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BehavAI Research Lab

We are academic researchers with a mission to explore how businesses, employees, and consumers can best harness AI for human thriving. By studying human-AI collaboration, through the lens of behavioural science and data analytics, our lab aims at maximising opportunities for human enhancement and growth, while minimising harm.

Our areas of focus

Through our research, we will explore, how to organise for optimal AI adoption, how can consumers benefit from our AI solutions and the risks and rewards for empowering employees with AI.

Responsible Organisational Transformation with AI

Investigating how AI assistance transforms employee engagement, productivity, and well-being and understanding AI’s role in idea generation and championing innovation.

AI-Enhanced Consumer Decision-Making

To empower consumers through AI-based tools for financial literacy, self-efficacy in everyday decisions, and ethical consumption and study how best to deploy generative AI for effective marketing, product recommendation, and user experience.

Social Impact and Ethics of AI

Exploring how underrepresented communities can leverage AI for financial, educational, and personal empowerment and designing frameworks to mitigate bias and develop inclusive AI-driven business solutions.

AI for Learning and Cognitive Enhancement

Investigating AI-facilitated learning environments that increase student engagement, deepen skill acquisition, and foster creativity and designing best practices for personalised AI-driven educational tools and adaptive teaching methods.

Want to know more?

For more information about our research or how you can participate, get in touch with the BehavAI team.

Get in contact with the team

A/Prof Greg Nyilasy
A/Prof Greg Nyilasy, Lab Coordinator

Meet the team

The Lab Coordinator, A/Prof Greg Nyilasy, is an Associate Professor in Marketing and Head of Marketing at the University of Melbourne. He has over ten years of advertising, brand, marketing and business strategy experience on three continents (Europe, North America and Australia). His research interests are in AI-driven consumer behavior, ethical business practices, and novel learning paradigms.

Learn about the team

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