Cognitive Economics Workshop

The deadline to submit papers and panel ideas is now closed. Thank you to everyone who applied!

We have received a lot of interesting submissions. For those who applied to attend without presenting a paper, we hope to fit in as many people as possible. We are aiming for all responses to be sent out by mid-September.

*Please note: due to a website error the "Attend" button is still live. Clicking "Attend" does not automatically ensure your attendance at the workshop. If you would like to see if any spaces are available, please contact the Working Group Co-Ordinator, Gerçek, on gercekcicek@gmail.com. *

The 21st century is pushing us towards an ever more digital, information-driven, persuasion-based global economy – just as a new set of tools are emerging in neuroscience and psychology that offer the power to understand these phenomena in a new way. Cognitive economics is an emerging field that provides tools of analysis, and experimental methods, to explore the new economy. When the scarcest resource is attention rather than money, how does economic analysis change?

Cognitive economics is a relatively new field linked to behavioural economics and focused on the value that people place on their mental states and beliefs. This phenomenon is important for a variety of topics including marketing, culture, identity economics, citizens’ participation in symbolic narratives such as politics, and the information economy.

Overview of workshop:
The Institute for New Economic Thinking, Young Scholars Initiative Behavior & Society Working Group, Cognitive Economics Society, and the London Behavioural Economics Network (LBEN) are organising a two-day workshop on the emerging field of cognitive economics.

As the workshop’s primary aim is the exchange of ideas and knowledge about cognitive economics, we will be using a variety of formats throughout the sessions to encourage debate and interaction. As well as submitting papers, we are interested in finding ideas for interactive sessions such as roundtable discussion(s), panel debate(s) and idea generation session(s) etc.

Call for papers:
The call for papers is now closed. We will upload the programme for the workshop when it is confirmed for your reference here.

Registering to attend and sending in an application:
The time for registering to attend with/without presenting is now closed. We hope to fit in as many people as possible who do not want to present.

Further info:
Scientific committee:

• David Hagmann: Postdoctoral Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• Sam Johnson: Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Marketing, University of Bath School of Management.
• Leigh Caldwell: Director of Cognitive Economics Society & Inon, organiser of the London Behavioural Economics Network and the YSI Behavior and Society Working Group

The workshop is being organised by:

• Leigh Caldwell
• Gerçek Çiçek: Otto von Guericke Magdeburg University & the YSI Behavior and Society Working Group co-ordinator.
• Tara Cooper: Head of Editorial, Cognitive Economics Society & Inon

Our thanks go to our funders: Institute of New Economic Thinking, Young Scholars Initiative and Irrational Agency and to our partners for supporting the workshop: King’s College London and London Behavioural Economic Network.