Our Team

Vince Hopkins, PI

Vince is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at UBC and PI of the BPPL.

Professor

Christian Schimpf

Christian is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the BPPL. He also served as the BPPL's Acting Director (October 2024-February 2025).

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Lydia is a graduate student assistant at the BPPL and a PhD student in Political Science at UBC, specializing in immigration and integration policies in Canada. Her research explores these topics through the lenses of political behaviour and social psychology, with a focus on experimental designs.

Graduate Student Research Assistant

Lydia Laflamme

Samar Virk

Samar is a graduate research assistant with the BPPL and a MA in Political Science. His research focuses on immigration and integration policy in Canada, exploring these through the lens of political behaviour and experimental methods.

Graduate Student Research Assistant

Syju has a background in behavioural insights research and extensive experience delivering large‑scale behaviour change campaigns in public health.

Lab Manager

Syju John

Priscilla Fisher

Priscilla Fisher is an Honorary Research Associate at the Lab. Formerly the Research Manager at the Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality and currently the Manager of the Behavioural Insights Unit at NSW, Priscilla brings deep expertise in research leadership and applied behavioural science to the Lab.

Honorary Research Associate

Lab Alumni

  • Nathaniel Hammond

  • Heather Barlow

  • Sidney Hurst

  • Parker Li

  • Ariette Choi

  • Yildiray Sahin

  • Nikolai Sundstrom

  • Victoria Martinez

  • Madeline Buss