BOR Brown Bag Session - Dec. 2023
2023-12-14 01:00 - 13:40 (Europe/Paris) | online
Work in progress, Mini-panel discussions with pre-assigned panelists, Open discussions in order to …
– foster collaboration,
– strengthen BOR community,
– raise interest for BOR topics,
– increase the visibility of BOR, and
– fast delivery of new ideas.

BOR Brown Bag Session – Feb. 2024
2024-02-08 12:00 - 12:40 UTC | online
Konstantinos Katsikopoulos, Professor of Behavioural Science, Director of Research, University of Southampton Business School
Abstract
How do people make decisions under risk and uncertainty in operational settings? How to open the black box by specifying the cognitive processes that lead to these decisions? Drawing on economics, psychology and artificial intelligence, I provide an innovative perspective on behavioural operations. I show how to build optimization as well as heuristic models for describing human behaviour and how to compare such models on various dimensions such as predictive power and transparency, as well as discussing interventions for improving human behaviour.

BOR Stream in EURO 2024
2024-06-30 - 2024-07-03 | Copenhagen, Denmark, DTU Lyngby campus, Anker Engelunds Vej 1, Building 101A, Kgs. Lyngby, 2800, Denmark
The EURO WG on Behavioural OR is organizing a stream of sessions in the conference. We invite contributions that examine behavioural issues in relation to the design, use and evaluation of OR approaches in both laboratory and field settings, and as input to the development of behavioural models.
Central to the growing field of Behavioural OR is a concern with unpacking what people actually do when they engage with OR methods, processes and tools, and how their behaviour, cognition and emotions affect, or are affected by, OR-related activity.
We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to any of the BOR-sessions listed below:

Behavioral OR general papers with the Chairs: L. Alberto Franco and Raimo P. Hämäläinen (Code 56945534)
Behavioral decision analysis with the Chairs: Gilberto Montibeller and Emanuele Borgonovo (Code efefc1e6)
Behavior in decision processes with the Chair: Ilkka Leppanen (Code f218eec4)
Choice behavior with the Chair: Jyrki Wallenius (Code 52aacd13)
Scenarios and Foresight Practices: Behavioural Issues with the Chair: Martin Kunc (Code 917f20b9)
Heuristics in BOR with the Chair: Konstantinaos Katsikopoulos (Code 356bd323)
Behavioral System Dynamics with the Chair: Etienne Rouwette (Code 4c9518b9)
Behavior in group decisions with the Chair: Femke Bekius (Code 34c33916)
BOR in public policy and environmental decisions with the Chair: Judit Lienert (Code 6a9197d9)
Behavioural OR meets Information systems with the Chair: Michael Leyer (Code fccb6e0e)
Game-based approaches for (B)OR with the Chair: Alice H. Aubert (Code 950318f8)
Behavior in supply chain collaboration with the Chair: Yingshuai Zhao (Code baa21c60)

Please find contact information in the document here.
To submit your abstract, please visit:
https://www.euro-online.org/conf/euro33/
On this page, go to the “Abstract in an organized session” and enter the relevant Code (see above) and click on the “Submit invited abstract” button. You will then be taken to an abstract submission form page, where you can enter all the information about your abstract.
Your abstract can be based on conceptual or empirical work that is either complete or still ongoing. If you are in doubt regarding which BOR-related to submit your abstract to, or have problems with your submission, please contact the relevant Chair(s). If you know a colleague who might be interested in submitting an abstract please feel free to forward this invitation.
Please note that the submission deadline for abstracts is MARCH 3, 2024.
Finally, If you would like to organise an invited session in the BOR-stream, please contact us or the relevant Session Chair(s). A session consists of 4 talks with a focus on a particular topic consistent with the theme of a Stream.
We look forward to seeing you in person at EURO 2024!
Best wishes,
L. Alberto Franco, Raimo Hämäläinen
Coordinators, European Working Group on Behavioural OR
https://www.euro-online.org/websites/bor/

Joint EWG BOR-MCDM Workshop
2024-09-26 - 2024-09-28 | Catania, Sicily, Catania, 95100, Italy
The general purpose of the workshop (i.e., EWG-MCDA 98th and EWG-BOR 5th Joint workshop) is to provide an opportunity for colleagues working at the intersection BOR and MCDM to get together, with a view to develop potential research collaborations. Equally, the event may provide an opportunity to those working on other BOR and MCDM topics to learn from each other’s work, and explore potential synergies.
Organizing Committee: Salvatore Corrente, Alberto Franco, Salvatore Greco, Raimo P. Hämäläinen.

