4th WoBE@E

4th Workshop in Behavioral Economics at the European

WoBE@E on Sustainability

Applying Behavioral Science to the Design and Evaluation of Sustainable Policies

Date: November 28th, 2025

Venue: Lecture Hall, Building G, G28, Turia Campus, at the newly restored "San Juan Bautista" hospice, a gorgeous XVIII building by the old riverbed, in our Turia Campus, close to the old city center.

Organizing committee: Lina Restrepo-Plaza (Behavioral Economics Institute, Universidad Europea de Valencia) and Erique Fatas (Behavioral Economics Institute, Universidad Europea de Valencia)

All papers will be presented in-person. If you want to attend the workshop remotely, we kindly ask you to register first, and use the following MS Teams link. There is NO registration fees for speakers or attendants and coffee breaks will be provided to all. Unfortunately, we cannot provide travel and accommodation support (other than to the three keynote invited speakers). If you are interested in attending the workshop online, please fill the registration form. You will receive a link to the email used in the registration. If you have questions, do not hesitate to contact us at linamaria.restrepo@universidadeuropea.es 

Program

November 28th

08:00 to 08:30 Registration

08:30 to 09:00 Inaugural welcome by Prof. Rosa Sanchidrián (Rector of Universidad Europea)

09:00 to 10:00 Keynote lecture 1 

Esther Blanco (University of Innsbruck)

Do behavioral interventions increase support for a price of carbon?

10:00 to 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 to 11:30 Session #1

Market attitudes

Felipe Valencia-Clavijo (GAABS-AVIVA) First-time EV buyers and pro-environmental attitudes: evidence of an attitude gap in the clean vehicle rebate program.

Teresa Latorre (Universidad Polit'ecnica de Valencia) Behavioral drivers of sustainable viticulture: evidence from winegrowers in the region of Valencia

11:30 to 12:30 Keynote lecture 2

Paulius Yamin (Paris Institute for Advanced Study)

Rethinking sustainability transitions: cross-sector coordination in developing contexts

12:30 to 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 to 15:00 Keynote lecture 3

Unai Pascual (Basque Centre for Climate Change, bc3-IkerBasque)

Recognizing the diversity of values of biodiversity: how and what for?

15:00 to 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 to 16:30 Session #2

Climate uncertainty & food sustainability

Samira Khodayar Pardo (Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo) Mediterranean climate challenges: extreme phenomena and socioeconomic consequences

Lina Restrepo-Plaza (Behavioral Economics Institute, Universidad Europea de Valencia) The effect of climate ambiguity on potato supply elasticity.

Dionisio Ortiz (Universitat de Valencia) A visionary project: behavioural approaches and system thinking to unlock food transition

16:30 to 17:00 Coffee break

17:00 to 18:00 Roundtable: Policy challenges for sustainability

Jelena Pablovic (Universidad Europea de Valencia)

Frederic Mertens (Universidad Europea de Valencia)

Jorge Sánchez (Universidad Europea de Valencia)

Lina Restrepo-Plaza (Behavioral Economics Institute, Universidad Europea de Valencia) - Chair