Experiments in Economics
Date & time
29 October 2025 | 19.00-21.00
Event format
Attend event in person
Event type
Participatory interactive event
Event topic
Business, finance & economics
Audience
Young People, Adults
Academic discipline
Economics management and business studies
Venue
Horton 321, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EQ
What's on offer?
The event will last 60 minutes, split between an interactive classroom experiment and a discussion of a larger field experiment on discrimination.
What's it about?
The event will broaden the public view about what Economics is about (this is not just about money and finance), and introduce research methods to explore causality. In particular, we will explore how economists conduct experiments to explore issues of discrimination.
Who's leading the event?
The events are led by Professor Arnaud Chevalier and Dr Abu Siddique from the Economics Department at Royal Holloway. They will take place in two local schools, and at Royal Holloway University.
Open to
The school events are targeted at young people age 15-17 and their parents. The event at Royal Holloway, University of London will be open to the general public.
Of particular interest to
This is a general interest design. It might be of particular interest to young people interested in understanding how people behave, and how their behaviour can be explained by economics.
Event booking deadline
TBC
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