural Economist Professor Benno Torgler to learn about the QUT Graduate Certificate in Business (Behavioural Economics)

The BEST centre in collaboration with the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA) in the Office of Prime Minister and Cabinet are bringing the third annual Nudgeathon back to Brisbane on 8-10 September 2019!!

Click here to see highlights from the BEST Conference 2020

The Women in Economics Network (WEN), in partnership with QUT, is proud to host the third Australian Gender Economics Workshop (AGEW) in Brisbane, Australia, on 5-7 February 2020.

Join us for a seminar with Professor Adam Cohen who will explore ways we can broaden our understanding of culture.

Join us for an exciting keynote event from Jonathan Feinstein - Professor of Economics and Management at the Yale School of Management.

This workshop will bring together people across QUT to develop skills in research collaboration and fostering innovation.

Join us at QUT Gardens Point campus on Wednesday 28th August from 10am for a seminar on understanding Australian Indigenous art at auction.

Join us at QUT Gardens Point Campus on the 22nd of July from 3.30pm to hear from world renowned behavioural economist, Dr David Halpern.

Join us at QUT Gardens Point Campus on the 8th of August at 9.30am to hear about the latest research on men's health.

Join us for a keynote that is essential to our times.

The BEST Cinematics Night was organised by Benno Torgler, Ho Fai Chan and Naomi Moy in 2017 to provide a natural balance to the Mammoth Reading Group.

The "Mammoth" Reading Group was organised by Benno Torgler and Ho Fai Chan in 2017 to promote, exercise, and enlarge the powers of the mind.