Research Conclave on Behavioral Science, Judgment and Decision Making

14-15 October 2022

Hosted at : Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi [ONLINE]

Convenor: Dr. Sumitava Mukherjee

Scope

The conclave provided a platform for students and researchers interested in Judgment and Decision Making (JDM) and behavioral science to share their work. It brought together ideas from different backgrounds/subjects and provides a place to share reviews of the literature, present ideas for feedback, and most importantly, encourage thinking on real-world issues that matter.

Keynotes

• Dr. Steven Sloman, Brown University
• Dr. David Levine, University of California, Berkeley
• Dr. Arvind Sahay, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad
• Dr. Purnima Singh, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi

Panel Discussions

[1] Applications in Behavioral science

Panelists:

• Dr. Arvind Sahay, Professor of marketing, IIM Ahmedabad
• Dr. Varun Dutt, Associate Professor in Computing and HSS, IIT Mandi
• Aditya Jagati, Engagement Director, Busara Center for Behavioral Economics
• Puneet Gupta, Managing Partner, Kentrus Investment Advisors
• Dr. Asma Hanif, Research Scientist at Consumer Sensory Sciences Division, ITC Life Sciences and Technology Centre, Bangalore
• Neha Negi and Devang Agarwal, M.Sc. students, IIT Delhi
• Abhirup Chatterjee, Ex-IITK MS student, Data analyst, Accenture (AI systems).

Dr. Sumitava Mukherjee (moderator)

[2] Teaching Behavioral science and decision making at UG and PG levels

Panelists:

• Dr. Steven Sloman, Professor, Brown University
• Dr. Purnima Singh, Professor, IIT Delhi
• Dr. Arjun Ramkrishnan, Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur
• Mehak Gupta and Srijony Kar, MSc students, IIT Delhi
• Dr. Abhishek Sahai, Assistant Professor, Flame University Pune

Dr. David Parkinson, Professor Emeritus, University of Saskatchewan (moderator)

Presentations by students and early-stage researchers on diverse topics:

• Human Judgments
• Reasoning
• Decisions under risk and riskless situations
• Risk, uncertainty, and ambiguity; Risk literacy and communication
• Heuristics and biases
• Information Framing
• Public perception and opinions
• Brain mechanisms of judgments or decisions
• Behavioral insights
• Behavioral change, nudges, and boosts
• Applications in  Health/healthcare; Work and Education; Organization; Governance, law, justice, Policy; Artificial intelligence, algorithms, robotics, and technology; Lifestyle, mobility/transport; Environment; Art, Literature and Aesthetics; Mathematics, Probability, Logic, Philosophy; Design

Types of submissions that were accepted

Sharing of original research
Original research conducted by student teams (with or without faculty mentors).

Focused mini-review
A mini-focused review of an area/topic/issue.

Case-study
A real-world application showcasing an application/service/framework in any of the listed topics.  

Volunteers

• Akhil Abburru, IIT Delhi
• Avantika Dev, IIT Delhi
• Ouroz Khan, IIT Delhi
• Mehak Gupta, IIT Delhi