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Alejandra is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Santiago de Chile. She is a researcher specializing in the fields of Experimental Economics and Behavioural Economics, she is interested in how humans make decisions and interact with others. Her current research focuses on a major project entitled: Aversion to inequality in Chile: an investigation of the interaction between individual and social preferences. The central objective of her research lies in comprehending the intricate dynamics of human decision-making and social interactions.

In her academic pursuits, professor Vásquez demonstrates a profound fascination with the multifaceted factors that shape human behavior. Recognizing that cognitive, contextual, environmental and emotional elements significantly influence our actions. She acutely focuses on the examination of social preferences, empathy, conscientious consumption choices, wellbeing, and social dilemmas. Through meticulous investigation and analysis, she seeks to shed light on the underlying mechanisms that drive individual choices and cooperation in economic settings.

Scientific Collaborations:
She is a collaborating member of Unica-BERG, an interdisciplinary group of researchers interested in the experimental study of the socio-economic, cognitive and neuroscientific aspects of individual and collective decision making. The group is based at the University of Cagliari in Italy. UNICA-BERG Behavioral Economics Research Group (https://people.unica.it/berg/people/)

• Visiting researcher at the University of Klagenfurt – Austria (May-June 2022) Wisdom, appreciation, moral choices and responsible consumption across cultures. With Dr. Judith Glück.
• Sustainable Campus Network, Coordinator of the culture and sustainable behavior group and participates in network research.
• Globusdoc grant University of Cagliari for research internship in the United States, 2016. De Paul University in Chicago – USA and University of Chicago, attended the Behavioural Economics course with Dr. Richard Thaler.

She has developed and leads the ProCíviCo project, an applied research initiative that aims to promote prosocial and civic participation in the school context. Additionally, she has developed school intervention projects to promote prosociality in Italy and various regions of Colombia.

Currently, she coordinates the Public Policy Unit (Evidence, Connection, and Advocacy, ECI) at the Center for the Study of Conflict and Social Cohesion in Chile, COES, where she is also an associated researcher.

She collaborates with an active international network of researchers who share the vision of social change through academia, hailing from Italy, Spain, Canada, Argentina, Colombia, the United States, and Brazil.

Her most recent research inquiries revolve around the processes involved in the micro-level of social cohesion, particularly the relationship between social inequality and diversity, encompassing dimensions such as social class, migratory status, ethnic origin, and gender.

Brit joined the University of Exeter Business School as a Professor of Economics in September 2013. She was Head of the Economics Department from September 2014 until December 2022. Originally from Germany, Brit did her undergraduate degree in economics at the Humboldt University in Berlin. She completed her PhD dissertation Social Preferences and Learning in Experimental Games under the supervision of Rosemarie Nagel at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, in 2000. She then spent three years at Harvard Business School, where she was a post-doc with Al Roth (Nobel Laureate, Economics 2012). Brit then took a tenure-track job at Texas A&M University where she was granted tenure in 2009. She moved to the University of Birmingham as a Professor in Experimental Economics in 2011, where she founded the Birmingham Experimental Economics Laboratory (BEEL) of which she was the Director until she joined Exeter. Brit’s research interests lie at the intersection of economics and psychology. She uses experimental methods to study individual and group behavior with a particular interest in social preferences, reasoning, learning, reputation, identity and happiness.

Filippos Exadaktylos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Econometrics, Statistics, and Applied Economics at the University of Barcelona. He earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Granada and specializes in behavioral economics, climate change, social norms, and cooperation. His research employs experimental methods to analyze human behavior in economic contexts. Previously, Filippos held academic positions at Middlesex University and served as a Marie Curie Fellow. He also worked with the European Commission’s Economic Team. Renowned for his contributions to understanding social preferences and environmental behavior, Filippos has made a significant impact in his field.