More than 100 scholars and participants from leading institutions in China and around the world gathered at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China for the 5th CeDEx China & 4th CHE Joint Conference, hosted by the School of Economics on 24–25 June 2026.

Held under the theme “Behaviour, Experiments, and Health”, the two-day conference was co-organised by CeDEx China, CHE and the Camphor Economics Circle. The event welcomed participants from a wide range of institutions, including QS World University Rankings top 100 universities such as Yale University, the University of Toronto, the University of Warwick and the University of Nottingham, as well as Tulane University and others.

The first day focused on behavioural and experimental economics. The conference was opened by Professor Panos Vlachopoulos, Vice Provost for Education and Student Experience, and Professor Shravan Luckraz, Director of CeDEx China. Plenary talks were delivered by Professor Andrea Isoni from the University of Warwick, Professor Jaimie W. Lien from Shandong University, Professor Ming Gao from Liaoning University, and Professor Abigail Barr from the University of Nottingham.

The programme also featured ten academic presentations covering a wide range of topics, including elite status and discrimination, belief formation, rank-prize redistribution, investor attention, trust games, payment norms, multi-stage contests, coordinated punishments, tournament spillovers, and bargaining and arbitration.

The second day turned to health economics, opened by Professor Sarah Cook, Head of the School of Economics. Invited speakers included Professor M. Mahmud Khan from the University of Georgia, Dr Changle Li from Fujian Medical University, Dr Xi Chen from Yale University, Professor Siripen Supakankunti from Chulalongkorn University, Professor Susan Lu from the University of Toronto, and Professor Lizheng Shi from Tulane University. Their talks addressed topics such as COVID-19 vaccination and healthcare use, public trust in physicians, dementia diagnosis and financial planning, resilient health systems, expert decision making with AI, and risk engines in the age of AI.

A roundtable on international health economics research exchange was held jointly with CHPAMS and moderated by Dr Wei Jiang, bringing together panellists from Yale University, Emory University, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, the China Medical Board, and Tulane University. Five research posters were also displayed during the conference.

The conference provided a valuable platform for scholars to share research, exchange ideas and strengthen collaboration across behavioural economics, experimental economics and health economics.