BOR - EURO Working Group on Behavioural OR

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
