Curriculum Vitae
IVO VLAEV
PRESENT APPOINTMENTS
May 2014
October 2014
Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, University of
Warwick
Visiting Professor of Behavioural Science, Department of Surgery and
Cancer, Imperial College London
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
July 2010 – April 2014: Senior Lecturer in Behavioural Sciences, Centre for Health Policy and
Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London
May 2011 – April 2014: Director of the MSc program in Health Policy, Imperial College London
Oct. 2008 – June 2010: Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine & Imperial College
Business1 School, Imperial College London.
Sept. 2006 – Sept. 2008: Research Fellow, Department of Psychology and the Centre for Economic
Learning and Social Evolution (ELSE), Department of Economics,
University College London.
Sept. 2004 – Aug. 2006: Research Analyst, Decision Technology, University of Warwick.
Sept. 2003 – Sept. 2004: Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Warwick.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Oct. 2000 - Sept. 2003: DPhil (PhD) in Psychology, University of Oxford, Department of
Experimental Psychology, St. John’s College.
Oct. 1998 - July 1999: Certificate of Graduate Studies, University of Oxford, Department of
Experimental Psychology, Lincoln College.
Sept. 1997 - July 1998: M.Sc. in Cognitive Science, New Bulgarian University.
March 1993 - July 1997: B.Sc. in Psychology, New Bulgarian University.
AWARDS
ORS (British Government research grant), Soros Grant, and Oxford University bursary – for pursuing doctoral research at the University of Oxford
Foreign Office Chevening award / George Soros Scholarship: Visiting Scholar at the University of
Oxford for 1998/99 academic year
Open Society Fund Award for high academic achievements for 1995/96, 1996/97, and 1997/98.
Undergraduate School Award for high academic performance during 1994/95 academic year.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2015 – present: Member of the Plagiarism Panel (Warwick Business School).
2015 – present: Personal Tutor for 24 students (Warwick Business School).
2015 – present: Member of the Global Chief Medical Officers Network: Bupa.
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2015: Reviewer of grant proposals for the Health Foundation (‘behavioural insights in healthcare services’ research programme).
2015 – present: Member of the Plagiarism Panel (Warwick Business School).
2015, 6-10 July: Organiser of the 3 rd Summer School on Medical and Ethical Decision Making
(Venice, Italy).
2014 – present: External Examiner, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and
Political Science.
2013 – present: Member of the Behaviour Insights Expert Advisory Group for the Department of
Health and Public Health England.
2013 – present: Advisory Board Member, Knee High Design Challenge, Design Council
(www.designcouncil.org.uk).
2013 – present: Member of the Reference Panel on the UK Strategy for Financial Capability, Money
Advice Service, UK (moneyadviceservice.org.uk).
2012 – 2014: External Examiner, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick.
2012 – current: External examiner of PhD students for UCL, LSHTM, Imperial College London, City
University. Internal examiner of PhD students at Imperial College London: Chris Nikolay, Anne Yeh,
Surya Singh, Sarah Huf, for their transfer of PhD status review (Imperial College London).
2011 – 2012: Assessor and member of the Commissioning Panel for the ESRC 2011/2012 Centres and
Large Grants Scheme.
2009 – 2012: Steering Committee Member, Changing behaviour: towards best practice in the development of complex interventions, Medical Research Council.
2009 – 2010: Steering Committee Member, Cutting Clutter in Corporate Reports, Financial Reporting
Council (UK).
2010 – 2012: Expert Group Member: Update of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
(NICE) guidance on Behaviour Change.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed articles in journals
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Kulendran, M., Vlaev, I., Schmidtke, K. A., King, D., Gately, P., Curtis, C., & Darzi, A. (2016).
The use of commitment techniques to support weight loss maintenance in obese adolescents.
Psychology and Health (forthcoming).
2.
Taylor, M. J., Taylor, D., Gamboa, P., Vlaev, I., & Darzi, A. (2016). Using motion-sensor games to encourage physical activity for adults with intellectual disability. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics , 220 , 417-423.
3.
Taylor, D., Murphy, J., Ahmad, M., Purkayastha, S., Scholtz, S., Ramezani, R., Vlaev, I.,
Blakemore, A. I., & Darzi, A. (2016). Quantified-self for obesity: Physical activity behaviour sensing to improve health outcomes. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics , 220 , 414-
416.
4.
Thomson, C., Maskrey, N., & Vlaev, I. (2016). Making decisions better: An evaluation of an educational intervention. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice (forthcoming).
5.
Trivedy, C., Vlaev, I., Seymour, R., & Philpott, M. (2016). The evaluation of opportunistic health checks at cricket matches: The Boundaries for Life Initiative. Sport and Society (forthcoming).
6.
Judah, G., Vlaev, I., Gunn, L., King, D., King, D., Valabhji, J., Darzi, A., & Bicknell, C. (2016)
Incentives in Diabetic Eye Assessment by Screening (IDEAS): study protocol of a three-arm
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randomized controlled trial using financial incentives to increase screening uptake in London.
BMC Ophthalmology, 16 , 28.
7.
