Professor Friederike Mengel
Department of Economics

All day, every day we make decisions about what we do – from what we eat and where we shop to who we vote for and how we save our money.

These decisions, although shaped by our own beliefs and opinions, are not formed in isolation. Instead they are influenced by others as we communicate within our social network and take other people’s experiences and opinions into account.

Professor Mengel will discuss how we can analyse these opinion-making networks.

Free admission and open to all.

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Our Professorial Inaugural Lecture series celebrates excellence in research undertaken by our recently appointed professors.

Conducting internationally significant research means our lecturers always have their fingers on the pulse and academics at Essex are at the forefront of the latest research findings and emerging trends. Our new professors will offer enlightening explanations on their own specialist subjects in areas such as sociology, politics, health and human sciences, psychology, computer science and electronic engineering, history, biological sciences, sports science and economics.

The lectures will be available to view online at www.vimeo.com/uniofessex

Find out more about the series at www.essex.ac.uk/events/pil