Events
Dissemination of knowledge and societal outreach stand as fundamental undertakings at Open Lab, featuring the ideas put forth by its resident researchers and guest scholars. The organized events provide an excellent platform for participants to acquire insights into state-of-the-art research, methodologies, and best practices around the topics of economic and digital resilience.
Next events
SPUDM 2025 - Call for Papers Now Open!
SPUDM (Subjective Probability, Utility, and Decision Making) is a biennial conference organized by the European Association for Decision Making. The conference brings together researchers in judgment and decision-making, providing a platform to share cutting-edge research through paper presentations, posters, and symposia.
The 2025 edition will be hosted and organized by Open Lab and the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca.
We look forward to welcoming you to Lucca!
Dates: August 31 - September 4, 2025.
Location: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy.
For more information, or to submit your work, visit the conference website or contact spudm2025@imtlucca.it
Past events
Workshop: "IMT Workshop on Behavioral and Experimental Economics"
Join us for an exciting workshop featuring cutting-edge research in behavioral and experimental economics. The event will culminate with a special seminar by Professor Jean-Robert Tyran (University of Vienna) on "Sorting Fact from Fiction when Reasoning is Motivated."
Program Highlights:
Morning Session (9:30 AM): Presentations on behavioral interventions, intuitive norms, and consumer behavior
Afternoon Session (2:30 PM): Featured seminar by Prof. Tyran followed by Q&A
Topics include: water conservation, consumer behavior, virtual currencies, sustainable consumption, and behavioral economics
All interested faculty, researchers, and students are welcome to attend.
Get the full program here.
Dates: Nov 25, 2024; 9.30 am - 5 pm.
Location: Sagrestia, San Francesco Complex - IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy.
Open Lab: Mid-Term presentation meeting
We're looking forward to our upcoming meeting, which is one of several planned check-ins for our Open Lab Call for Ideas projects. The RED Committee will review recent progress reports and share valuable feedback to help guide these initiatives forward.
Hope to see many of you there!
Date: Oct 18, 2024; from 11.00 am to 4.00 pm.
Location: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy; S. Francesco complex, aula Guinigi, and online.
Download the program here.
Seminar: "Can a single model account for both risky choices and inter-temporal choices? Testing the assumptions underlying models of risky intertemporal choice: A conceptual replication"
Speakers: Professor Andreas Ortmann, University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Within the Open Lab/AXES seminar series, Professor Andreas Ortmann from UNSW will present a conceptual replication study challenging previous findings on risky intertemporal choice models. The seminar will examine how different incentivization methods and experimental designs impact decision-making in economic choices. Prof. Ortmann's research addresses key methodological concerns in behavioral economics, particularly regarding the relationship between risky and intertemporal choices. The presentation will highlight the importance of proper incentivization in experimental economics and discuss how factors such as presentation order can affect research outcomes. Overall, the seminar aims to contribute to the ongoing dialogue about experimental methodology and the robustness of behavioral economics findings.
Date: Oct 2, 2024; from 4pm.
Location: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy, S. Ponziano Conference room and online.
Bright Night
Researchers' Night is an annual event held on the last Friday of September in over 250 European cities. Initiated by the European Commission in 2005, it aims to connect scientific researchers with the public. Researchers showcase their work through fun, interactive activities like experiments, shows, and lab tours.
In Tuscany, BRIGHT-NIGHT is jointly organized by local universities and research institutions and is funded by the Tuscany Region.
The IMT School hosts free events for all ages in Lucca on September 27th.
Dates: Sept 27th, activities starting from 10am.
Location. IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy, S. Francesco complex.
For more info, download the program of activities here, or visit the event website.
Seminar: "New methods and theories for promoting pro-environmental behaviours: A social marketing approach in the context of water conservation."
Speakers: Professors Franco Sancho Esper and Carla Rodriguez Sanchez, University of Alicante.
Within the Open Lab/AXES seminar series, professors Sancho Esper and Rodriguez Sanchez will present three studies from the "SOMATECH" project, focusing on Community-Based Social Marketing (CBSM) for environmental sustainability. It will explain CBSM's five-step process for behavior change and demonstrate how these steps apply to water conservation programs. The presentation will also discuss new theories and communication tools that enhance program effectiveness. Overall, the seminar aims to show how CBSM can be used to design impactful environmental conservation initiatives.
