Joshua Foster, Western University

Research

Behavioural Microeconomics Mechanism Design Microeconomic Policy Economic Methodology

Latest funding

Experimenting with "homo-silicus": Using simulated economic agents to generate new insights on human behaviour in markets and society
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$32,480
Increasing Bystander Interventions during Sexual Harassment Incidents using Virtual Reality Methods
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$184,314
Increasing Bystander Interventions during Sexual Harassment Incidents using Virtual Reality Methods
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$92,156

All 3 grants and awards

Experimenting with "homo-silicus": Using simulated economic agents to generate new insights on human behaviour in markets and society

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Foster, Joshua

Keywords: Behavioural Microeconomics; Mechanism Design; Microeconomic Policy; Economic Methodology

$32,480

Increasing Bystander Interventions during Sexual Harassment Incidents using Virtual Reality Methods

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rawski, Shannon

Keywords: bystander intervention; sexual harassment; training; virtual reality

$184,314

Increasing Bystander Interventions during Sexual Harassment Incidents using Virtual Reality Methods

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rawski, Shannon L.

Keywords: bystander intervention; sexual harassment; training; virtual reality

$92,156

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Behavioural Microeconomics Dear Professor Foster, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on behavioural microeconomics connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Experimenting with "homo-silicus": Using simulated economic agents to generate new insights on human behaviour in markets and society" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]