Lecturers:

K. Katsikopoulos (University of Southampton)

L. Macchi (University of Milano-Bicocca)

J. N. Marewski (HEC Lausanne)

L. Martignon (Ludwigsburg University of Education)

S. Mousavi (Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin)

L. Vagharchakian (French Institute of Health and Medical Research)

R. Viale (University of Milano-Bicocca)

Format: 

The Summer School aims at providing an overview and a toolkit about Risk Literacy, Heuristics for decision making processes and Behavioral insights, and Communication heuristics. On mornings lessons will be held, while the afternoon will be dedicated to teamwork and questions. On the last day, there will be presentations of group works with Prize-giving.

Course contents:

• Risk and Uncertainty from an Epistemological perspective: introduction to heuristics and risk literacy

• Which heuristics, in which decision-making environments?

• Nudge, Boosting and Behavioral Insights

• Communication heuristics and decision making

Application:

To apply for the summer school, please send to bib@unimib.it the following materials:

1.     CV

2. A short letter describing your research interests and reasons for attending the summer school.

Intended Participants: 

About 30-40 students (graduate and undergraduate MA students, Ph.D. students, post-docs, young faculty)

Participation fee: 

350€ (includes coffee breaks + lunches + welcome dinner and closing aperitif) - Four scholarships covering 50% of the participation fee will be awarded.

Accommodation: 

affordable accommodation will be available at the Villa del Grumello (https://www.villadelgrumello.it/it/).

All the information on Venue and accommodation can be found at https://hmuc.lakecomoschool.org/venue-and-accommodation/