Dates: Sept 4, 2024; 2pm - 4pm.
Location: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy, S. Francesco complex. Classroom 2 and online.
Workshop: "Machine Learning for Data & Algorithm-Sharing in Social Science."
The workshop, organized by the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, provides a unique opportunity for researchers and practitioners to delve into the transformative power and challenges of algorithm-sharing methods.
Dates: May 27-28, 2024; 2pm - 4pm.
Location: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy.
Seminar: "Who's Afraid of Policy Experiments?"
Speaker: Professor Robert Dur.
Professor Robert Dur (Erasmus University Rotterdam), will deliver a seminar within the Open Lab/AXES seminar series.
While randomized experiments represent a significant method for enhancing our understanding of policy effects and thereby contributing to improved public policy, their use in policy contexts remains relatively uncommon. In this presentation, Professor Dur will explore the underlying causes of this phenomenon.
Dates: May 22, 2024; 2pm - 4pm.
Location: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy, S. Francesco complex. Classroom 1.
Seminar: "Digital communication in the lab and in the field: anonymity, nonverbal content, and prosociality"
Speaker: Assistant Professor Adam Zylbersztejn.
Assistant Professor Zylbersztejn (University of Lyon 2), will deliver a seminar within the Open Lab/AXES seminar series.
Dates: Apr 24, 2024; 2pm - 4pm.
Location: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy, S. Francesco complex.
Seminar: "Anticipating Climate Change Across the United States"
Speaker: Assistant Professor Adrien Bilal.
Assistant Professor Bilal (Harvard University), will deliver a seminar within the Open Lab/AXES seminar series.
Dates: Apr 10, 2024; 2pm - 4pm.
Location: online.
Open Lab: Peer Discussion Session
Following the kickstart introductory day, it's now time to assess the progress of the projects during a peer session. This session presents an excellent chance for research teams to gather valuable feedback on their projects.
Dates: Apr 3, 2024; 2pm - 4pm.
Location: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy; S. Francesco complex, aula Sagrestia, and online.
Seminar: "Imperfect (Re)allocation in Imperfect Markets: Evidence from China’s Pilot Carbon ETS"
Speaker: Professor Jo Van Biesebroeck.
Professor Van Biesebroeck (KU Leuven), will deliver a seminar within the Open Lab/AXES seminar series.
The seminar explores and contrasts the efficacy of absolute and intensity-based emission regulations in advancing carbon mitigation within the Chinese carbon emission trading scheme (ETS) pilots.
Dates: Mar 27, 2024; 2pm - 4pm.
Location: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy, S. Francesco complex.
Seminar: "University-to-Industry knowledge transfers and firms’ resilience during the Great Recession: Evidence for Spanish firms."
Speaker: Professor Maria Dolores Añón Higón.
Professor Dolores Higón (University of Valencia), will deliver a seminar within the Open Lab/AXES seminar series. This session will delve into the exploration of how the transfer of knowledge from universities to industries affects the performance of firms amidst economic downturns. By analyzing a group of Spanish manufacturing firms, the study seeks to reveal how collaboration with universities contributes to enhancing competitive advantage.
Dates: Feb 21, 2024; 2pm - 4pm.
Location: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy, S. Francesco complex.
Seminar: "Investment in Digital Technologies and Firms' Labor Demand"
Speaker: Professor Andrea Fracasso.
We are glad to announce our next seminar as part of the AXES seminar series. Professor Andrea Fracasso from the University of Trento will deliver a seminar on the effects of investment in robots and other 4IR digital technologies (specifically big data, Internet of Things, virtual reality, and cybersecurity) on firm employment, firms' training and firms' hiring strategies.
Dates: Feb 14, 2024; 2pm - 4pm.
Location: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy, S. Francesco complex.
Open Lab: Introduction Day
This session hosted the presentations of the projects that secured funding through the Call for Ideas selection process. The aim of the session was not only that of giving visibility to the projects within the IMT community, but also of capturing the interest of potential collaborators.
Dates: Feb 1, 2024; 10.00am - 12.00noon.
Location: online.
Download the program here.