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Research Centres

Centre for Choice (CRC)

Centre for Choice (CRC)

About us

The Choice Research Centre (CRC) advances behavioural and economic knowledge to create positive social impact. It investigates human behaviour by combining theoretical and empirical approaches, using methods such as laboratory experiments and randomised controlled trials to design scalable interventions. Drawing on in-house expertise, the Centre delivers both fundamental and applied research that deepens our understanding of human behaviour and translates it into real-world solutions.

The Choice Research Centre also promotes research-inspired education. A core part of its mission is to support the development of early-stage researchers through doctoral supervision and mentoring. The Centre is committed to producing world-leading, interdisciplinary research in behavioural and economic sciences, with the goal of driving innovation and meaningful change—particularly for the benefit of future generations and society at large.

The cluster also hosts the LExEcon (Leicester Experimental Economics) Laboratory, a state-of-the-art facility that supports behavioural research and teaching. The lab enables high-quality experimental work and serves as a platform for student engagement and methodological innovation. See LExEcon Laboratory for further details.

Profile for Fabio TufanoDr Fabio Tufano, Director

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Management group members

External seminars

Past seminars

2025

8 May

  • Yan Chen (University of Michigan)
  • Social Media and Job Market Success: A Field Experiment on Twitter
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, BRK 0.09, Brookfield

30 April

  • Daniel Zizzo (University of Queensland)
  • Why Behave like Sheep? Understanding Compliance and Peer Effects
  • 1.30pm- 2.45pm, BRK 0.53, Brookfield

24 April

  • Larry Samuelson (Yale University)
  • The Economics of Latent Representations
  • 3.00pm 4.00pm, BRK 0.09, Brookfield

10 April

  • Andrew Ellis (LSE)
  • Equilibrium Effects of Machine Learning
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, MSB 0.05, Brookfield

27 March

  • Eleonora Guarnieri (University of Bristol)
  • Male Dominance and Cultural Extinction (with Ana Tur-Prats)
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Mary Seacole 0.05, Brookfield

12 March

  • Adam Brzezinski (LSE)
  • Narrative Entanglement: The Case of Climate Policy
  • 1.30pm - 2.45pm, BRK 0.45, Brookfield

27 February

  • Zahra Murad (University of Portsmouth)
  • The signals we give: Performance feedback, gender, and competition
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, BRK 0.09, Brookfield

6 February

  • Anandi Mani
  • Customized cash transfers: financial lives and cash-flow preferences in rural Kenya
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, BRK 0.09, Brookfield

2024

28 November

  • Matthew Ridley (University of Warwick)
  • Mental Illness Discrimination
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, 0.43, Brookfield

14 November

  • Rebecca McDonald (University of Birmigham)
  • Are distributional preferences for safety linked to age and health status? (joint with D. Arroyos-Calvera and J. Covey)
  • 3.00 - 4.00pm, BRK 0.43, Brookfield

31 October

  • Caroline Liqui Lung (University of Cambridge)
  • Multidimensional Social Identities and Individual Choice Behavior: The Pitfalls and Opportunities
  • 3.00pm – 4.00pm, BRK 0.02, Brookfield

17 October

  • Alex Chan (Harvard Business School)
  • Opt In? Opt Out?
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, BRK 0.43, Brookfield

20 June

  • Gabriele Camera (Chapman University)
  • Cooperation in indefinitely repeated helping games
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, BRK 0.05, Brookfield

30 May

  • Federica Liberini (Queen Mary University of London)
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Room 0.09, Brookfield

16 May

  • Friederike Mengel (University of Essex)
  • Influence in Social Networks
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Room 0.09, Brookfield

25 April

  • Lucia Reisch (University of Cambridge)
  • Climate Nudging in the Food System
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Room 0.09, Brookfield

18 April

  • Dagmara Celi Katreniak (City University of London)
  • Enhancing the Capital Gains Tax on Property Compliance
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Room 0.09, Brookfield

11 April

  • Nathan Canen (University of Warwick)
  • Innovation Adoption by Committee: Evaluating Decision-Making in the FDA
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Room 0.09, Brookfield

26 March

  • Luca Braghieri (Bocconi University)
  • Against totalitarianism: the value of a history education in countering extremist ideology
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Room 0.09, Brookfield

14 March

  • Ed Hopkins (King's College)
  • College as a Signal of Self-Control: Theory and Evidence
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Room 0.09, Brookfield

29 February

  • David Kretschmer (Nuffield College, University of Oxford)
  • The Interplay of Gender and Religion in Creating Religious Friendship Segregation among Muslim Youth: Observational and Experimental Evidence from Germany
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Room 0.09, Brookfield

2023

7 December

  • Simon Gaechter (University of Nottingham)
  • Inaugural BeES Seminar
  • The Complementarity of Good Institutions and Voluntary Cooperation: Experimental Evidence from 43 Societies
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Room 0.09, Brookfield

Work-in-progress seminars

Past seminars 2025

12 June

  • Paul Schaefer
  • Additional Treatments to the Paper on Friendship
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Mary Seacole 0.05

5 June

  • Marta Mangiarulo
  • Exploring Minimal Group Effects in Repeated Social Dilemmas
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, BRK 0.09

29 May

  • Mert Gumren and Deepti Bhatia
  • Social Image Concerns and AI Use
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, BRK 0.09

Past seminars 2024

23 May

  • Charles-Cadogan (University of Leicester)
  • Room 0.09, Brookfield

18 April

  • Dagmara Celi Katreniak (City University of London)
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Room 0.09, Brookfield

21 March

  • Tingyan Jia (University of Leicester)
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Room 0.09, Brookfield

22 February

  • Paul Schäfer (University of Leicester)
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Room 0.09, Brookfield

Past seminars 2023

14 December

  • Fabrizio Andriani (University of Leicester)
  • 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Room 0.09, Brookfield

LExEcon (Leicester Experimental Economics) Laboratory

LExEcon is dedicated to applying experimental methods to economics and business research. Embedded within the College of Business, the laboratory serves as both a valuable research resource for academic staff and a platform for enriching the student experience.

The lab is supported by a dedicated laboratory managers who oversee all aspects of its operation, including session coordination, software development, and technical management.

The College is actively recruiting participants for upcoming experiments. Participants are compensated for their time and effort with payments made via PayPal. You can register online to take part.

Lab Manager: Dr Deepti Bhatia

PhD supervision topics

CRC members are happy to supervise PhD students in a number of areas in behavioural and economic sciences including (but not limited to):

  • Auctions and market behaviour
  • Behavioural game theory
  • Development and evaluation of health interventions
  • Diversity
  • Education
  • Labour and Economics of Organisations
  • Experimental Economics
  • Hate crime and extremism
  • Identity Economics
  • Inequality
  • Individual decision-making
  • Public goods and redistribution
  • Political economy
  • Police decision-making and crime analysis
  • Risky choice
  • Social networks
  • Social norms and similarity judgements
  • Salience and attention
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