There are a range of ways to get involved with the Behavioural Business Lab. Contact us to find out how to work with us.
There are a range of ways to get involved with the Behavioural Business Lab. Contact us to find out how to work with us.
There are a range of ways to get involved with the Behavioural Business Lab. Contact us to find out how to work with us.
The BBL actively seeks new members within RMIT. If you are a researcher at RMIT, either in the College of Business or other relevant units, and you are (interested in) using behavioural, psychological or experimental methods, please get in touch with us to discuss how we can work together. We also have a network of affiliates with behavioural researchers in other institutions in Australia and further afield who regularly collaborate. If you are interested in working with us, please get in touch.
We are continuously recruiting new higher degree for research students if we think we are able to offer the right infrastructure and the applicant is willing and able to complete successfully. If you are interested in exploring this option, then we would advise you to do the following:
Identify the best-suited person(s) from among the BBL members in terms of their research expertise matching your proposed research. This may be one or more people. Approach the HDR coordinator by email (efm.hdrstudents@rmit.edu.au) and indicate who you would be interested in being supervised by. In that email, add your CV, a research proposal, transcripts and, if needed, proof of English proficiency. Your research proposal explains the WHAT, WHY and HOW of your project: What are you interested in and why is it important, what has been written on this, what do you hope to add, what methods will you use?
Once the HDR coordinator has assessed eligibility for the program the proposal will be sent to your preferred supervisors in BBL. If we are interested in supervising your research on your chosen topic we will invite you to attend a video conference with that supervisor to mutually assess suitability. We will ask you questions, and you can ask us questions also.
We will then tell you whether we think we could offer you supervision. If yes, then you would be explained by the HDR coordinator how to make a formal application
You need to be sure that you have funding (for study fees, living expenses) in place - either from your own funds or by scholarship.
To get an idea of what kind of research topics we currently work on please refer to the Research Topics and Studies page. However, we also strongly encourage you to approach us with your original research ideas.
In the Behavioural Business Lab we have expertise in supervising research using the following research methods:
Some examples of higher-degree research projects that we currently supervise or have supervised in the past are listed below:
Interested potential HDR students should email enquiries to behavioural.business.lab@rmit.edu.au
We offer RMIT undergraduate students the chance to obtain one of two minors in behavioural business. Behavioural business refers to psychology and behavioural economics as applied to different business and policy domains. Part of the teaching involves classes in the laboratory facility to gain familiarity with conducting scientific studies and immersion in behavioural and psychological tasks to examine your own decision making. Each course also includes an industry event to see how practitioners apply behavioural insights to policy.
The BBL offers the annual Global Study Tour in Behavioural Business to all RMIT Masters students. It takes place annually at RMIT Europe in Barcelona, Spain.
The course is a mixture of small-group intensive teaching and visits to companies, NGOs and government agencies in Barcelona to see the application of behavioural business to policy first hand. These have included the charitable foundation of FC Barcelona the cognitive marketing agency M+F=! and fashion house Desigual.
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RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.