It was indeed a pleasure for our Centre for Behaviour, Markets, and Policy (BeMAP) to host this event with support from @durhameconomics.bsky.social. Many thanks to our two excellent keynotes Pedro Carneiro and Anandi Mani! Very grateful also to Kieran Jude Fernandes for his welcome remarks.

Diego Marino Fages@diegomarinofages.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A huge thank you to all participants at SEEDEC Durham! It was a lot of fun and great to see so many interesting papers! @durham.ac.uk @durhameconomics.bsky.social @andissofianos.bsky.social

Happy to see our paper in print!

@jeeanews.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Check out the April 2026 issue (24,2) of @jeeanews.bsky.social Journal of @eeanews.bsky.social Teaching materials available: www.eeassoc.org/teaching-mat... academic.oup.com/jeea/issue

📢 Submission Deadline for the 3rd Development Economics Workshop is 31 March 2026. We’ve received many strong submissions and welcome more papers! Durham University Business School 9–10 June 2026 Keynotes: Oded Galor & Kamal Kishore dew.webspace.durham.ac.uk #CallForPapers

Looking forward to some exciting papers for this, we have some incredible submissions so far!

Diego Marino Fages@diegomarinofages.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We are extended the deadline for SEEDEC 2026 to March 6th! Make sure you send your papers/abstracts! @durhameconomics.bsky.social

📣 Call for Papers – 3rd Development Economics Workshop (DEW 2026) 📍 Durham University Business School, UK | 🗓 9–10 June 2026 🎤 Keynote: Prof. Oded Galor (founder of Unified Growth Theory and author of the Journey of Humanity) #DevelopmentEconomics #CallForPapers #AcademicConference

If you are a behavioural/experimental economist in the UK you should join us in the BEE-UK network. We are over 100 members now and we'd like to have as many local leads and members in as many UK universities as possible! www.bee-uk.org/join-now/

Forthcoming article "Revising Beliefs in Light of Unforeseen Events" by Christoph K Becker, Tigran Melkonyan @eugenioproto.bsky.social @andissofianos.bsky.social Stefan T Trautmann @eeanews.bsky.social Teaching materials available: www.eeassoc.org/teaching-mat... doi.org/10.1093/jeea...

Revising Beliefs in Light of Unforeseen Events

Abstract. Bayesian updating is the dominant theory of learning. However, the theory is silent about how individuals react to events that were previously un

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Excited for our Experimental Methods and Behavioural Research Centre (EMBR) to be hosting this! Many thanks to @diegomarinofages.bsky.social for the initiative to securing hosting this next year! @durham.ac.uk

Diego Marino Fages@diegomarinofages.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Submissions open for Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries 2026 in Durham (June 11th and 12th)❗ Anandi Mani and Pedro Carneiro will be our keynote speakers! ⏳ Registration deadline: Feb 28th www.durham.ac.uk/business/new... @durhameconomics.bsky.social #EconSky

We are delighted to be hosting you! @durhameconomics.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk

Sascha O. Becker@essobecker.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Looking forward to giving a public lecture on "Why Forced Migration is Different" at @durham.ac.uk www.durham.ac.uk//business/ne... @warwickecon.bsky.social @cagewarwick.bsky.social @rfberlin.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social

How do attitudes and beliefs shape whether people cooperate for the common good when there is no chance of future return? @diegomarinofages.bsky.social , @durham-university.bsky.social , @durhameconomics.bsky.social , discusses: faculti.net/beliefs-grou... #economics

We are The Times and The Sunday Times University of the Year 2026 and ranked third overall in its Good University Guide. Congratulations to our global university community on this success. 🎉 Read more: brnw.ch/21wVU4Q

Very happy that this is finally out!

Eugenio Proto@eugenioproto.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Thrilled to share that our article “Revising Beliefs in Light of Unforeseen Events” is forthcoming in the Journal of the European Economic Association (JEEA). (with C. K. Becker, T. Melkonyan, @andissofianos.bsky.social Sofianos, S.T. Trautmann) (1/5) 👉 academic.oup.com/jeea/advance...

Very proud of Lex for this achievement. It was a pleasure to supervise him. In fact, he needed very minimal guidance on his dissertation. Well done Lex!

Durham Uni Economics@durhameconomics.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to our recent graduate Lex Irish for winning the UK Data Service Dissertation Award! @durham-university.bsky.social #EconSky www.durham.ac.uk/business/abo...

„Big-Team Science enables structured, collaborative research.“ In his interview in the ZBW Open Science Magazine, Lab² member David Albrecht reflects on what makes Big-Team Science valuable. 👉 Read the full interview (in German): open-science-future.zbw.eu/big-team-sci... @da-lbrecht.bsky.social

Big-Team-Science ermöglicht strukturierte, gemeinsame Forschung

Big-Team-Science zeichnet sich durch eine koordinierte Zusammenarbeit vieler Forschungsteams aus, die jeweils definierte Beiträge entlang...

