Talks and Events

At the IBT, we connect with researchers from around the world. To do, so we host the IBT Behavioral Research Talk series. This series is public and we warmly invite you to join us. Find the list of upcoming speakers below, and get inspired by our past guests. Beyond the speaker series, we also organize other events (such as conferences and workshops) to enrich and further connect our scientific community.

Upcoming Research Talks and Events

Research Talk

Sanaz Talaifar

Assistant Professor in Organisational Behaviour, Imperial College London

Political Identity in Digital Environments

Date
16.03.2026

Time
12:00-13:30

Location
Room B 52-7024 (Müller-Friedbergstrasse 6/8, 7th floor)

Research Talk

Johannes Eichstädt

Assistant Professor (Research) of Psychology, Stanford University

Using Psychological Science to Understand and Improve the Impact of AI

Date
22.04.2026

Time
12:00-13:30

Location
Square, Arena

Research Talk

Igor Grossmann

Professor in Psychology, University of Waterloo

Imagining and building wise machines: The centrality of AI metacognition

Date
01.05.2026

Time
12:00-13:30

Location
Square, Arena

 

Past IBT Research Talks and Events

11 December 2025

Andrea Weihrauch
University of Amsterdam

Racialized Robots: Navigating the Tension Between Inclusivity Signaling and Robot Acceptance
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6 May 2025

Where it's at: Research with Geographic Data at HSG
University of St. Gallen

Research Symposium
Organized by Tobias Ebert
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12 May 2025

Janis Zickfeld
Aarhus University and Centre for Integrative Business Psychology

There is no crying in business? On the occurrence and impact of crying at work
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25 November 2025

Robin Schimmelpfennig
Universität Lausanne

The Human-like AI: Manipulating AI Anthropomorphism Does Not Change Users’ Trust in or Engagement with AI Systems.
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8 April 2025

Anne-Kathrin Klesse
Erasmus University of Rotterdam

Preference Filtering: Consumers Share Narrower Preferences with Algorithms
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8 - 11 July 2025

2nd Regional Cultural Differences Conference
University of British Columbia

Interdisciplinary Conference
Organized by Friedrich Götz, Tobias Ebert and Eric Hehman
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16 September 2025

Daniel Wenzel
Universität Aachen

Pure magic: How magicians create and how consumers respond to magical experiences.
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12 March 2025

Michal Kosinski
Stanford Graduate Business School

Emergent Properties in Large Language Models
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