Tentative program

Differently from the EWG-MCDA meeting use, the meeting will start on Thursday morning and will end on Friday afternoon
Sessions will be mixed so that presentations related to the EWG-MCDA group and others related to the EWG-BOR are given in the same session

Presentations could be:

Standard 20 minutes presentation
Short presentation (5 minutes + 3 minutes for discussion)
Poster*
Discussion paper (without presentation)
* Posters can be related to the short presentations, but it is not mandatory

Moreover

Presentation of the laureate of the Bernard Roy Award (40 minutes + 5 minutes for discussion)
A round table on the topic of the meeting will take place on Friday afternoon
A special issue linked to the conference will be included in JMCDA

Preliminary Schedule

Deadline for submissions: May 31st, 2024
Notification of acceptance: June 30th, 2024

Find detailed information here: https://www.dei.unict.it/generico/ewgmcda98

Contacts

Meeting email: ewgmcda98@unict.it
salvatore.corrente@unict.it (Salvatore Corrente)
salgreco@unict.it (Salvatore Greco)
alberto.franco@bristol.ac.uk (L. Alberto Franco)
raimo.hamalainen@aalto.fi (Raimo P. Hämäläinen)

Call for Papers for a Special Issue on Behavioural Issues in Multicriteria Decision Aiding
2025-02-28
Complex decisions involving consideration of a plurality of points of view, technically called criteria, need to be supported by articulated procedures permitting the Decision Maker (DM) to form their preferences and convictions with a systematic interaction with experts and decision analyst. To ensure the effectiveness and the fairness of the decision support, behavioural aspects of the interaction between DMs, experts and decision analysts, as well as between all the actors involved in the multicriteria decision-aiding process, have to be taken into consideration…
This special issue solicits a systematic discussion on this aspect of decision-aiding procedures, encouraging contributions related to the behavioural issues of multicriteria decision support and their consideration in multicriteria decision-aiding methods (find details here).
Important dates

Submission deadline: 28 February 2025
Notification of first round of review results: 31 May 2025
Submission of revised papers: 31 August 2025
Notification of second round of review results: 31 October 2025
Final decision notifications: 31 December 2025

Guest editors
Salvatore Corrente, University of Catania, Italy salvatore.corrente@unict.it
Alberto Franco, University of Bristol, UK alberto.franco@bristol.ac.uk
Salvatore Greco, University of Catania, Italy salgreco@unict.it
Raimo Hämäläinen, Aalto University, Finland raimo.hamalainen@aalto.fi

EURO 2025 conference - deadline for abstracts
2025-03-08
Call for Presentations in the BOR Stream in EURO 2025,

The upcoming EURO 2025 conference ( https://euro2025leeds.uk/) will take place during June 22 to June 25, 2025.

The EURO WG on Behavioural OR is organizing a stream of sessions in the conference. We invite contributions that examine behavioural issues in relation to the design, use and evaluation of OR approaches in both laboratory and field settings, and as an input to the development of models depicting OR-related activity. Central to the growing field of Behavioural OR is a concern with unpacking what people actually do when they engage with OR methods, processes and tools, and how their behaviour, cognition and emotions affect, or are affected by, OR-related activity.

BOR SESSIONS

We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to any of the BOR-sessions listed below:

Session 1. Behavioral OR general papers Chair: L. Alberto Franco, (alberto.franco@bristol.ac.uk) Invitation code 71ceae63

Session 2. Behaviour in decision processes, Chair: lkka Leppanen, (ilkka.j.leppanen@aalto.fi ) Invitation code 087055a4

Session 3. Behaviour in group decision-making, Chair: Femke Bekius, (femke.bekius@ru.nl) Invitation code ed35a0bf

Session 4. Use of heuristics in multi-attribute choice, Chair: Jyrki Wallenius, (jyrki.wallenius@aalto.fi) and Gilberto Montibeller, (g.montibeller@bristol.ac.uk) Invitation code dee26c1c

Session 5. Addressing behavioral issues of real-world problems, Chair: Judit Lienert, ( judit.lienert@eawag.ch) Invitation code 46ef38a6

Session 6. Behavioural OR meets Information systems, Chair: Michael Leyer, (michael.leyer@wiwi.uni-marburg.de) Invitation code c07568c6

Session 7. Behavioural aspects of strategic planning, Chair: Martin Kunc, (m.h.kunc@soton.ac.uk) Invitation code 397333bb

Session 8. Behavioral studies on military OR, Chair: Kai Virtanen, (kai.virtanen@aalto.fi) Invitation code 8ad3794a

Session 9. Developing BOR approaches in health settings, Chairs: Mónica Oliveira (monica.oliveira@ist.utl.pt) and Ana Vieira (ana.lopes.vieira@tecnico.ulisboa.pt), Invitation code c329f5dc

SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT
To submit your abstract, please visit:
https://www.euro-online.org/conf/euro34/

On this page, go to the “Abstract in an organized session” and enter the relevant Code (see above) and click on the “Submit invited abstract” button. You will then be taken to an abstract submission form page, where you can enter all the information about your abstract.