Schmidtke, K. A., Watson, D., & Vlaev, I. (2016). The use of control charts by lay-people and hospital decision-makers for guiding decision making. Quarterly Journal of Experimental
Psychology (forthcoming).
8.
Borovoi, L., & Vlaev, I. (2016). The effect of emotional regulation on unrealistic optimism for positive and for negative events. Personality and Individual Differences (forthcoming).
9.
Leff, D. R., Yongue, G., Vlaev, I., Orihuela-Espina, F., James, D., Taylor, M. J., Athanasiou, T.,
Dolan, R., Yang, G., & Darzi, A. (2016). Contemplating the next manoeuvre: Functional neuroimaging reveals intra-operative decision making strategies. Annals of Surgery
(forthcoming).
10.
Al Lily, A. E. A., Borovoi, L., & Vlaev, I. (2016). Social informatics in education: Societal cultures versus educational technologies. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
(forthcoming).
11.
Vlaev, I., King, D., Dolan, P., & Darzi, A. (2016). Theory and practice of 'nudging': Changing health behaviors. Public Administration Review (forthcoming).
12.
Schmidtke, K. A., Poots, A. J., Carpio, J., Vlaev, I., Kandala, N., & Lilford, R. J. (2016).
Considering chance in quality and safety performance measures: an analysis of performance reports by boards in English NHS trusts. BMJ Quality & Safety (forthcoming).
13.
Kulendran. M., Patel, K., Vlaev, I., & Darzi, A. (2016). Diagnostic validity of behavioural and psychometric impulsivity measures: An assessment in adolescent and adult populations.
Personality and Individual Differences , 90 , 347-352.
14.
Kulendran. M., Wingfield, L. R., Sugden, C., & Darzi, A., Vlaev, I. (2016). Pharmacological manipulation of impulsivity: A randomized controlled trial. Personality and Individual
Differences , 90 , 321-325.
15.
Taylor, M., Arriscado, D., Vlaev, I., Taylor, D., Gately, P., & Darzi, A. (2016). Measuring perceived exercise capability and investigating its relationship with childhood obesity: A feasibility study. International Journal of Obesity , 40 , 34-38.
16.
Taylor, M. J., Taylor, D., Vlaev, I., & Elkin, S. (2015). Virtual worlds to support patient group communication? A questionnaire study investigating perceived acceptability and feasibility of virtual world focus group use by respiratory patients. British Journal of Education Technology
(forthcoming).
17.
Wadge, H., Bicknell, C., & Vlaev, I. (2015). Perceived ethical acceptability of financial incentives to improve diabetic eye screening attendance. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care ,
3 , e000118.
18.
Story, G., Vlaev, I., Metcalfe, R. D., Crockett, M. J., Kurth-Nelsone, Z., Darzi, A., & Dolan, R. J.
(2015). Social redistribution of pain and money. Scientific Reports , 5 , 15389.
19.
Dimitrov, Y., & Vlaev, I. (2015). Corporate training in emotional intelligence: Effective practice or modern ‘fugazy’? European Work and Organizational Psychology in Practice , 7 , 70-79.
20.
Taylor, M. J., Vlaev, I., Maltby, J., Brown, G. D. A., & Wood, A. M. (2015). Improving social norms interventions: Rank-framing increases excessive alcohol drinkers' information-seeking.
Health Psychology , 34 , 1200-1203.
21.
Vlaev, I., & Dolan, P. (2015). Action change theory: A reinforcement learning perspective on behaviour change. Review of General Psychology , 19 , 69-95.
22.
Hallsworth, M., Berry, D., Sanders, M., Sallis, A., King, D., Vlaev, I., & Darzi, A. (2015). Stating appointment costs in SMS reminders reduces missed hospital appointments: Findings from two randomised controlled trials. Plos One , 10 , e0137306.
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23.
King. D., Vlaev, I., Everett-Thomas, R., Fitzpatrick, M., Darzi, A., & Birnbach, D. (2016).
Priming hand hygiene compliance in clinical environments. Health Psychology , 35 , 96-101.
24.
Hallsworth, M., List, J., Metcalfe, R., & Vlaev, I. (2015). The Behavioralist as tax collector:
Using natural field experiments to enhance tax compliance. Journal of Public Economics
(forthcoming).
25.
King, D., Jabbar, A., Charani, E., Bicknell, C., Wu, Z., Miller, G., Gilchrist, M., Vlaev, I., Dean
Franklin, B., & Darzi, A. (2014). Redesigning the 'choice architecture' of hospital prescription charts: a mixed methods study incorporating in-situ simulation testing. BMJ Open , 4 , e005473.
26.
Vlaev, I., & Elliott, A. (2014). Financial well-being components. Social Indicators Research ,
118 , 1103-1123.
27.
Vlaev, I., Nieboer, J., Martin, S., & Dolan, P. (2015). How behavioural science can improve financial advice services. Journal of Financial Services Marketing , 20 , 74-88.
28.
Winston, J., Vlaev, I., Seymour, B., Chater, N., & Dolan, R. (2014). Relative valuation of pain in human prefrontal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience , 34 , 14526-14535.
29.
