About this episode

Elif Kubilay discusses her research on empowering adolescents to improve school culture and combat bullying.

In this episode, we speak with Elif Kubilay about a study she conducted with Sule Alan on how adolescents can be empowered to change the social climate in schools. We discuss student-teachers, peer influence, bullying, self-persuasion, and what happens when students are trusted with real responsibility. The paper is available here . Elif Kubilay is an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Essex. Her research focuses on development economics, labour economics, education, and behavioural economics, with a particular interest in how school environments shape children's cognitive and non-cognitive skills.

People in this episode

Guest: Elif Kubilay

Topics covered

• school culture
• bullying
• peer influence
• student empowerment
• education

Keywords

• school climate
• adolescents
• self-persuasion
• responsibility
• behavioural economics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Essex

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