I received my BSc in Economics from the University of York, my MSc in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and PhD in Economics from the University of Gothenburg. I have held tenured positions at the University of Gothenburg and the University of Stirling and visiting positions at the NTNU School of Business and Universidad de Antioquia. I joined the School in St Andrews in the fall of 2022. Before joining St Andrews, I held an appointment as Professor of Economics and Director of the Behavioural Science Centre at the University of Stirling. 

I am a Research Ethics Panel member of the UK Financial Conduct Authority. I am also involved in the NERC funded SPACES project, in the design of interventions aiming to improve waste management in Tanzania and Malawi. 

Personal webpage: connywollbrant.com

Twitter: @CWollbrant

I am a behavioural economist, working on two complementary lines of research. The first addresses fundamental questions about human behaviour and decision making, by integrating models of cognition from Psychology and Neuroscience with Economics. The second applies insights from Behavioural Economics, and the Behavioural Sciences in general, to improve behaviours that relate to global challenges such as antimicrobial resistance, climate change, biodiversity loss and infectious disease. The overarching goal is to both advance the predictive and explanatory power of Economics and apply the insights generated by the field to generate positive impact in areas relating to pressing global challenges.