Al Lily, A. E. A., Borovoi, L., Foland, J., & Vlaev, I. (2016). Who colonises whom? Educational technologies or societal cultures. Science, Technology & Society (forthcoming).
30.
Story, G., Vlaev, I., Dayan, P., Seymour, B., Darzi, A., & Dolan, R. (2015). Anticipation and choice heuristics in the dynamic consumption of pain relief. PLOS Computational Biology , 11 , e1004030.
31.
Kavetsos, G., Dolan, P., & Vlaev, I. (2014). The happiness workout. Social Indicators Research ,
119 , 1363-1377.
32.
Story, G., Vlaev, I., Seymour, B., Darzi, A., & Dolan, R. (2014). Does temporal discounting explain unhealthy behavior? A systematic review and reinforcement learning perspective.
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience , 8 , 76.
33.
Hsu, A., & Vlaev, I. (2014). Monetary cost for time spent in everyday physical activities. Social
Science & Medicine , 108 , 74-80.
34.
Vlaev, I., Seymour, B., Chater, N., Winston, J., Yoshida, W., Wright, N., Symmonds, M., &
Dolan, R. (2014). Prices need no preferences: Social trends determine decisions in experimental markets for pain relief. Health Psychology , 33 , 66-76.
35.
Blanchard, T., Wolfe, L., Vlaev, I., Winston, J., & Hayden, B. (2013). Biased preferences for sequences in monkeys. Cognition , 130 , 289-299.
36.
Kulendran, M., Vlaev, I., Sugden, C., King, D., Ashrafian, H. Gately, P., & Darzi, A. (2013).
Neuropsychological assessment as a predictor of weight loss in obese adolescents. International
Journal of Obesity , 38 , 507-512.
37.
Lee, H., Vlaev, I., King, D., Mayer, E., Darzi, A., & Dolan, P. (2013). Subjective well-being and the measurement of quality in healthcare. Social Science & Medicine , 99 , 27-34.
38.
Story, G., Vlaev, I., Seymour, B., Winston, J., Dayan, P., Darzi, A., & Dolan, R. (2013). Dread and the disvalue of future pain. PLOS Computational Biology , 9 , e1003335.
39.
Jabbar, Y., Majed, A., Hsu, A., Fairhurst, P., Vlaev, I., Reilly, P., & Emery, R. J. (2013).
Decision-making in proximal humeral fractures. Shoulder & Elbow , 5 , 78-83.
40.
Birnbach, D. J., King, D., Vlaev, I., Rosen, L. F., & Harvey, F. D. (2013). A randomized study of environmental olfactory cues and their impact on hand hygiene behaviour in a simulated hospital environment. Journal of Hospital Infection , 85 , 79-81.
41.
Cohen, D., Vlaev, I., & Darzi, A. (2013). Behavioural simulations in healthcare policy: current uses and future developments. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy , 18 , 98-106.
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42.
King, D., Vlaev, I., Greaves, F., & Darzi, A. (2013). Approaches based on behavioral economics could help nudge patients and providers toward lower health spending growth. Health Affairs , 32 ,
661-668.
43.
King, D., Ramirez-Cano, D., Greaves, F., Vlaev, I., Beales, S., & Darzi, A. (2013). Twitter and the health reforms in the English National Health Service. Health Policy , 110 , 291-297.
44.
Maltby, J., Wood, A.M., Vlaev, I., Taylor, M. J., & Brown, G. D. A. (2012). Contextual effects on the perceived health benefits of exercise: The exercise rank hypothesis. Journal of Sport and
Exercise Psychology , 34 , 828-841.
45.
Nicolle, A., Klein-Flügge, M. C., Hunt, L. T., Vlaev, I., Dolan, R. J., & Behrens, T. E. J. (2012).
An agent independent axis for executed and modelled choice in medial prefrontal cortex. Neuron ,
75 , 1114-1121.
46.
Seymour, B., & Vlaev, I. (2012). Can, and should, behavioural neuroscience influence public policy? Trends in Cognitive Sciences , 16 , 449-551.
47.
Vlaev, I. (2012). How different are hypothetical and real behaviours? Overestimation, contrast and assimilation in social interaction. Journal of Economic Psychology , 33 , 963-972.
48.
Dolan, P., Hallsworth, M., Halpern, D., King, D., Metcalfe, R., & Vlaev, I. (2012). Influencing behaviour: the mindspace way. Journal of Economic Psychology , 33 , 264-277.
49.
Dolan, P., Elliott, A., Metcalfe, R., & Vlaev, I. (2012). Influencing financial behavior: from changing minds to changing contexts. Journal of Behavioral Finance , 13 , 127-143.
50.
Chater, N., & Vlaev, I. (2012). Social projection without evidential reasoning. Psychological
Inquiry , 23 , 35-38.
51.
Vlaev, I., Chater, N., Stewart, N., & Brown, G. D. A. (2011). Does the brain calculate value?
Trends in Cognitive Sciences , 15 , 546-554.
52.
Vlaev, I. (2011). Inconsistency in risk preferences: a psychophysical anomaly. Frontiers in
Psychology , 2 , 304.
