CeDEx
Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics
Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics

Welcome to CeDEx

The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics is a world-leading research group that investigates human decision-making using theoretical and experimental methods.

CeDEx has global reach, produces cutting-edge research with societal impact and is consistently highly ranked in the field of behavioural economics.  

CeDEx laboratories are located in the University of Nottingham's School of Economics, Nottingham University Business School and the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. The Centre’s members are affiliated with international research institutions including the Institute for the Future of Labor, the ESRC Network for Integrated Behavioural Science (NIBS), the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the EC Joint Research Centre and the Nuffield Centre for Experimental Social Science.

CeDEx research has been funded by grants from the ERC, ESRC, the Leverhulme Trust, the British Academy and the Nuffield Foundation.  

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Celebrating 25 Years of CeDEx

This year the CeDEx Research Centre, established in 2000, marks its 25th anniversary of operation. To celebrate this landmark, we are designating this year's seminar series the CeDEx 25th Anniversary Series and it will include speakers with longstanding connections to the group. The programme can be found online and begins, with the first speaker Prof. Robert Sugden (UEA), on the 19th of February.

There will also be a dedicated one-day workshop to mark the anniversary at the University of Nottingham on 10th September 2025 (full details will be announced later).

CeDEx Seminars

CeDEx Seminar - Till Weber (Newcastle University)

Date
12 November 2025 (13:00-14:00)
Location:
A40 Sir Clive Granger Building
Description
Tbc

CeDEx Seminar - Urs Fischbacher (University of Konstanz)

Date
27 November 2025 (13:00-14:00)
Description
Tbc

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New CeDEx papers

CeDEx 2025-01: Measuring Creativity: Associative Thinking in Semantic Networks

Description
Malter Baader, Urs Fischbacher, Chris Starmer and Fabio Tufano

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News

CCC Conference 2025: Programme now available

Description
CREED hosting event 28th and 29th April 2025
Date:
25 April 2025

Visiting Professor Alistair Munro

Description
Due to visit CeDEx on various dates until the summer
Date:
02 April 2025

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New CeDEx Publications

Why people follow rules by Simon Gächter, Lucas Molleman and Daniele Nosenzo

Luck framing supports the avoidance of collective disaster when inequalities in vulnerability exist by Eugene Malthouse, Charlie Pilgrim, Daniel Sgroi and Thomas T. Hills

Incentives crowd out voluntary cooperation: evidence from gift-exchange experiments by Simon Gächter, Esther Kaiser and Manfred Königstein

Measuring "Group Cohesion" to Reveal the Power of Social Relationships in Team Production by Simon Gächter, Chris Starmer and Fabio Tufano  

The contractual dispute resolution game: Real-effort experiments on contract negotation and arbitration by Brice Corgnet, Simon Gächter, and Roberto Hernán González

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Become a paid volunteer

CeDEx conducts research into how people make decisions. We require the participation of volunteers. No special skills are needed, and most participants will receive a reward.

If you are a registered student at the University of Nottingham you can sign up to be a paid volunteer.
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Watch our video to find out more (opens in an external window).

Hire our Nottingham labs

CeDEx at Nottingham has two labs (based on two campuses) with a combined total of 72 computer terminals.

With a dedicated Lab Manager, we can offer a professional service for anyone who wants to run experimental and decision-making experiments.

Read more about our Lab Facilities and find out how to contact us.

 

 

Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics

Sir Clive Granger Building
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

telephone: +44 (0)115 951 5458
Enquiries: jose.guinotsaporta@nottingham.ac.uk
Experiments: cedex@nottingham.ac.uk