Behavioural Insights for Policy (BiP) Network - Portugal 2026

The international conference Behavioural Insights for Policy (BiP) Network — First Insights will bring together national and international experts on 8 and 9 October 2026, at the University of Lisbon School of Law, to discuss the contribution of behavioural science to the design and evaluation of public policy. The initiative is organised by CIDEEFF, the Lisbon Public Law Research Centre and King's College London, under the scientific coordination of Prof. Dr Sanchayan Banerjee, Prof. Dr Rute Saraiva and Prof. Dr Raquel Franco.

Over the two days, the programme will include plenary lectures, academic presentations and panel discussions, in a format designed to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and to connect behavioural research with real-world legal and policy challenges.

Among the sessions already confirmed is a roundtable marking the launch of the book Nudge+: Think, Before You Nudge, by Sanchayan Banerjee, one of the conference's scientific organisers, and Peter John, Professor at King's College London. Further speakers, panels and specialist workshops will be announced shortly.

Registration can be completed via the following form: BiP Portugal 2026 – Complete the form.

Registration:
Until 11:59 p.m. on 5 October.

General registration | €75
PhD students | €50
Higher education teaching staff | €50

Programme

8 October

08:30 | Registration

09:00 | Welcome
Sanchayan Banerjee, Rute Saraiva & Raquel Franco

09:15 | Opening Session
Paulo Magro da Luz | Secretary of State for Simplification (TBC)

09:40 | Keynote Speaker
Benjamin van Rooij | University of Amsterdam

10:40 | Roundtable with Public Administration Representatives

11:40 | Coffee Break

11:55 | SESSION 1
Behavioural Legal Design, Regulation and Compliance

Mário Ferreira
Reminders, Loss Aversion and the Limits of Nudges: Evidence on Tax Compliance from a Megastudy with More Than Two Million Micro-Entrepreneurs in Brazil
Michaela Assouline
Beyond Universal Cooperation: Domain-Specific Mechanisms of Citizen Compliance in Taxation, Health and Environmental Regulation
Rinat Merkovich
Sugar Taxes and Front-of-Pack Labelling: Differential Effects across Socioeconomic Groups in Israel
Liran Maymoni
Persistent Influence and Gender: Differential Effects of Interventions on Social Preferences in Economic Games

13:30 | Lunch*

14:30 | SESSION 2
Behavioural Legal Design, Legal Theory, Ethics and Legitimacy

Natalia Voutova
Lawyers’ Rationality versus Rationality
Mafalda Carmona
“For Our Own Good”? Tobacco Control and the True Meaning of Libertarian Paternalism
Marta Santos Silva
Good Green Nudges: Legal Principles for Behaviourally Informed Public and Private Regulation

15:30 | Coffee Break

15:45 | Panel on the book Can the Public Be Trusted?, with Yuval Feldman

16:45 | Panel on the book Nudge Plus
Sanchayan Banerjee | King’s College London
André Mendes Barata | Guest Lecturer and PhD Candidate at the University of Lisbon School of Law

17:45 | Closing

9 October

09:30 | Opening

09:40 | Keynote Lecture
Anne-Lise Sibony | UCLouvain

10:40 | Roundtable with Regulatory Authorities

11:40 | Coffee Break

11:55 | SESSION 4
Behavioural Governance, Behavioural Public Policy and Digital Environments

Silvio Menezes (online)
When Assistance Becomes Authority: Governing the Behavioural Influence of Interactive Artificial Intelligence Systems
Yuval Feldman
The Empathy Deficit: Changed Contractual Circumstances and the Human–Artificial Intelligence Divide
Signe Janoska-Bedi
Putting the Square in Its Place through Nudges: When Choice Architecture Becomes Legal Architecture
João Pereira dos Santos
Can’t Buy Me Home: Beliefs, Facts and Policies in the Housing Affordability Crisis

13:30 | Lunch*

14:30 | Group Photograph and Closing

* Coffee breaks and lunch are included in the registration fee.
The above programme may be subject to change.