53.
Vlaev, I., Kusev, P., Stewart, N., Aldrovandi, S., & Chater, N. (2010). Domain effects and financial risk attitudes. Risk Analysis , 30 , 1374–1386.
54.
Kurniawan, I.T., Seymour, B., Vlaev, I., Trommershäuser, J., Dolan, R. J., & Chater, N. (2010).
Pain relativity in motor control. Psychological Science , 21 , 840-847.
55.
Vlaev, I., Seymour, B., Dolan, R., & Chater, N. (2009). The price of pain and the value of suffering. Psychological Science , 20 , 309-317.
56.
Vlaev, I., Chater, N., Lewis, R., & Davies, G. (2009). Reason-based judgments: Using reasons to decouple perceived price-quality correlation. Journal of Economic Psychology , 30 , 721-731.
57.
Vlaev, I., Chater, N., & Stewart, N. (2009). Dimensionality of risk perception: Factors affecting consumer understanding and evaluation of financial risk. Journal of Behavioral Finance , 10 , 158-
181.
58.
Vlaev, I., Chater, N., & Stewart, N. (2008). Seeing is not enough: Manipulating choice options causes focusing and preference change in multiattribute risky decision making. Journal of
Behavioral Decision Making , 21 , 556-574.
59.
Vlaev, I., & Chater, N. (2008). Debiasing context effects in strategic decisions: Playing against a consistent opponent can correct perceptual but not reinforcement biases. Judgment and Decision
Making , 3 , 463-475.
60.
Vlaev, I., Stewart, N., & Chater, N. (2008). Risk preference discrepancy: A prospect relativity account of the discrepancy between risk preferences in laboratory gambles and real world investments. Journal of Behavioral Finance , 9 , 132-148.
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61.
Chater, N., Vlaev, I., & Grinberg, M. (2008). A new consequence of Simpson’s paradox: Stable cooperation in one-shot prisoner’s dilemma from populations of individualistic learning agents.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General , 137 , 403-421 (lead article).
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Vlaev, I., & Chater, N. (2007). Context effects in games: Local versus global sequential effects on choice in the prisoner’s dilemma game.
Judgment and Decision Making , 2 , 380-389.
63.
Vlaev, I., Chater, N., & Stewart, N. (2007). Relativistic financial decisions: Context effects on retirement saving and investment risk preferences. Judgment and Decision Making , 2 , 292-311.
64.
Vlaev, I., Chater, N., & Stewart, N. (2007). Financial prospect relativity: Context effects in financial decision making under risk. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making , 20 , 273-304.
65.
Vlaev, I., & Chater, N. (2006). Game relativity: How context influences strategic decision making. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition , 32 , 131-149.
66.
Vlaev, I., & Chater, N. (2003). Toward a cognitive game theory. Behavioural and Brain Sciences ,
26 , 178-179.
Peer-reviewed abstracts in journals
67.
Kulendran, M., Patel, K., Darzi, A., & Vlaev I. (2016). Diagnostic validity of behavioural and psychometric impulsivity measures: An assessment of impulsivity measures in five subject groups. British Journal of Surgery , 103 , 1-2.
68.
Murphy, J., Taylor, D., Ahmad, M., Alsters, S. I., Purkayastha, S., Scholtz, S., Ramezani, R.,
Vlaev, I., Ahmed, A. R., Chahal, H., Blakemore, A. I., & Darzi A (2016). Quantified-self for obesity: Physical activity behaviour sensing to improve health outcomes. Frontiers in Public
Health (doi: 10.3389/conf.FPUBH.2016.01.00026).
69.
Taylor, M. J., Vlaev, I., Taylor, D., Gately, P. J., Ahmedna, M., Kerkadi, A., Lothian, J., Alsaadi,
A., Al-Kuwari, M., Gholoum, S., Al-Kuwari, H., & Darzi, A. (2015). A weight-management camp followed by weekly after-school lifestyle education sessions as an obesity intervention for
Qatari children: a prospective cohort study. Lancet , 386 , S72.
70.
Subashini, M., Caris, J., Parand, A., Vlaev, I., Darzi, A. (2015). Impact of PROMs on Clinician
Behaviour Study. British Journal of Surgery , 102 , 148-148.
71.
Taylor, M. J., Arriscado, D., Vlaev, I., Taylor, D., Gately, P., & Darzi, A. (2015). Measurement of the association between perceived exercise capability and childhood obesity: a feasibility study. Lancet , 386 , S71.
72.
Taylor, M. J., Taylor, D., & Vlaev, I. (2014). Motion Sensor Games to promote physical activity for obese adolescents. International Journal of Integrated Care , 14(8) .
73.
Kulendran, M., Vlaev, I., Wingfield, L. R., Scholtz, S., Purkayastha, S., & Darzi, A. (2014). Can gambling habits and impulse control be used to predictor of weight loss in bariatric patients?
Obesity Surgery , 24 , 1029-1030.
74.
Kulendran, M., Lim, M., Zafar, N., Vlaev, I., Wingfield, L. R., Scholtz, S., Purkayastha, S., &
Darzi, A. (2014). Motor impulsivity as a predictor of weight loss in bariatric patients. Obesity
Surgery , 24 , 981-981.
