Research & Experience
I am a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland in the field of behavioural economics. My research focuses on topics such as social norms, bayesian persuasion, antisocial behaviour, signalling, and lying aversion.
I have worked in several research assistant roles. Within the UQ School of Political Science, my research has addressed issues related to corporate political activism and China's growing debt issues. As a research assistant in the UQ School of Economics, I have focused on topics in experimental economics such as auction theory, virtue signalling, and credence goods markets. I have also worked as a tutor within both schools.
As a research officer with Kantar Public, I have collaborated with clients such as the Australian Department of Education, Skills and Employment and the Victorian Academy of Leadership and Excellence Evaluation. I previously interned at the Professional Research Institute for Management and Economics in Cambodia where I studied the role of informal markets and competitive currency. I further ran an education seminar at the University of Management and Economics (Kampong Cham, Cambodia) in line with my work for the Human Capital Project. At the Buckeye Institute, in Ohio, I helped develop a GE state model and a renewable portfolio standards model. At the Australian Institute for Progress I have produced reports on the Australian housing market, the corporate-wage wedge, migration, and schooling.
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Research Roles
Research Assistant for Prof Stephen Bell, University of Queensland, School of Political Science and International Studies
Project: ARC grant for topics related to lobbying and Murray-Darling Basin research
Period: Dec 2019 - Present
Resarch Officer at Kantar Public
Project: Department of Education, Skills, and Employment Job Fairs Evaluation, Victorian Academy of Leadership and Excellence Evaluation
Period: March 2022 - December 2022
Resarch Assistant for Prof Daniel Zizzo, University of Queensland, School of Economics
Project: Double Blind Auction Experiment, programming and supervising
Period: June 2021 - July 2022
Resarch Assistant for Asst Prof Rigissa Megalokonomou, University of Queensland, School of Economics
Project: Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
Period: Stata data processing and latex tabling for research projects in law and economics
Research Scholar for Dr Alex Karakostas, Univeristy of Queensland, School of Economics
Project: Virtue Signalling in Credence Goods Markets
Period: Dec 2019 - Feb 2020
Research Assistant for Dr David Smerdon, Univeristy of Queensland, School of Economics
Project: BESC Social Science Experimentalist Workshop
Period: Aug 2019 - Nov 2019
Economic Research Assistant at the Australian Institute for Progress
Project: housing affordability index, education performance and spending, migration analysis
Period: Nov 2018 - Nov 2020
Financial and Economic Data Intern at the California Policy Center, USA
Project: analysis of economic freedom indices, comparison of metropolitan bond ratings
Period: Apr 2017 - Aug 2017
Research Intern at The Buckeye Institute, USA
Project: fiscal onstraints and the Ohio economy DSGE model
Period: May 2016 - Aug 2016
Research Assistant for PRIME, Cambodia
Project: competitive currency and data collection on informal markets
Period: May 2015 - Aug 2015
Research Roles
Research Assistant for Prof Stephen Bell, University of Queensland, School of Political Science and International Studies
Project: ARC grant for topics related to lobbying and Murray-Darling Basin research
Period: Dec 2019 - Present
Resarch Officer at Kantar Public
Project: Department of Education, Skills, and Employment Job Fairs Evaluation, Victorian Academy of Leadership and Excellence Evaluation
Period: March 2022 - December 2022
Resarch Assistant for Prof Daniel Zizzo, University of Queensland, School of Economics
Project: Double Blind Auction Experiment, programming and supervising
Period: June 2021 - July 2022
Resarch Assistant for Asst Prof Rigissa Megalokonomou, University of Queensland, School of Economics
Project: Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
Period: Stata data processing and latex tabling for research projects in law and economics
