Events

Behavioral Bridge is a one-week Summer School on Applied Behavioral Methods combined with a one-day research workshop, organized by the Behavioral Economics Institute at the Universidad Europea de Valencia (UEV) from 13 to 18 July 2026. The program is also designed as a training initiative of the ChallengeEU Alliance, remaining open to participants from other universities and to professionals from public and private organizations.  Behavioral Bridge offers PhD students, junior faculty and professionals advanced training in behavioral methods on 4 key areas: Artificial Intelligence and Behavior: Digital Twins Replication (Dr. Tommaso Batistoni, Oxford), Market Research and Consumption: The WIne Sector (Professor Nikolaos Georgantzis, BSB), Climate Change Mitigation: Fostering Behavior (Professor Esther Blanco), Behavior and Healthier Lifestyles: Food Labels (Professor Paolo Crosetto). Each area will be formally covered by one scholar in the morning (in 2 sessions of 120 minutes each), leaving the afternoon for interactions with researchers and other participants. On Wednesday 15th, with attendance of all Summer School students, the BEI will be hosting the 5th Workshop in Behavioral Economics @ the Europea (WoBE@E), on the topic Applied Behavioral Research Methods. The tuition fee for the Summer School (July 13th-14th-16th-17th) is €500, €400 for academics coming from a ChallengeEU institution (including PhD students). If you are only interested in attending the workshop, presenting your own work, please submit  an extended abstract by June 15th to hector.solaz@universidadeuropea.es. If you are interested in attending the Summer School or the workshop, please fill this form at your earliest convenience. Organizing committee: Enrique Fatas, Lina Restrepo-Plaza, Hector Solaz, Emmanuel Armand. Link to the registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEoO74KKqODH_qG-fzwJjkO47iujr2nywDXmZZHViTbULwgQ/viewform?pli=1