75.
Kulendran, M., Vlaev, I., Sugden, C., King, D., Gately, P., Hussein, M., Le Vay, R., & Darzi, A.
(2013). Inhibitory control and perception of the future health in obese adolescents and normal weight adolescents. Lancet , 382 , S55.
76.
Kulendran, M., Sugden,C., Vlaev, I., King, D., Ashrafian, H., Taylor, M., Dolan, P., Gatele, P., &
Darzi, A. (2012). Association between cognitive behavioural therapy and impulsivity in an adolescent obesity camp. Lancet , 380 , S55.
77.
Kulendran, M., Sugden, C., King, D., Lee, H., Gately, P., & Vlaev, I. (2012). Change in impulsivity and subjective wellbeing in a residential camp for obese adolescents. British Journal of Surgery , 99 , 12-12.
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Yongue, G., Leff, D. R., James, D. R. C., Vlaev, I., Orihuela-Espina, F., Seymour, B., Dolan, R.,
Yang, G. Z., & Darzi, A. W. (2012). Expertise related disparity in prefrontal cortical excitation associated with intra-operative decision making. British Journal of Surgery , 99 , 39-39.
Book Chapters
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Russo, A., Delli Gatti, D., Desiderio, S., & Vlaev, I. (2016). Agents' behaviour and learning. In
D. D. Gatti, G. Fagiolo, M. Gallegati, M. Richiardi, A. Russo (Eds.), Agent based models: An introduction.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
80.
Nieboer, J., Dolan, P., & Vlaev, I. (2016). Financial advice services. In H. K. Baker, G. Filbeck, and V. Ricciardi (Eds.), Financial Behavior – Players, Services, Products, and Markets
(Financial Markets and Investments Series). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
81.
Vlaev, I., & Elliott, A. (2016). Interventions to support household economic decisions. In R.
Ranyard (Ed.), Economic psychology: The science of economic mental life and behaviour.
British
Psychological Society Textbook Series: Wiley/Blackwell.
82.
Vlaev, I., & Darzi, A. (2012). Preferences and their implication for policy, health and wellbeing.
In T. Sharot & R. Dolan (Eds.), Neuroscience of preference and choice (pp. 305-336). Elsevier.
83.
Vlaev, I., Seymour, B., Winston, J., Yoshida, W., Wright, N., Symmonds, M., Dolan, R., &
Chater, N. (2012). Social effects on valuation of pain. In B. Kokinov, A. Karmiloff-Smith, & N.
J. Nersessian (Eds.), European Perspectives on Cognitive Science . Sofia: New Bulgarian
University Press. ISBN: 978-954-535-660-5.
84.
Chater, N., & Vlaev, I. (2011). The instability of value. In M. R. Delgado, E. A. Phelps &
Robbins, T. W. (Eds). Decision Making, Affect, and Learning: Attention and Performance Series
XXIII (pp. 81-100). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
85.
Vlaev, I. (2009). Context effects. In M. W. Kattan (Ed.), Encyclopedia of medical decision making (pp. 195-198, Volume 1). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. ISBN: 978-1-4129-
5372-6.
86.
Vlaev, I., & Dolan, R. (2009). Hedonic prediction and relativism. In M. W. Kattan (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of medical decision making (pp. 593-596, Volume 1). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE
Publications. ISBN: 978-1-4129-5372-6.
87.
Vlaev, I. (2009). Procedural invariance and its violations. In M. W. Kattan (Ed.), Encyclopedia of medical decision making (pp. 913-916, Volume 2). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
ISBN: 978-1-4129-5372-6.
88.
Vlaev. I. (2008). Instability and relativity of preferences: How context determines utilities and decisions. In K. P. Hofmann (Ed.), Psychology of decision making in economics, business and finance (pp. 65-86). New York: Nova Science Publishers. ISBN: 1-60021-917-9.
89.
Vlaev, I., & Chater, N. (2008). Relativity of financial preferences: How choice options influence investment decision making. In K. P. Hofmann (Ed.), Psychology of decision making in economics, business and finance (pp. 7-36). New York: Nova Science Publishers. ISBN: 1-
60021-917-9.
90.
Vlaev, I., & Chater, N. (2003). Effects of sequential context on judgments and decisions in prisoner’s dilemma game. Proceedings of the twenty-fifth annual conference of the Cognitive
Science Society , 25 , 1194-1199.
Reports
91.
Vlaev, I. (2015). Theories and techniques for influencing health behaviours in organisations. In
G. Lyon and S. Mullin (Eds.), Behavioural interventions for improving workplace health . Global
Chief Medical Officers Network: Bupa.
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92.
Gloster, R, Bertram C, Cox, A., & Vlaev, I. (2014). Behavioural insights into benefits claimants and training opportunities. Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) Research Report series.
93.
Vlaev, I., & Elliott, A. (2013). Influencing behaviour and improving financial capability. Money
Advice Service UK.
94.
IpsosMORI, Elliott, A., & Vlaev, I. (2013). Money Lives: the financial behaviour of the UK.
