In our first blogpost of 2025, Leonhard Lades and Kate Laffan look ahead to the exciting events and opportunities for the IBPPA community. Hope you can join us! Get involved, stay informed, become a member.
A lot is happening in the world of behavioural public policy (BPP)! While BPP is still a relatively young scientific field, the activities happening this year suggest that we are maturing and growing, which is looking promising for the future.
Get involved
The 2025 International Behavioural Public Policy Conference will take place over 10 – 12 September in London, UK. It is being organised by Sanchayan Banerjee and team at King’s College London, in association with The Policy Institute. Get your submissions in by 31 Jan! You can submit proposals for an individual paper, a thematic session or a policy session. You need to be a member of the IBPPA to attend the conference. We are excited to hear from the excellent keynote speakers Prof Gerd Gigerenzer, Prof Linda Steg, Prof Olivier Oullier, and Prof Peter John. We very much look forward to meeting old and new friends and colleagues interested in BPP.
One of the benefits of being a member of the IBPPA is that you can access the online IBPPA Seminar Series organised by Malte Dold. These seminars aim to showcase and drive innovation in our field and seek to explore ideas and approaches that have, until now, been underexplored or overlooked. The seminars will foster a richer understanding of how behavioural insights can inform public policies. Presentations of work-in-progress to explore bold, new ideas are encouraged and can be discussed in an informal setting, where presenters can receive constructive feedback from peers. Upcoming seminar speakers are Chiara Varazzani (12 Feb), Prof Shaun Hargreaves Heap (12 Mar), Prof Nick Chater and Prof George Loewenstein (14 May), and Dr Michael Muthukrishna (9 Jul).
We are glad to announce several international IBPPA events in the year ahead:
- CIDE International Behavioural Public Policy Workshop (IBPPW) in Mexico City on March 13-14.
- NUS International Behavioural Public Policy Workshop (IBPPW) in Singapore on April 23-24.
- LSE-Cambridge International Behavioural Public Policy Workshop (IBPPW) in London on June 16-17. Submit an abstract before 1 Feb.
Stay informed
Check out our new-look website at https://www.ibppa.org/. The website will be the main hub to coordinate activities, make announcements, and promote event information including our seminars and conferences. Other webpages can be reached from the new website including our blog series. Huge thanks to Paul Lohmann for a wonderful job re-designing our website!
You can hear about new research and perspectives at our BPP blog. We would like to express our gratitude to Tony Hockley for running this blog over many years and making it an important part of the IBPPA ecosystem. Our blogposts are very well read and a great way to distil your latest research for our diverse community of researchers, practitioners and policymakers. Manu Savani and Andriy Ivchenko are the incoming blog and social media editors. Get in touch to pitch us your next blogpost!
We now have a LinkedIn Behavioural Public Policy group. Although very new, the group already has over 150 members. Anyone with an interest in BPP is welcome to join and contribute.
Become a member
You can purchase or renew your IBPPA membership directly through our new website. The IBPPA now offers flexible memberships that can start anytime and are valid for 1 or 3 years, no longer tied to the calendar year. If you were previously a member, please renew your membership on the membership website by creating a new account.
By becoming a member you support our research field and ensure events and other activities are regularly organised. Further benefits of IBPPA membership include:
- Participation in the annual IBPPA conference
- Access to IBPPA-supported seminars and workshops
- Opportunities to meet the editors of Behavioural Public Policy
- Join the IBPPA Listserv to share updates, news, and announcements
- 40% discount on selected Cambridge University Press books
- Full access to BPP journal back issues (before it was open access)
- Access to recordings of the IBPPA Seminar Series
All details about the membership are available on the membership website https://www.ibppa.org/membership.
That’s all for now from the IBPPA – wishing you a great year to come and look forward to connecting with you soon!