Short course or microcredential
What if you could help people make good life decisions through a little 'nudge'? As policymakers, encouraging people to make the right choices about their health, wealth and overall well-being can be challenging. In this course, you will learn about the cognitive biases we all bring to decisions and how you can use 'nudge' theory in policy design to make better choices.
This course will explain why the theory behind 'Nudging' - behavioural economics - provides a new way to look at public policy questions. It will also explain how the approach is and has been used in the public service and what opportunities there are for you to use them in your policy-making and evaluation.
We also examine the behavioural economics approach to policy evaluation. Which methods work best in a policy environment? What are the differences between randomised controlled trials and natural experiments? How can you use existing administrative data to evaluate policy?
This course will run as an online and distance program in 2024. It is scheduled to run from 5 - 19 April 2024. Specific dates and times to note in your diary are as follows. Registrants will receive calendar invitations to the live sessions. Contact csee@anu.edu.au to find out more.
Note: Dates and times are in Canberra time AEDT/GMT+11 until 6 April 2024, then AEST/GMT+10 after that. The calendar invite for each session should automatically adjust to your timezone when you add it to your calendar. You can check at a site like this to be sure.
Uwe Dulleck is a Professor in Applied Economics at QUT Business School, Economics and Finance and an Honorary Professor at the Australian National University. Prior to joining QUT, Uwe was a Professor of Economics at the University of Linz, Austria and an Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna. Uwe's research and education expertise spans behavioral economics; economic experiments using biofeedback data; expert services and credence goods; and information economics. His work in these fields is widely published and includes the American Economic Review; Journal of Economic Literature; Economic Journal; Journal of Public Economics; International Journal of Industrial Organization; and the Scandinavian Journal of Economics. His research has been discussed in the Economic Focus of The Economist, Sydney Morning Herald and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (the Sunday edition of Germany's leading quality newspaper), among others. Uwe is the recipient of several Australian Research Council Grants is a co-investigator on Austrian Research Grants. In 2015 Uwe was the Chairman of the Program Committee for Australia's Conference of Economists, the leading and largest conference for research and applied economists in Australia. He is an active public commentator on behavioural economics and its applications to public policy, business decision making and regulation. He has collaborated with ASIC, the Australian Taxation Office, IP Australia, the Australian government, Department of Education and Training as well as with the BETA team in office of Prime Minister and Cabinet as well as for-profit and not-for-profit organisations on behavioural economics research projects.
Course structure:
This course utilises a series of handouts and video presentations alongside lecture and facilitation to embed learnings.
Learning outcomes:
Anticipated behavioural and business impacts include:
Who should attend?
This is a real-time, date-specific course, in which you will join live classes, engage and connect with experts, other course participants and the Executive Education team. Here's how it works:
What if I can't make a live session? No problem, we understand you are busy. Live sessions are recorded and transcribed for you to catch up in your own time.
What if I'm in a different time zone? All advertised course times from 1 October 2023 until 6 April 2024 are scheduled in Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) otherwise known as GMT+11. From 7 April to 5 October 2024 scheduled times are in AEST (GMT+10). Convert for your time zone here.
What if I am not tech savvy? As long as you have access to a phone or computer, you'll have no problems. This is a low-tech course designed for everyone. If needed our team is here to help - contact us at csee@anu.edu.au.
What if I have questions? We would love to hear from you. Contact our team at csee@anu.edu.au.