Audrey Van Hoecke

PhD Topic: Temporal fluctuations in moral behaviours

PhD Supervisors: Dr Jet Sanders and Dr Matteo M Galizzi

Audrey is an applied behavioural scientist whose work bridges research and practice in organisational psychology, learning, and leadership development.

Her research investigates the temporal variation in dishonest behaviour, examining how time-related factors, such as the day of the week and the time of day, influence people’s honesty and moral decision-making. She employs behavioural experiments and online cheating paradigms to capture real behavioural patterns while avoiding the limitations of self-reported data.

Beyond academia, Audrey is the Head of Talent and Learning at Christian Aid, where she applies behavioural science to strengthen leadership, learning, and organisational culture. Her work focuses on embedding value-based behaviours, designing evidence-informed leadership programmes, and minimising bias and noise in recruitment and development processes to promote fairer, more effective decisions.

She holds an MSc in Behavioural Science from the London School of Economics and an MSc in Management from the University of Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium.

Audrey's research interests include dishonesty and ethical behaviour, temporal patterns in decision-making, and applications of behavioural science in organisational contexts.

Audrey is a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) for PB205 – Individual Differences and Why They Matter, a second-year undergraduate course that explores how personality, intelligence, and other individual characteristics shape human behaviour.