Beta academic Directory

Lionel Page

Professor, QUT Business School, Economics and Finance

Queensland University of Technology

SUMMARY

Dr Page’s work takes a behavioural economics approach to educational choices of students in Australia and the UK. He also researches wider behavioural topics on goals and performance. In one relevant study, Dr Page ran a lab experiment to test for explanations of social inequalities in education, and found social differences in education were a result of differing aspiration levels, which led to different educational choices.

He also organised a large study showing that the sequence which options are presented shapes the outcome of choice, by analysing the TV show ‘Idol’.

KEY WORDS (POLICY AREAS AND METHODOLOGY EXPERTISE)

Behaviour in Contests

Educational Choices

Game Theory

Political Choices

Risk Attitudes

Social Preferences

Superannuation

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

[e-mail]

More information on Lionel Page is available on the QUT website.

Mauricio Palmeira

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business

Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea

SUMMARY

Mauricio’s research focus is on consumer behaviour and he published in some of the leading journal in business and psychology, including Journal of Consumer Research, Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Retailing and Journal of Behavioural Decision Making.

Topics of published and current projects include price promotions, advice taking, brand extensions, word of mouth and social perceptions.

KEY WORDS (POLICY AREAS AND METHODOLOGY EXPERTISE)

Brand Extensions

Consumer Behaviour

Heuristics

Loyalty Programs

Social Perceptions

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

[e-mail]

More information on Mauricio Palmeira is available on the Sungkyunkwan University website.

Abigail Payne

DIRECTOR AND RONALD HENDERSON PROFESSOR, MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

University of Melbourne

SUMMARY

Professor Payne is the Director of the leading Australian institute on applied economic and social research. The Institute has a team of more than 50 academic researchers that are engage in research on various microeconomic and macroeconomic topics.

Professor Payne’s own work focuses on empirical public economics issues. Her research encompasses questions around student performance and understanding donor and charity behaviour. Her current research includes projects to understand the motivations of donors, the role of fundraising in private giving, charity operations and their effects on communities.

Professor Payne’s current research in education includes understanding the decision to attend post secondary education, understanding gender gaps in educational performance, and determinants of successful transitions from high school to university.

KEY WORDS (POLICY AREAS AND METHODOLOGY EXPERTISE)

Economics of Charities

Economics of Education

Law and Economics

Public Economics

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

[e-mail]

More information on Abigail Payne is available on the University of Melbourne website.

Dr Naomi Priest

Fellow, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods

Australian National University

SUMMARY

Dr Priest’s broad research interest is to integrate social and epidemiologic methods to examine and address inequalities in health and development across populations and place.

This includes social epidemiology using large scale population and linked datasets, and qualitative research, to understand differences in health and development experienced by youths from Indigenous backgrounds and from ethnic minorities, and explore explanations for observed differences across intersecting identities and experiences such as gender, socioeconomic position, and disability.

Another area of her research is focused on initiatives to counter stigma, discrimination and bias and promote diversity and inclusion among individuals, organisations and across society.

KEY WORDS (POLICY AREAS AND METHODOLOGY EXPERTISE)

Children

Gender

Health

Indigenous

Qualitative

Quantitative

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

[e-mail]

More information on Dr Naomi Priest is available on the ANU website.

Dr Andrew Reeson

Principal Research Scientist, Data61

CSIRO

SUMMARY

Andrew is an applied economist who combines behavioural economics with econometric modelling to address issues of national significance.

An early adopter of behavioural economics in 2004, he has applied it to inform environmental policy (including market based instruments, water markets, Emissions Reduction Fund auction design), tax (e.g. the Henry Tax Review) and superannuation (e.g. understanding drawdown behaviour, enhancing member engagement).

His work includes laboratory experiments, surveys, analysis of large administrative datasets and large scale randomised controlled trials.

KEY WORDS (POLICY AREAS AND METHODOLOGY EXPERTISE)

Digital Economy

Environment

Market Design

Superannuation

Tax

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

[e-mail]

More information on Dr Andrew Reeson is available on the CSIRO website.

Sharyn Rundle Thiele

Director, Social Marketing @ Griffith

Griffith University

SUMMARY

Professor Sharyn Rundle Thiele is Director, Social Marketing @ Griffith and Editor in Chief, Journal of Social Marketing.

Drawing on her commercial marketing background Sharyn’s research focuses on applying marketing tools and techniques to change behaviour for the better. She is currently working on projects delivering changes to the environment, people’s health and for the greater social good.

Selected current projects include changing adolescent attitudes towards drinking alcohol, increasing healthy eating and physical activity to combat obesity, changing farming practice to improve water quality and delivering reductions in assaults.

KEY WORDS (POLICY AREAS AND METHODOLOGY EXPERTISE)

Alcohol

Environment

Healthy Eating

Obesity

Physical Activity

Social Marketing

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

s.rundle [e-mail]

More information on Sharyn Rundle Thiele is available on the Griffith University website.