Research Supervisor Connect
Professor Tymula is Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course, co-Director of the Neuroeconomics Summer School, Director of the University of Sydney Experimental Economics laboratory, elected Board Member of the Society for Neuroeconomics, and elected Executive Committee member of the Economic Science Association.
Professor Tymula’s research is at the forefront of cross-disciplinary scholarship on decision-making. Her research combines theory and methodology from economics, psychology, and neuroscience for a better understanding of how people decide, why they sometimes make seemingly wrong decisions, and how to make them better choosers. Since arriving in Australia in 2013, Professor Tymula has been awarded over 33 million in nationally competitive grants as a Chief Investigator, including Centre of Excellence, DECRA, Discovery, Linkage grants.
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The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3110