Teaching
I am Co-Director of the MSc in Behavioural Science programme (which I also teach on, see below) at the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE). I also teach on the Executive MSc in Behavioural Science.
Behavioural Science for Planetary Wellbeing (PB435): This course aims to introduce students to concepts and tools from Behavioural Science, to understand the interplay between human behaviour and global environmental and ecological change. It covers topics like: (1) the “human-nature” dilemma (2) adapting and mitigating climate and environmental risks (3) conserving non-human nature (4) fostering individual and collective action (5) making organisations sustainable (6) political action and policy support (7) behavioural climate and conservation policy I: awareness, education, deliberation, persuasion & nudges (8) behavioural climate and conservation policy II: incentives, infrastructure & regulation (9) coping with complex and uncertain systems (10) planetary health and wellbeing as a societal objective.
Behavioural Policy Appraisal and Ethics (PB454E) (with Liam Delaney and Cahal Moran): This course aims to introduce students to the main concepts and tools of policy appraisal and yield insight into key moral and political values that policy-makers draw on when designing and implementing behavioural policy. It covers the following topics: (1) Types of behavioural policy approaches (2) Policy appraisal versus evaluation techniques (e.g. cost-benefit analysis for market and non-market goods vs. randomised controlled trials); (3) Elicitation of monetary values through revealed and stated preference methods; (4) Welfare and wellbeing analysis of policy interventions: efficiency, equity and asymmetric paternalism; (5) Moral problems associated with libertarian paternalism or Nudge, and how this approach compares to other policy mechanisms, such as regulation, taxation and subsidies, and social advertisement. (6) Ethical considerations and moral values and tools in behavioural policy.
In the past, I have also designed and taught Quantitative Applications for Behavioural Science (PB4A7), where the main aim was to familiarise MSc in Behavioural Science students with critical statistical tools used by psychologists and economists to test behavioural science hypotheses about cause-effect questions. Topics covered ranged from null hypothesis testing and regression analysis, to quasi-experimental methods like differences-in-differences and instrumental variables regression.
I have also taught in various programmes at the LSE like the BSc in Environmental Economics, BSc in Economics, MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation, Executive MSc in Social Entrepreneurship spanning across the Department of Economics, Department of Geography and Environment and Department of Management. Some of the types of courses that I have taught include: Environmental Economics, Environmental Governance, Microeconomics, Behavioural Fundamentals for Marketing and Management and Applying Behavioural Economics for Social Impact.
I have received the Excellence in Teaching Awards (and been nominated for them by students). I have also earned a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Qualification in Higher Education (PGCertHE) at the LSE, which is accredited by the UK Higher Education Academy (HEA).