Behind the scienceA multidisciplinary team of scientists and practitioners

The BeSci team was established in 2015, and has been growing the practice of BeSci across the Government of Canada (GC) ever since.

Today, our team is composed of a central team of researchers housed in the Privy Council Office and multiple Behavioural Science Fellows who are embedded within line departments. Our Fellows support the integration of BeSci insights and methods into priority program and policy areas within each of their departments.

While our team members have diverse academic backgrounds and an array of methodological specialties, we all share a passion for understanding human behaviour and using that understanding to drive change. Combining our knowledge of the literature with cutting-edge research and experimentation practices is what we do best.

Dr. Lauryn Conway

Senior Lead, Behavioural Science

Jessica Leifer

Senior Lead, Behavioural Science

Daniel Almeida

Behavioural Science Fellow, Public Health Agency of Canada

Matthew Blackshaw

Behavioural Science Fellow, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Sofia Deleniv

Behavioural Science Fellow, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Dr. Amanda Desnoyers

Behavioural Science Fellow, Employment and Social Development Canada

Dr. Nicholas Diamond

Behavioural Science Fellow

Dr. Maral Yeganeh Doost

Behavioural Science Fellow, Natural Resources Canada

Kaitlyn Fallow

Behavioural Science Fellow, Natural Resources Canada

Caitlyn Gallant

Behavioural Science Fellow, Public Health Agency of Canada

Dr. Tyler Good

Behavioural Science Fellow, Public Health Agency of Canada

Jacob Graham

Behavioural Science Fellow, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Kathryn Harper

Behavioural Science Fellow, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Dr. Kyle Hubbard

Behavioural Scientist

Arvin Jagayat

Behavioural Science Fellow

Erik Jansen

Behavioural Science Fellow, Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada

Christine Kormos

Behavioural Scientist

Karissa Leduc

Behavioural Science Fellow, Communications Community Office

Vivian Li

Behavioural Science Fellow, Natural Resources Canada

Elliot MacDonell

Behavioural Science Fellow, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Harry MacKay

Behavioural Science Fellow, Public Health Agency of Canada

Angela Mastroianni

Behavioural Science Fellow, Public Health Agency of Canada

Anthony Murkar

Behavioural Science Fellow, Public Health Agency of Canada

Jay Olson

Behavioural Science Fellow, Natural Resources Canada

Brian Pereira

Behavioural Science Fellow

Klajdi Puka

Behavioural Science Fellow, Public Health Agency of Canada

Justin Savoie

Behavioural Science Fellow

Colin Scott

Behavioural Science Fellow, Communications Community Office

Dhawal Selerka

Behavioural Scientist

Annabel Sibalis

Behavioural Science Fellow, Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada

Paniz Tavakoli

Behavioural Science Fellow, Public Health Agency of Canada

Kaian Unwalla

Behavioural Science Fellow, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Thomas (Tom) Vargas

Behavioural Science Fellow, Public Health Agency of Canada

Sarah Wall

Behavioural Science Fellow

Michael Weiss

Behavioural Science Fellow, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Nick Thompson

Research Associate

Alyssa Whalen

Advisor