Lionel Page at LSE / Boozeonomics, with London Behavioural Economics Network

CHANGE OF EVENT this month

Instead of meeting up at the pub, we have been invited to Lionel Page's talk at the London School of Economics. Afterwards, drinks at the George IV pub on Lincoln's Inn Fields.

Lionel was one of the first behavioural economists I ever spoke to when I first started working in this field. He was welcoming and had all sorts of interesting ideas that helped stimulate my interest in behavioural and cognitive econ.

Please note that this is not a formal LBEN event so there will be no LBEN signage, but Adam Oliver at LSE would love to see us there. And we can all have an LBEN-style catchup at the pub after!

INVITATION TO

Public Lecture with Lionel Page, Professor of Economics at the University of Queensland, will be held at the Hong Kong Theatre, LSE on Monday, 9th October at 6.30 pm.

Lionel will be discussing his recently published book, Optimally Irrational. The Good Reasons We Behave the Way We Do, in which he states that ‘For a long time, economists have portrayed humans as cold, selfish, and logical decision-makers--otherwise known as Homo economicus. However, this presumption has been shattered in the past few decades. Behavioural economics, as a discipline, has unveiled a
range of intriguing dimensions of behaviour, leading to the opposite view that humans are deeply flawed decision-makers riddled with cognitive biases. The professor contests this pessimistic view of human behaviour.

Using insights from economic theory, cognitive sciences, and
evolutionary biology, he argues that the so-called "biases" are typically not detrimental but rather constructive solutions to real-world challenges.

Lionel Page is the Director of the Behaviour and Economic Science Cluster at the University of Queensland. He is a behavioural economist who has published extensively in the different areas of this discipline, including decisions under risk, time preferences, social preferences, and strategic thinking.

Chair: Dr Barbara Fasolo, LSE, Department of Management
Date: Monday, 9th October 2023
Time: 6.30-pm to 7.45 pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre
Event: in person, no registration required

We look forward to seeing you there.