Keynote Speakers
Prof. Gerd Gigerenzer
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
The Herbert Simon Lecture in Behavioural Public Policy
Gerd Gigerenzer, long-time director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, is director of the Harding Center for Risk Literacy at the University of Potsdam, and vice-president of the European Research Council (ERC). He is former Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago and John M. Olin Distinguished Visiting Professor, School of Law, University of Virginia. He is member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, the German Academy of Sciences and Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He was awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Basel and the Open University of the Netherlands. Awards include the AAAS Prize for the best article in the behavioral sciences, the German Psychology Award, and the Communicator Award of the German Research Foundation. His award-winning popular books Calculated Risks, Gut Feelings, Risk Savvy, and How To Stay Smart In A Smart World have been translated into more than 20 languages. He has trained U.S. federal judges, physicians, and top managers in decision making. The Swiss Duttweiler Institute has distinguished Gigerenzer as one of the top-100 Global Thought Leaders worldwide.
Prof. Linda Steg
University of Groningen
Linda Steg is professor of environmental psychology at the University of Groningen. She studies factors influencing sustainable behaviour, the effects and acceptability of strategies aimed at promoting sustainable behaviour, and public perceptions of technology and system changes. She is member of Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and of the Netherlands Scientific Climate Council. She was lead author of the IPCC special report on 1.5°C and AR6. She participates in various interdisciplinary and international research programmes, and collaborates with practitioners working in industry, governments and NGOs.
Prof. Olivier Oullier
Inclusive Brains
Olivier Oullier, PhD, is a neuroscientist, entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder and CEO of Inclusive Brains, a company building AI's first Neural Foundation Model to empower machine to adapt and serve everyone regardless their abilities. In 2023, with other Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum, he founded the Assistive Tech & Artificial Intelligence for Inclusion Impact Initiative to support, fund and scale tech solutions that improve inclusion at school and in the workplace . Olivier is also the Chairman of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence by Biotech Dental. He is the former President of EMOTIV, the global leader of portable brain sensing neurotechnologies, and the former Global Head of Strategy in Health and Healthcare and Member of the Executive Committee of the World Economic Forum. A Full Professor of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at Aix-Marseille University, he also taught at the Universities of Oxford and Geneva's executive education programs. From 2009 to 2012, he was the director of the Neuroscience and Public Policy Program at the French Prime Minister's Center for Strategic Analyses. A former expert at the European Commission's DG SANCO, he sat on France's Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (OPECST) and High Council for Strategic Education and Research (CSFRS). He studied at the Universities of the Mediterranean, Cincinnati, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He moonlights as a DJ under the stage name of Jacques LAVOISIER, and founded DJs4good an organization leveraging the global community of DJs to support and fund charities, research and social impact projects on inclusion, disability and mental health. In 2012, he premiered The Neuromix, the first neurotech-powered live performance combining electronic generative visual arts and music generated in real-time from his brainwaves.
Organising Committee
Sanchayan Banerjee
Associate Professor (Sr. Lecturer) in Economics & Public Policy, The Policy Institute, King’s College London. Conference Chair and Convenor.
Sofia Cusano
Events and Stakeholder Manager, The Policy Institute, King’s College London
Jinyao Li
PhD Candidate, Department of Social, Health, and Organisational Psychology, Utrecht University
Henrico van Roekel
Assistant Professor, Utrecht University School of Governance (USG)
Lisa Tholen
PhD Candidate, Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Marta Buso
PhD Candidate, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM),Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Meike Morren
Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Louison Thépaut
PhD Candidate, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM),Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Magdalena Lesch
PhD Candidate, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Partners & Sponsors
Fourth International Behavioural
Public Policy Conference
10 – 12 September 2025
London, UK
31 January 2025
Deadline for abstract submissions
14 March 2025
Notification of acceptance
31 March 2025
Deadline to submit full paper for best paper award
1 May 2025
Registration deadline for presenters
13 June 2025
Registration deadline for non-presenters
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🛈 About IBPPA
The International Behavioural Public Policy Association provides an umbrella organisation for all those who are involved and/or interested in the growing multidisciplinary field of behavioural public policy. The Association aims to facilitate the sharing of knowledge among those studying behavioural public policy across different fields and in different parts of the world via the annual conference and its partner journal, Behavioural Public Policy.