Photo: Ian Farrell
About me
I am a College Associate Professor in Economics at Christ's College, University of Cambridge
I analyse data on people's decisions to understand better what drives our behaviour, particularly in organizations and groups. I started with decisions of judges during my PhD at the LSE, and then moved onto politicians, managers, university staff and, possibly my favourite group of people, our students.
I also like teaching and I am the Director of Studies in Economics at Christ's.
Confidence
What does confidence have to do with Economics? I gave a (subjective and selective) summary of how economists have tackled the topic over the last few decades at the 2024 International Organisational Economics Academy. Here is a short intro video (which gives little away) and slides.
How to change your mind
Several thoughtful people talk about this in a Freakonomics podcast, and I throw in my two cents’ worth, based on the joint work with David Huffman and Collin Raymond about how hard it is to change your mind when your ego is on the line.
I talk some more about our joint research in these episodes of The Visible Hand and Hear this Idea.
What is it that (micro)economists do, anyway?
If you are new to economics, the answer may not be what you think. Here I talk to high school students about what an economist can do with the mix of mathematics, Homer and seatbelts, at an event organized by Christ’s Admissions office.