The Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science brings together international experts at the forefront of behavioural science, to undertake research that seeks to understand, predict and change human behaviour.
Our work informs policy in the UK and Europe. LSE experts in the field of behavioural science continue to engage with policymakers and private companies to inform and drive measures of happiness, behaviour change, inclusion and sustainability.
Experts in the department have paved the way for the use of behavioural science research techniques to test cognition and behaviour, including those found in the LSE Behavioural Lab.
Work in the department addresses the following broad themes and topics:
Climate change
Ethical behaviours and decision making
Happiness and wellbeing
Mental health and economic outcomes
Health and public policy
Technology and data
Workplace culture
Risk-taking behaviours.
Our research is anchored in a shared evidence-based approach that is theoretically informed and policy relevant.
Expertise in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science
Key areas of expertise: Behavioural economics; experimental economics; health economics; behavioural experiments in health; behavioural science for health and pandemic responses, behavioural spillovers; behavioural data linking; external validity, generalisability, and replicability of economic experiments
Key areas of expertise: Behavioural science at work; the experience and use of time; gender diversity; field experiments; workplace innovations; productivity; happiness; work-life balance; power & ethics; decision-making; leadership development
Key areas of expertise: Decision-making; experimental leadership; career success; inclusion; unconscious bias; behavioural science; gender equality; future of work; labour economics
Key areas of expertise: Assimilation; corruption; cross-cultural psychology; cultural and social change; data science; democracy; economic psychology; entrepreneurship; human evolution; innovation; intelligence; multiculturalism; cultural evolution