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If you care about higher education in the UK, read the @britishacademy.bsky.social 's response to the Government's Immigration White Paper. It is well worth the time.

The British Academy@britishacademy.bsky.social · last yr.

The ability to attract and retain global talent and international students is fundamental to the UK’s research and innovation excellence. We have today published our response to the Government’s Immigration White Paper. Read it here: buff.ly/0TEPdtz

Our experiments are only as strong as their ability to be replicated Pleased to see our 2022 study on intelligence & strategy in repeated games validated by a high-powered experiment. Thanks to Michalis & Graeme.

Andis Sofianos@andissofianos.bsky.social · last yr.

Very happy to see our paper with @eugenioproto.bsky.social and Aldo replicated by Michalis (@mdrouvelis.bsky.social) & Graeme! #EconSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Last week the Centre for Macroeconomic Policy (CEMAP) hosted its annual conference on June 19th-20th. Thanks to all the speakers for an exciting two days! #EconSky @durham-university.bsky.social www.durham.ac.uk//business/ne...

Hosted the 2nd Development Economics Workshop (DEW 2025) on June 18th & 19th. Thanks to our keynotes Marcel Fafchamps and Karen Macours, and an excellent line-up of speakers dew.webspace.durham.ac.uk @durham-university.bsky.social #EconSky

Very happy to see our paper with @eugenioproto.bsky.social and Aldo replicated by Michalis (@mdrouvelis.bsky.social) & Graeme! #EconSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Intelligence and strategy choice in indefinitely repeated prisoner’s dilemma games: A replication of Proto, Rustichini & Sofianos (2022)

We provide a close replication of the original study of Proto et al. (2022) which examines the link between intelligence, strategy choice and errors i…

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Very proud of our excellent students!

Durham Uni Economics@durhameconomics.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to our students who were selected to present their dissertation at the Carroll Round conference this year!! 🥳 #Econsky sfs.georgetown.edu/carroll-roun...

Had a great time hosting our friends from Newcastle University for the third iteration of our Durham-Newcastle Behavioural & Experimental Economics Mini-Workshop @durhameconomics.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social #EconSky

Kicking off our workshop on "Rules, Norms, and Complexity" hosted by the Centre for Experimental Methods and Behavioural Research (EMBR) shortly. We have some interesting talks from both economists and psychologists. @durhameconomics.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social #EconSky

Can vouch for a great work environment and great city to live in. Jörg was a great mentor to have!

Jörg Oechssler @oechssler.bsky.social · last yr.

I have a postdoc position in Behavioral/Experimental Economics available for 6 years, at the oldest university in Germany in beautiful Heidelberg. Please forward to anyone who might be interested! #EconJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd #Economics #JobAlert

📢 Call for Papers– 2nd Development Economics Workshop (DEW) 2025 at @durham-university.bsky.social 🗓️ 18-19 June 2025 📍 Durham University, UK 🎤 Keynotes: Marcel Fafchamps, Karen Macours, Maitreesh Ghatak

The Third Wuhan Cherry Blossom Workshop in Experimental Economics kicking off. Happy that members of our behavioural and experimental group are helping organise and participating #EconBlueSky

Our paper with Marco Lambrecht and Yilong Xu is part of the March issue of this year in Management Science. #EconSky doi.org/10.1287/mnsc...

Andis Sofianos@andissofianos.bsky.social · 2y ago

Very happy that our paper with Marco Lambrecht and Yilong Xu is officially out as an article in advance in Management Science: pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/...

After Trump´s disgraceful behavior last week, we thought we need to do something to help Ukraine directly. And you can help too…

Georg Weizsäcker@georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · last yr.

If one person gives a euro to Ukraine, the result is €1. If two people give 2 each, it is €4. If 3,000 give 3,000 each, it is 9 million. Let’s coordinate, here 👇 and please re-post to spread the word. yourcontributionsquared.eu/en/

Experimentally-validated mechanism design in action @oechssler.bsky.social @andissofianos.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The conditional contribution mechanism for repeated public goods – The general case

We present a new and simple mechanism for repeated public good environments. In the Conditional Contribution Mechanism (CCM), agents send two messages…

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Georg Weizsäcker@georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · last yr.

If one person gives a euro to Ukraine, the result is €1. If two people give 2 each, it is €4. If 3,000 give 3,000 each, it is 9 million. Let’s coordinate, here 👇 and please re-post to spread the word. yourcontributionsquared.eu/en/

I have written a review article on the research within experimental economics studying the impact of intelligence on economic decision making. doi.org/10.1093/acre... #EconSky

Starting today a short research visit at the @wzb.bsky.social - many thanks to @leventneyse.bsky.social for hosting!