Research Scholar for Dr Alex Karakostas, Univeristy of Queensland, School of Economics
Project: Virtue Signalling in Credence Goods Markets
Period: Dec 2019 - Feb 2020
Research Assistant for Dr David Smerdon, Univeristy of Queensland, School of Economics
Project: BESC Social Science Experimentalist Workshop
Period: Aug 2019 - Nov 2019
Economic Research Assistant at the Australian Institute for Progress
Project: housing affordability index, education performance and spending, migration analysis
Period: Nov 2018 - Nov 2020
Financial and Economic Data Intern at the California Policy Center, USA
Project: analysis of economic freedom indices, comparison of metropolitan bond ratings
Period: Apr 2017 - Aug 2017
Research Intern at The Buckeye Institute, USA
Project: fiscal onstraints and the Ohio economy DSGE model
Period: May 2016 - Aug 2016
Research Assistant for PRIME, Cambodia
Project: competitive currency and data collection on informal markets
Period: May 2015 - Aug 2015
Papers & Works in Progress
The Rise and Determinants of Corporate Political Activism in Australia, with S. Bell & A. Hindmoor
(Australian Journal of Political Science, doi: 10.1080/10361146.2023.2231893)
Bayesian Persuasion and Social Norms, with C. Oyarzun
(write up)
Moral Balancing, with P. Grossman & A. Karakostas
(write up)
Motivated Dishonesty in Principal-Agent Settings, with A. Karakostas & D. Zizzo
(write up)
Conflict and Cooperation: an experimental analysis of intergroup and intragroup aggression
(Honours Thesis, doi: 10.14264/25dfffc)
Education
PhD in Economics, University of Queensland
Period: April 2021 - Present
Honours in Economics, University of Queensland
Period: Feb 2021 - Nov 2020
Bachelor of Commerce (Finance), University of Queensland
Period: April 2014 - Nov 2018
Bachelor of Economics, University of Queensland
Period: April 2014 - Nov 2018
High School, Brisbane Grammar School
Period: Feb 2008 - Nov 2013
Teaching
Tutor, School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland
Courses: Politics & the Economy (POLS2401), International Political Economy and Development (POLS7107)
Period: Aug 2019 - Nov 2022
Tutor, School of Economics, Univeristy of Queensland
Courses: International Trade Theory & Policy (ECON3510), Introduction to Strategic Thinking (ECON2107)
Period: Feb 2020 - Nov 2020
Australia Awards Tutor, UQ Global Engagement and Entrepreneurship
Courses: Globalisation, International Political Economy and Development (POLS7107)
Period: Sep 2019 - Nov 2022
Conference Presentations
Bayesian Social Norm Nudges
Foundations of Utility and Risk Conference, Brisbane (2024)
Bayesian Persuasion and Social Norms
37th PhD Conference in Economics and Business, Melbourne (2023)
Bayesian Persuasion and Social Norms
UQ PhD Colloquium (2022)
Behavioural Inattention Models
UQ PhD Colloquium (2021)
Conflict and Cooperation - an experimental analysis of intergroup and intragroup behaviour
Monash Univeristy Expeirmental Economics & Social Influence Conference, Melbourne (2019)
Research Methods and Application to Cambodia
University of Management and Economics, Kampong Cham (2019)
Grants, Awards, & Fellowships
Career Enhancement Fund
Univerity of Queensland (2023)
Australian Government RTP Scholarship
Commonwealth of Australia (2021)
Honours Reseach Fund
University of Queensland (2019)
Employability Grant
University of Queensland (2019)
Exchange Scholarship
University of Richmond (2017)
Charles Koch Fellowship Program
USA (2017)
UQ Advantage Grant
University of Queensland (2015)
Professional Development
Monash Mini-Course on Experimental Economics
Australia (2019)
Atlas Network Think TankNavigator Program
Sri Lanka (2019)
Start-Up Weekend Team Leader
Washington DC (2017)
Student Year Exchange
University of Richmond (2017)
Student Semester Exchange
Purdue University (2016)
Professional Service & Community Involvement
Journal Referee
Theory and Decision (2023)
Pyjama Angel
The Pyjama Angel Foundation (2022)
Nightwatch Chaplain
Chaplain Watch (2022)
Speaker
UQ Economics Honours Program Information Session (2020)
Vice President
Human Capital Project Cambodia (2019)
Cambodia Management and Economics Forum
Organizer (2019)
Skills & Competences
Stata (advanced), Latex (advanced), Python (intermediate), MATLAB (intermediate), zTree (adanced), CSS (basic), HTML (basic), R (basic), German (B1)