Your abstract can be based on conceptual or empirical work that is either complete or still ongoing. If you are in doubt regarding which BOR-related to submit your abstract to, or have problems with your submission, please contact the relevant Chair(s). If you know a colleague who might be interested in submitting an abstract please feel free to forward this invitation.

If you would like to organize an invited session in the BOR Stream, please contact us or the relevant Session Chair(s). A session consists of 3-4 talks with a focus on a particular topic consistent with the theme of a Stream.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

***Please note that the submission deadline for abstracts is MARCH 8, 2025***

We look forward to seeing you in person at EURO 2025!
Please note also the special issue on Behavioural Issues in Multicriteria Decision Aiding, DL Feb 28,2025 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/assets/10991360/JMCDA-CFP-Multicriteria-Decision-Aiding-1715739057737.pdf

Alberto Franco, Raimo Hämäläinen

Coordinators, European Working Group on Behavioural OR

Call for Submissions - BOR Fall Workshop Poster Slam
2025-07-15
A major part of the workshop (Marburg, 06 October – 07 October 2025) is the discussion about topics, new ideas, and current insights. For this purpose, we will have short talks backed up by more information on posters in the form of a digital slide. We invite participants from the community to submit their topics to be considered for presentation. Please submit an abstract of not more than 150 words.

Local Organizer
Prof. Dr. Michael Leyer (michael.leyer@wiwi.uni-marburg.de), University of Marburg / Queensland University of Technology

Keydates & deadlines:
* Abstract Submission Deadline: Sunday, July 15, 2025 at hrs. 23:59 CET
* Participant registration deadline: Sunday, September 22, 2025 at hrs. 23:59 CET

Submission:
You can submit your abstract by sending an email to bwl-dl@staff.uni-marburg.de.

Registration:
You can send your registration data with your name, University and address sending an email to bwl-dl@staff.uni-marburg.de.

Website:
https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb02/professuren/bwl/digiprozess/bor-fall-workshop

BOR Fall Workshop 2025
2025-10-06 - 2025-10-07 | Marburg, Germany, Marburg, Germany
This is to inform about the upcoming Fall Workshop (06-07 October 2025) of the European Working Group on Behavioural Operational Research (BOR) to be held in Marburg, Germany.

The BOR community aims to provide guidance to European OR academics, teachers, and practitioners for developing effective OR-supported interventions by investigating and sharing behavioural-based explanations of the factors that shape the practice of modelling, model use, and model results communication.

The full program and registration options are now available. Download the PDF here.

Call for Presentations for the BOR Poster Slam!
A major part of the workshop is the discussion about topics, new ideas, and current insights. For this purpose, we will have short talks backed up by more information on posters in the form of a digital slide. We invite participants from the community to submit their topics to be considered for presentation. Please submit an abstract of not more than 150 words. You can submit your abstract by sending an email to bwl-dl@staff.uni-marburg.de.
Registration:
You can send your registration data (with your name, University, and address) to bwl-dl@staff.uni-marburg.de.
Deadlines:
* Abstract Submission Deadline: Sunday, July 15, 2025 at hrs. 23:59 CET
* Participant registration deadline: Sunday, September 22, 2025 at hrs. 23:59 CET
Website:
https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb02/professuren/bwl/digiprozess/bor-fall-workshop).

Hoping to meeting you there!
Host and organizer from our COB is Michael Leyer

Abstract submission - Special Session Behavioral Operations Management - International Working Seminar on Production Economics
2025-11-01
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to invite abstract submissions for the upcoming Working Seminar on Production Economics, which will take place in Innsbruck, Austria, in 2026 (see CfP_IWSPE 2026 v5).
This year’s seminar will feature a special session on Behavioral Operations Management, addressing the human and behavioral aspects shaping decision-making, coordination, and performance in supply chain and operations contexts.
Researchers interested in contributing are invited to submit an abstract by November 9, 2025 (this is an extension of the original deadline).
We look forward to your contributions and an inspiring exchange of ideas in Innsbruck

Best regards,
Anita Onay
on behalf of the Organizing Committee
Working Seminar on Production Economics
anita.onay@mci.edu

IFORS Vienna - Deadline for abstract submissions
2026-03-08
The upcoming IFORS Vienna conference ( https://ifors2026.at/home/) will take place from 12 to 17 July 2026.

