Visiting and Collaborations Research

Valentina Goglio is an Associate Professor at the University of Turin, Italy, in the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society. She holds a Ph.D. in Labour Studies and specializes in Economic Sociology. Her research interests include higher education, economic sociology, and the biographical and occupational transitions of youth and young adults. Valentina is also involved in academic leadership roles, currently serving as Vice-President of the Master’s Degree Program in «Communication, ICT and Media» at the University of Turin. She has been a Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar at the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences at Stanford University. Her educational background includes studies at the University of Milan. Valentina’s work focuses on understanding social and economic dynamics, particularly in the context of education and youth development.

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.