Sanchayan Banerjee

Sanchayan Banerjee is an Associate Professor of Economics & Public Policy at King’s College London’s Policy Institute, with a dual appointment as Visiting Professor at Grenoble-IAE (Université Grenoble Alpes). He previously held a tenured position as Assistant Professor of Environmental and Behavioral Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2022-2024). His research focuses on citizen-oriented, participatory behavioral public policies, tested through experiments in food, energy, health, and charitable policy domains. He co-developed the NUDGE+ framework emphasizing citizen agency in policy design.

Affiliations:

• Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics
• Affiliate, Amsterdam Sustainability Institute & Institute for Environmental Studies
• Academic Lead for Professional Education, Policy Institute

Research Interests: Behavioral economics, environmental economics, experimental methods, and policy effectiveness. His work bridges behavioral insights with real-world policy challenges, emphasizing participatory approaches and ethical considerations.

Recent Article Trends: Recent work analyzes public support for pandemic policies, vaccine uptake drivers across G7 nations, and the ethical implications of behavioral nudges. He explores how experimental methods (field, lab, online) validate policy impacts while addressing equity concerns.

Awards:

• Three consecutive LSE Teaching Awards
• Teaching Innovation Grants (VU Amsterdam)
• FHEA (UK Higher Education Academy Fellow)

Grants & Leadership: Co-leads NWO ALIGN4energy (€5.7M), a Netherlands-based energy sustainability project. Serves on editorial boards for Scientific Reports, PLOS One, and Humanities & Social Sciences Communications. Previously co-edited Behavioral Public Policy’s New Voices section.

Labs/Teams: Leads King’s Policy Institute’s behavioral policy research group and collaborates across institutions on interdisciplinary projects like the NUDGE+ toolkit development.