Money Advice Service UK.
95.
Shone, G., Elliott, A., & Vlaev, I. (2013). The financial health of the UK: Improving our financial capability. Money Advice Service UK.
96.
City of London and Big Society Capital (2013). Rationale for and Potential Impacts of a Tax
Relief for Social Investment.
97.
Darzi, A., Beales, S., Hallsworth, M., King, D., Macdonnell, M., & Vlaev, I., (2012). The five bad habits of healthcare: How new thinking about behaviour could reduce health spending.
Report for the World Economic Forum.
98.
Blakemore, M., Smith, N., Ecorys UK, Vlaev, I. (2011). Evaluation of consumer education, information and capacity building actions. European Commission: Directorate-General for Health and Consumers.
99.
Financial Reporting Council (2011). Cutting clutter: Combating clutter in annual reports.
Financial Reporting Council UK.
100.
Dolan, P., King, D., Metcalfe, R., & Vlaev, I. (2011). House of Lords Science and Technology
Committee on Behaviour Change. Written Evidence. 216-221.
101.
Dolan, P., Hallsworth, M., Halpern, D., King, D., & Vlaev, I. (2010). MINDSPACE:
Influencing behaviour through public policy. Report for the Cabinet Office, UK.
102.
Adriaenssens, C., Dolan, P., Elliott, A., Metcalfe, R., & Vlaev, I. (2010). Transforming
Financial Behaviour: Developing interventions that build financial capability. Report for the
Consumer Financial Education Body, UK.
103.
Vlaev, I., & Dolan, P. (2009). From changing cognitions to changing the context: a dual-route model of behaviour change. Imperial College Business School (23 Jun 2009). 1744-6783. 1-94.
104.
Vlaev, I., & Chater, N. (2003). Consumer understanding of risk. Project Report. Institute of
Actuaries, London (the research was also described in The Actuary , November 2004, p. 8).
RESEARCH GRANTS (£12,743,757 research income)
1.
Vlaev, I., Schmidke, K., King, D., Marshall, T., Birnbach, D., Arheart, K., Marti, J., Hodgkinson,
G. (2016-2018). Environmental Engineering to Increase Hand Hygiene Compliance. Health
Foundation (£212,000).
2.
Vlaev, I., Patel, K., Schmidtke, K., Mansur, A., Voon, V. (2016). Habit Formation for Medication
Adherence. Network for Intergrated Behavioural Science & Warwick University Global Research
Priorities (£6,850).
3.
Vlaev, I. (2014-2017). Honorary Professor of Safety & Quality Improvement, Heart of England
Foundation Trust (funding covers 50% of my salary and research costs for 3 years).
4.
Darzi, A., Taylor, D., Blakemore, A., Vlaev, I., Purkayastha, S., Ramezani, R. (2014-2016).
Quantified-self for obesity: Physical activity behaviour sensing to improve health outcomes from surgery for severe obesity. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (£275,000).
5.
Ferguson, N., Aanensen, D., Boily, M., Cauchemez, S., Donnelly, C. A., Fraser, C., Ghani, A.,
Grassly, N. C., Hallett, T. B., Riley, S., Ward, H., Didelot, X., Conteh, L., White, P. J.,
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Arinaminpathy, N., Vlaev, I., Hauck, K. (2014-2019). NIHR Health Protection Research Unit for
Modelling Methodology. National Institute for Health Research (£3,528,583).
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Vlaev, I., Bicknell, C., King, D., Bishop, L., Gunn, L., Darzi, A. (2014-2016). Incentives in
Diabetic Eye Assessment by Screening (IDEAS) Trial. National Institute for Health Research
(£408,000).
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Ahmedna, M., Darzi, A., Vlaev, I., Gately, P., Al-Kuwari, H., Gunn, L.H., Ghoulum, S., Al-
Saadi, A., Fricker, P., Kerkadi, A. (2013-2018). Adapted Cognitive Behavioural Approach to
Addressing Overweight and Obesity among Qatari Youth. Qatar National Research Fund
($4,999,667 / £3,358,000).
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Darzi, A., Vlaev, I., Ramirez, D., Taylor, D., (2013-2014). Liberating Housebound Obese People using Virtual Environments. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (£245,000).
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IpsosMORI, Elliott, A., & Vlaev, I. (2012-2013). The Provision of an Ethnographic Study to
Redefine ‘Financial Capability’. Money Advice Service UK (£900,000).
10.
Taylor, D., Vlaev, I., Ramirez, D. (2012-2013). Mindspace Motivator. Department of Health
(£86,000).
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Seymour, B., Vlaev, B., Aziz, T., Green, A., Lengyel, M., Robbins, T., Compston, A., Wolpert,
D. (2012-2016). Mechanisms of Endogenous Analgesia. Wellcome Trust (£722,829).
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Jones, K., Welch, E., Caiels, J., Windle, K., Forder, J., Davidson, J., Dolan, P., Glendinning, C.,
Irvine, A., King, D., Vlaev, I. (2010-2013). Evaluation of Personalised Health Budgets.
Department of Health (£931,280).
