Keynote speakers

Anu Realo is a personality and cross-cultural psychologist. She is Professor at the University of Warwick and Visiting Professor at the University of Tartu. She is a member of the Academia Europaea and the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on cultural and individual variation in personality, subjective well-being, and social capital; she has collaborated widely with researchers from across a range of disciplines and cultures and has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed international journals. She has been a fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, and the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study. She is Past-President of the European Association for Personality Psychology and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the World Values Survey. In 2016, she was awarded the Order of the White Star (IV Class) by the President of Estonia for her outstanding service and contribution to the Republic of Estonia.

Liam Delaney is Professor and Head of the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at LSE. His career spans economics, psychology, and public policy. From 2017-2020, he was Professor of Economics at University College Dublin, leading the MSc in Behavioural Economics and Geary Institute Experimental Lab. He previously led Stirling’s Behavioural Science Centre. A Fulbright Fellow at Princeton and MSCA fellow, he has published extensively on mental health and economic outcomes and developed a widely used framework for integrating ethical considerations into behavioural science applications.

Elisabeth Costa is the Chief of Innovation and Partnerships at the Behavioural Insights Team. Elisabeth leads global efforts for building new, long-term partnerships and collaborations across the team, as well as developing BIT’s emerging areas of expertise and service offers. Her particular expertise is economic policy and digital markets. Elisabeth is currently a Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science. Prior to joining the Behavioural Insights Team, Elisabeth held senior roles at the Australian Treasury and completed her postgraduate studies at Harvard Law School.

Jaan Aru is an associate professor at the University of Tartu working on neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and the effect of technology on the human mind. He has published over 50 international scientific articles and two national bestsellers about the brain and creativity. For his efforts in popularizing science, he has received the national science communication prize in Estonia, twice. In 2019 he was awarded the Young Scientist Prize from the President of Estonia. In 2024 he received the Estonian National Research Award.