Professor & Director of the Experimental Economics Lab, School of Economics, University of Sydney

Director of the ARC Lifecourse Centre of Excellence University of Sydney node

Editorial Board of Experimental Economics

Co-director of the Neuroeconomics Summer School

 

Professor Tymula (PhD in Economics, Universita Bocconi) is at the forefront of cross-disciplinary scholarship on decision-making. Her research integrates theory and methods from economics, psychology, and neuroscience to better understand how people decide, why they sometimes make seemingly irrational decisions, and how to help them become better decision-makers.

Professor Tymula has been awarded over 34 million in competitive research funding. She has held numerous leadership roles, including President and Board Member of the Society for Neuroeconomics, member of the Executive Committee of the Economic Science Association, and the Editorial Board of Experimental Economics.

Professor Tymula is the first Australian researcher to receive the Society for Neuroeconomics Award for contributions towards the understanding of decision-making. She is also a recipient of the Young Economist Award from the Economic Society of Australia and Discovery Early Career Researcher Award from the Australian Research Council.

Upcoming talks in 2025

10-12 March – AP ESA in Osaka (talk + mentoring panel)

21 March – University of Melbourne

2 April – University of Technology Sydney

6-9 June – International ESA in Beijing (semi-plenary address)

26-27 June – BSE Summer Forum workshop on Preferences Bounded Rationality and Strategic Interactions

26-27 June – Africa ESA in Nairobi (tutorial on Neuroeconomics)

14 July – University of Heidelberg

24-25 July – International Life Course Conference in Brisbane

4-15 August – Summer School in Neuroeconomics at INSEAD

Upcoming talks in 2026

April – AP ESA meeting in Melbourne (keynote address)