Paul Webley

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(19 November 1953 – 2 March 2016) was director and principal of the

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from 2006 to 2015. From 2010 until his death in 2016, he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the

. He was a member of the editorial board of the '' Journal of Economic Psychology'' and a former president of the International Association for Research in Economic Psychology. Webley received his BSc and PhD from the

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. After a brief period at the

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he moved to the

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, where he remained for 26 years, rising from lecturer to professor of

economic psychology Behavioral economics studies the effects of Psychology, psychological, cognitive bias, cognitive, emotional, cultural and social factors on the decision making, decisions of individuals or institutions, such as how those decisions vary from t ...

. He was head of the Department and School of Psychology from 1993 to 2003, and from 2003 to 2006 he was one of the university's deputy vice-chancellors (Senior Deputy VC, 2005-6). His major research interests were economic

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, the psychology of money, and the psychology of

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ation, though he also worked on

environmental psychology Environmental psychology is a branch of psychology that explores the relationship between humans and the external world. It examines the way in which the natural environment and our built environments shape us as individuals. Environmental Psychol ...

and the general issue of the

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underlying rule

compliance Compliance can mean: Healthcare * Compliance (medicine), a patient's (or doctor's) adherence to a recommended course of treatment * Compliance (physiology), the tendency of a hollow organ to resist recoil toward its original dimensions (this is a ...

. Webley was appointed

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in the

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for services to higher education.2015 New Year Honours List
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Publications

Webley wrote 10 books, 58 chapters in books, 68 journal articles, and more than a dozen papers for newsletters, magazines, and miscellaneous professional and academic publications. A full list is available here:

Notable publications, illustrating the range of Webley's research, include: * Lea, S.E.G., Tarpy, R.M., & Webley, P. (1987). ''The Individual in the Economy''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. *Webley, P., Robben, H.S.J., Elffers, H., & Hessing, D.J. (1991). ''Tax evasion: an experimental approach''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. * * *Webley, P., Burgoyne, C.B., Lea, S.E.G. & Young, B.M. (2001). ''The Economic Psychology of Everyday Life''. Hove: Psychology Press. * * *

References

External links

Donald MacLeod, 'SOAS appoints new director', ''The Guardian'' (7 February 2006)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Webley, Paul 1953 births 2016 deaths Alumni of the London School of Economics Academics of the University of Exeter Academics of the University of Southampton People associated with SOAS University of London Commanders of the Order of the British Empire