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

Lab Alumni

  • Nathaniel Hammond

  • Heather Barlow

  • Sidney Hurst

  • Parker Li

  • Ariette Choi

  • Yildiray Sahin

  • Nikolai Sundstrom

  • Victoria Martinez

  • Madeline Buss