Christian Krekel

Christian Krekel is associate professor of behavioural science in the department of psychological and behavioural science at the London School of Economics (LSE), and co-director of the Wellbeing Programme at LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance (CEP). He is an applied economist: his fields are behavioural economics, health, and well-being; behavioural welfare economics; policy appraisal and evaluation; and applied microeconomics. He obtained my PhD in economics from the Paris School of Economics.

Krekel’s research looks at policies and interventions to improve people’s lives—specifically their behaviour, health, and (ultimately) their well-being. Recent examples include the evaluation of a nationwide mental health service in England (NHS Talking Therapies); estimating the causal effects of volunteering in the NHS (and Care) Volunteer Responders programmes on well-being, mental health, trust, and pro-sociality; nature exposure (including urban green spaces) and its impacts on well-being, mental health, and pro-environmental behaviour; and estimating the social value generated by the 2012 London Olympics or the London Marathon.

At the Harvard Pop Center, he is working with Laura Kubzansky on a project about the determinants of pro-social attitudes and behaviours over the life course.