Social Neuroscience

(2.5,3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Copenhagen: Exploring the neural basis of social interaction and beliefs in relation to the world. Dublin: The course Policy and the Behavioural and Brain Sciences focuses on how policy is developed and implemented at the interface between the behavioural and brain sciences (BBS) and policy development and implementation in the public and private spheres. There is considerable research conducted at the intersection between the BBS and other disciplines, as well as society at large. The course is therefore intended to broaden and deepen the understanding of the student how the BBS inform and shape policy formation and policy execution, as well as the place of the BBS as they interact with organisations and society at large. This course will cover a range of topics, from the origins of policy, through to how recent advances in theory and practice have shifted our thinking on outcomes for society. Major findings from behavioural economics and nudge theory, to large-scale applications of behavioural insights teams within governments, NGOs and the private sector will also be included.