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Burgess, S., et al. (2010-2014). Centre for Understanding Behaviour Change. Department for
Education (£1,995,215).
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Adriaenssens, C., Dolan, P., Elliott, A. & Vlaev, I. (2010). How to Create Enduring Financial
Capability. Financial Services Authority (£55,000).
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Chater, N., & Vlaev, I. (2002-2004). Consumer Understanding of Risk. Institute of Actuaries
(£40,000).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Decision-making (behavioral economics and neuroeconomics) and behaviour change.
How does the mind/brain integrate information to evaluate experiences, values, or risks? How does it strike a balance between stability and context sensitivity in judgment and decision making? What neural mechanisms underlie this fundamental cognitive ability? This is the focus of my research, which is to advance understanding of human decision making. It is a convergence of psychology, neuroscience and economics, which achieves results that none of the disciplines can achieve by themselves. My research projects illustrate this approach, and also show how the synergy of methods such as experimentation, brain imaging, and quantitative modeling can achieve results that neither method can achieve alone.
In behavior change, I co-authored the Mindspace report published by the UK Cabinet Office, advising local and national policymakers on how to effectively use behavioural insights in their policy setting.
Since then I have been working on developing an integrated theory of behavior change which combines principles from psychology and behavioural economics. I also investigate innovative methods for developing and evaluating behaviour change interventions in health (professional practice such as safety and quality of care; patient behaviours such as medication adherence; and lifestyle risk factors such as diet and physical activity) and finance (motivating customers to manage their money more effectively; financial product design).
REVIEWER
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Reviewer for Journals/Publishers:
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
Greek Economic Review
Palgrave Macmillan
Medical Science Monitor
Evolutionary Bioinformatics
Experimental Psychology
Journal of Behavioral Finance
Theory and Decision
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Thinking and Reasoning
European Journal of Social Psychology
Personality and Individual Differences
Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics
Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
Journal of Neuroscience
Alcohol and Alcoholism
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Implementation Science
Review of Financial Studies
Oxford University Press
Journal of Economic Psychology
Journal of Pain
Journal of Research on Adolescence
PLOS Computational Biology
Neuroimage
Health Affairs
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Journal of Affective Disorders
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Reviewer for research funding:
UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
US National Science Foundation (NSF)
Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Leverhulme Trust
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
UK Department of Health (Policy Research Programme)
The Health Foundation
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
February 2015: Lectures on Behaviour Change for psychology students, University of Warwick.
January 2015: Lectures on Behaviour Change for medical students, University of Warwick.
December 2011-2015: Delivering a full lecture course on Behavioural Economics for the MSc students in Health Policy, Imperial College London.
January 2010 - March 2010: Lecturing a full course (ten classes) on Advanced Quantitative Methods for MSc students at the Department of Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London.
January 2009 - April 2009: Lecturing (and marking exam essays) on strategic decision making for graduate students at University College London (MSc in Cognitive and Decision Sciences). I have
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also assisted and presented in lectures on well-being and decision making for MBA students at
Imperial College Business School.
January 2007 - March 2008: Teaching seminars and tutorials with undergraduate students, marking essays, supervising undergraduate research projects, Department of Psychology, University College
London. The median students’ rating of my classes was 5 (on a 1 to 5 scale).
February 2004 - March 2004: Lectures on judgment and decision making (for 3rd year psychology undergraduate students), Department of Psychology, University of Warwick.
Teaching Statement . During my teaching experience, I have been responsible for preparing and giving lectures, assigning and grading essays, and supervising undergraduate and graduate research projects. I also have experience leading seminars, in which I introduce the students to a more rigorous style of thinking by constantly reviewing basic elements of methodology and statistics and by assigning extended research projects. I like to leave plenty of opportunities for students to ask questions and handle them with the necessary care, always maintaining a positive attitude. My students are comfortable and are not afraid of asking even the most basic questions. I also tend to make interdisciplinary connections while lecturing and in individual meetings. Finally, for me teaching is an extremely dynamic process in which the lecturer is constantly learning; and I welcome the opportunity to gain new teaching skills, in particular by incorporating currently available technology in my classes.
RESEARCH SUPERVISION
PhD students: Michael Taylor, Michael Hallsworth, Daniel Cohen, Giles Story, Myutan Kulendran,
Michele Cecchini, Sarah P Garcia Jones, Subashini M, Burton Paul, Umar Taj, Krishane Patel, Julia
Kolodko, Eugene Tay, Ayse Yemiscigil.
MSc students: Anna Casburn-Jones, Lee McGill, Katie Ratcliffe, Chiya Shikalislami, Felicity
Dormon, Hester Wadge, David Linberry.
BSc students: Gabriella Yongue.
