Nov 29 2024
Earlier this month, I embarked on a solo journey to Vancouver, Canada, for a short visiting stint at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business. My incredible hosts, Associate Professor Dave Hardisty and Dr Kirstin Appelt, welcomed me warmly into their family—complete with cuddles from Evie, their fluffy and affectionate dog, and Cleo, …
Oct 28 2024
I count myself incredibly lucky for many reasons, but here’s one that stands out: my work. Every 3.5 years, my university grants me the rare opportunity to step away from teaching and administrative duties for a research sabbatical. It’s a chance to dream big, launch ambitious projects, and collaborate with brilliant people I might otherwise …
Dec 06 2023
This week I travelled to New Zealand to attend the 25th edition of the Australian New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference. It was fun to learn that the very first edition of this conference, way back in 1998, was also held at the University of Otago in Dunedin. Apparently, at that first meeting, there were approximately …
Nov 18 2023
This week I traveled to San Francisco to attend the Psychonomic Society’s 64th Annual Meeting and the 44th Annual Conference of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making. I arrived in town a couple of days early to put on my tourist shoes. I’ve been to SF multiple times before but nonetheless decided to stretch my …
Nov 07 2023
This week the UTS Business School, in partnership with the Global Association of Applied Behavioural Scientists (GAABS), hosted the 2023 UTS Behavioural Lab Conference. This year, the ~75 people in the room shared interests and expertise in behavioural science and its potential application to change behaviour in a way that limits our contribution to climate …
Dec 09 2022
My first visit to Australia’s west-most state took me to Perth to attend the 2022 Australia New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference. The conference theme was “Reconnect & reimagine” as the world started to move on from COVID, which allowed us to see old friends face-to-face for the first time in years. On the afternoon prior …
Nov 07 2022
Last week the UTS Business School, in partnership with the Global Association of Applied Behavioural Scientists (GAABS), hosted the 2022 UTS Behavioural Lab Conference. What brought together the ~75 people in the room was a shared interest and expertise in behavioural science and the belief that the people in the room – from academia, industry, …
Dec 06 2019
My first visit to New Zealand took me to Wellington to attend the 2019 Australia New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference. The conference theme was “Winds of Change” and I very quickly realised that the title was also a clue to the fact that Wellington is, arguably, the windiest city in the world. For most of …
Nov 18 2018
This week I traveled to New Orleans to attend the 39th Annual Conference of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making. This was my second visit to NOLA. This time the weather was cold and windy – a low season for tourism. So, it wasn’t too much of a surprise when I was the only one …
Jan 05 2018
This week I was fortunate to be one of the few to participate in the Society for Consumer Psychology Boutique Conference on Vice and Virtue Consumption. One of the great things about small conferences – this one had less than 120 attendees – is that you get a lot more interaction with people. I find that conversations …