The EURO WG on Behavioural OR is organizing a stream of sessions at the conference. We invite contributions that examine behavioural issues related to the design, use, and evaluation of OR approaches in both laboratory and field settings, and as inputs to the development of models depicting OR-related activity. Central to the growing field of Behavioural OR is a concern with unpacking what people actually do when they engage with OR methods, processes, and tools, and how their behaviour, cognition, and emotions affect, or are affected by, OR-related activity.

BOR SESSIONS

We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to any of the BOR-sessions listed below:

Session 1. Behavioural aspects of strategic planning – Martin Kunc – Code: 67599758
Session 2. Behavioral OR general papers – Raimo P. Hämäläinen – Code: 2db1a3f2
Session 3. Experiments in BOR – Ayşegül Engin, Lea Trampitsch-Vink – Code: 817ce1df
Session 4. AI in Behavioral OR – Wieland Müller – cd69b39a
Session 5. Developing BOR approaches in health settings – Ana Vieira, Mónica Oliveira – 602e2dcc
Session 6. BOR in climate change – Oliver Behn – a0bd52b1

SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT
To submit your abstract, please visit:
https://www.euro-online.org/conf/ifors2026/

On this page, go to the “Abstract in an organized session” and enter the relevant Code (see above) and click on the “Submit invited abstract” button. You will then be taken to an abstract submission form page, where you can enter all the information about your abstract.

Your abstract can be based on conceptual or empirical work, whether complete or ongoing. If you are in doubt regarding which BOR-related to submit your abstract to, or have problems with your submission, please contact the relevant Chair(s). If you know a colleague who might be interested in submitting an abstract please feel free to forward this invitation.

If you would like to organize an invited session in the BOR Stream, please contact us or the relevant Session Chair(s). A session consists of 3-4 talks focused on a particular topic consistent with the theme of a Stream.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

***Please note that the submission deadline for abstracts is MARCH 15, 2026***

We look forward to seeing you in person at IFORS 2026!

Alberto Franco, Raimo Hämäläinen
Coordinators, European Working Group on Behavioural OR

GDN Conference -- Katowice
2026-06-28 08:00 - 2026-07-01 17:00 UTC
GDN Conference, Katowice, June 28th – July 1st, 2026
The link is: https://gdnconference.org/gdn2026/
Behavioural Issues in Model-driven Group Decision Support
Stream Organiser: L. Alberto Franco

Model-driven group decision support (GDS) is an approach to facilitating group decision making in which a formal, transparent model serves as the central mechanism for structuring discussion, enabling negotiation, and supporting analysis. In this approach, the model—rather than technology or social process alone—is the primary vehicle through which participants collectively explore, understand, and reach agreement about a problem situation.

This stream invites contributions that examine behavioural issues related to the design, use, and evaluation of model-driven GDS in both laboratory and field settings. Central to the stream is a focus on understanding what people actually do when they engage with model-drive GDS methods, procedures, and tools, and how their behaviours, cognitions, and emotions shape—and are shaped by—the use of such approaches.

We particularly welcome empirical studies that report on the application of model-driven GDS with face-to-face or virtual teams working on:

Cross-functional and interdisciplinary decision making
Strategy and policy analysis and evaluation
Inter-organisational collaboration and partnership working

The stream also seeks contributions that advance theoretical and practical understanding of model-driven GDS approaches. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Problem structuring methods (e.g. SODA, SSM, Strategic Choice)
Facilitated modelling approaches (e.g. Group Model Building, Decision Conferencing)
Games and simulation-gaming approaches for group decision support
The role of technology in supporting model-driven GDS

Finally, we welcome research that examines the development of competences and skills required for effective model-driven GDS, including facilitation, modelling and the management of group dynamics.

Alberto Franco
alberto.franco@bristol.ac.uk

BOR Stream scheduled for IFORS 2026 Vienna, Austria
2026-07-12 - 2026-07-17
June 12, 2026
Conference Registration closes

BORBS
2026-10-08 12:00 - 12:40 (Europe/Paris)
Next BOR Brown Bag Session (BORBS) online – find details here: https://www.euro-online.org/websites/bor/behavioral-operation-research-brown-bag-seminar-series/
