{"id":26,"date":"2015-09-01T10:53:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T00:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tymula.com\/agnieszka\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-08-22T13:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T03:12:19","slug":"opportunities-for-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.tymula.com\/agnieszka\/opportunities-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunities for students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong>Honours and Master Theses<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you are interested in how people make decisions and would like to write your thesis in the area of neuroeconomics \/ behavioural economics, get in touch.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples of students&#8217; theses that turned into peer-reviewed publications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/agnieszka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/JRU_submitted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Berger A.<\/strong> and Tymula A. (2022) Controlling ambiguity: The illusion of control in decision-making under risk and ambiguity<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/agnieszka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/2022_Cheung_Tymula_Wang_noheader.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[<\/a><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Oeo_Fq1I4WI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">short poster presentation<\/a><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/agnieszka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/2022_Cheung_Tymula_Wang_noheader.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">]\u00a0<em>\u00a0<strong>Journal of Risk and Uncertainty<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/agnieszka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Guo_Tymula2021_07_26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Guo J.<\/strong> and Tymula A. (2021) Waterfall illusion in risky choice,<em>\u00a0<strong>European Economic Review<\/strong><\/em><\/a>,\u00a0139\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/agnieszka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/2021_Tymula_Wang_full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tymula A. and <strong>Wang X.<\/strong> (2021) Increased risk-taking, not loss tolerance, drives adolescents\u2019 propensity to gamble more under peer observation<\/a>, [<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/agnieszka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/2021_Tymula_Wang_Supplements_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supplement<\/a>],<em>\u00a0<strong>Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization<\/strong>, 188:439-457<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0167487017307018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tymula, A. and<strong> Whitehair, J<\/strong>. (2018)\u00a0Young adults gamble less when observed by peers, <strong><em>Journal of Economic Psychology<\/em><\/strong>, 68:1-15<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong>Predoctoral program<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you are interested in an academic career and would like to try it out and gain some research experience, get in touch.<\/p>\n<p>Students from the pre-doctoral program who progressed to PhD programs include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nick Mizen (2024 \u2013 2025)<\/strong>, PhD in Economics at the <strong>University of Michigan<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Emily Shaw (2022),<\/strong>\u00a0PhD in Economics at <strong>Oxford<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lexin (Avery) Liang (2021)<\/strong>, PhD in Psychology at<strong> NYU<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Zhenlin Kang (2020 \u2013 2021)<\/strong>, PhD at <strong>Caltech<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Xueting Wang (2017)<\/strong>, Ph.D. at <strong>University of Sydney<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong>Participate in Experiments to Help Science and Make $<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you are a University of Sydney student and would like to participate in research studies and earn some extra spending money,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orsee.sydney.edu.au\/public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow the instructions on this website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honours and Master Theses If you are interested in how people make decisions and would like to write your thesis in the area of neuroeconomics \/ behavioural economics, get in touch. Here are some examples of students&#8217; theses that turned into peer-reviewed publications: Berger A. and Tymula A. 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