INVITED SPEAKER
Experimental Economics Workshop (University of Oxford)
London Judgment and Decision Making Group (University College London)
ELSE Seminars (University College London)
Neuroeconomics meeting (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College
London)
Summer School on Decision Processes (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan)
XIII International Conference on the Foundations and Applications of Risk, Utility and Decision
Theory (IESE Business School, Barcelona)
Emotion club (Wellcome Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London)
International Association for Research in Economic Psychology World Meeting at LUISS in
Rome (2008)
Society for Judgment and Decision Making conference (2008, Chicago)
Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE) Conference (August 2010, San
Diego)
Relativity of Value Conference, University College London (September 2010, London)
Economics and Finance Seminar, Brunel University (January 2011, London)
Division of Surgery Research Seminar, Imperial College London (January 2011, London)
European Conference on Cognitive Science (May 2011, Sofia)
Faculty of Public Health Conference (July 2011, Birmingham)
International Financial Reporting & Compliance Summit (November 2011, Barcelona)
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Children’s Food Conference (School Food Trust) (March 2012, London)
Emotions and Decision Making, London School of Economics (November 2012, London)
Money Advise Service UK (March 2013, London)
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Kensington and Chelsea Celebration of Science event on Public Health in Local Authority
(October 2014, London)
Workshop on Providing Sustainable Mental Health Care in Kenya organized by the US Institute of Medicine (January 2015, Nairobi)
CLAHRC WM workshop on behavior change (January 2015, Birmingham)
Health Promotion Training day for Public Health Registrars, London & KSS Deanery (March
2015, London)
ESRC Seminar Series Financial Services and Consumers: Seminar 4 on Financial Advice and
Guidance (March 2015, University of Edinburgh Business School)
Guest lecture for the MSc in Behavioural Science (April 2015, London School of Economics)
Stirling Behavioural Science Centre seminar (April 2015, University of Stirling)
Financing the Future: achieving sustainable growth in Credit Unions (Workshop Two Delivering on Membership Value, June 2015, University of Strathclyde)
WBS Summer School on Medical and Ethical Decision Making (Venice, Italy, July 2015).
Swissre Expert Workshop on the interrelationships between Health Awareness, Individual
Behaviour and Future Longevity (1/2 September, Zurich).
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Marketforce’s 18th Annual Conference
The Future of Retail Banking: Explore the next decade of banking with industry leaders and innovative pioneers (1st & 2nd December 2015, Grange, St.
Paul’s, London)
POSTERS
25th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (August 2003, Boston).
Computations, Decisions and Movement (May 2010, Giessen, Germany).
1st Einstein Fellowship Symposium on Decision-Making (April 2011, Berlin)
Subjective Probability, Utility, and Decision Making conference (August 2011, London)
Society for Neuroscience (October 2015, Chicago)
MEMBER
Association for Psychological Science; International Association for Research in Economic
Psychology.
CONSULTANCY
Institute of Actuaries London; Decision Technology; Behavioural Architects; Tesco; E.on; AXA;
Mindmetic; Fairbanking Foundation; Cabinet Office UK; Money Advice Service UK; Financial
Reporting Council UK; Financial Conduct Authority; Ipsos Mori; Swissre; City Corporation London;
Barclays Bank; Capital One; Royal Bank of Scotland; Ecorys; Bearingpoint; Ogilvy; Ernst & Young.
SOCIAL IMPACT
I co-authored a new conceptual framework for behaviour change in public policy: MINDSPACE, which is based on insights from behavioural economics. The report was well received by academics and policy makers, and was launched with a major conference in Whitehall (on 2 March 2010,
Westminster Central Hall) with the participation of many senior civil servants. The report also attracted significant attention in the media as it was the basis for establishing the ‘Behaviour Insight
Team’ at the Cabinet Office (UK) to think about ways of supplementing the more traditional tools of government, with policy that helps to encourage behaviour change. Its aim is to help the UK
Government develop and apply lessons from behavioural economics and behavioural science to public policy making. It supports Government departments in designing policy that better reflects how people really behave, not how they are assumed to behave; and in doing so, it supports the
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Government’s commitment to reducing regulatory burdens on business and society, and achieving its goals as cheaply and effectively as possible. Many other government departments and other (public and private) organisations in UK and abroad also use MINDSPACE as their guiding framework; and we are working closely with them in the development of interventions and policies. MINDSPACE has also stimulated discussion in various publications in the media and professional and academic outlets.
For more information see the Reports in my publication list, search online the term “mindspace”, and check those links: http://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/our-work/better-policy-making/mindspace-behaviouraleconomics http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/applying-behavioural-insight-health http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/news/big-society-plan-new-culture-generosity
EXTRACURRICULAR
Oct. 2001 - Oct. 2002: Graduate Welfare Officer at St. John’s College (University of Oxford).
July - August 2001: Summer internship with Oliver Wyman, London (management consultancy firm).
Aug. 1997: MENCAP Special Care Project in Meldreth Manor School for working with people with learning disabilities, Meldreth, UK.
Aug. 1996: Quaker Social Project for working with people with learning disabilities, Bury St
Edmunds, UK.
April 1988 – present: Classical Guitar. I used to play almost professionally and even won two prizes at international competitions. Then I taught guitar in a private music school. Now I just hope to find time to get back to this level again.
PERSONAL
Date of Birth: July 12, 1973
Citizenship / Residency: Bulgaria, United Kingdom
Address: Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Scarman Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL,
Coventry, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 (0)24 761 51643; E-mail: ivo.vlaev@wbs.ac.uk
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