Behavioral Models of Politics

We are pleased to announce the Tenth Behavioral Models of Politics (BMP) Conference will be held at the University of Pittsburgh on May 24-25, 2024! The BMP conference aims to bring together scholars to discuss and share research related to various ways that analytical models of politics can be broadened to include “behavioral” concepts. The conference encourages a dialogue between groups of scholars — theorists, empiricists and behavioral experimentalists — who all provide critical insight into political behavior, but who often remain siloed.

The conference is open to all sub-fields in political science as well as related disciplines. We welcome submissions using a wide variety of approaches, both theoretical and empirical. Theoretical approaches might include behavioral game theory, bounded rationality, adaptation and learning, and evolutionary models. Empirical and experimental research might test or challenge conventional modeling assumptions, identify the boundaries between rational and boundedly rational behavior, or document empirical regularities that need to be accounted for by behavioral models. We are also interested in papers that apply experimental or computational neuroscientific approaches to political decision-making as well as work in political psychology and behavior that takes or speaks to an analytical or behavioral decision research approach.