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’ theses that turned into peer-reviewed publications:
- Berger A. and Tymula A. (2022) Controlling ambiguity: The illusion of control in decision-making under risk and ambiguity [short poster presentation] Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
- Guo J. and Tymula A. (2021) Waterfall illusion in risky choice, European Economic Review, 139
- Tymula A. and Wang X. (2021) Increased risk-taking, not loss tolerance, drives adolescents’ propensity to gamble more under peer observation, [supplement], Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 188:439-457
- Tymula, A. and Whitehair, J. (2018) Young adults gamble less when observed by peers, Journal of Economic Psychology, 68:1-15
Predoctoral program
If you are interested in an academic career and would like to try it out and gain some research experience, get in touch.
Students from the pre-doctoral program who progressed to PhD programs include:
- Nick Mizen (2024 – 2025), PhD in Economics at the University of Michigan
- Emily Shaw (2022), PhD in Economics at Oxford
- Lexin (Avery) Liang (2021), PhD in Psychology at NYU
- Zhenlin Kang (2020 – 2021), PhD at Caltech
- Xueting Wang (2017), Ph.D. at University of Sydney
Participate in Experiments to Help Science and Make $
If you are a University of Sydney student and would like to participate in research studies and earn some extra spending money, follow the instructions on this website.