18th Annual Behavioral Operations Conference, 2025

BOC 2025

Hamburg, Germany
June 23 – 25

Abstract Submissions have closed

Mission

The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers with a common interest in the intersection of human behavior and operations, with the aim of sharing current work, fostering research development and developing relationships among scholars in the field.

Pricing

Registration Type	Cost
Faculty	€200
Student	€100

Behavioral Operations Conference Details

Welcome & Registration Emerging Research Workshop Schedule

Travel & Area Information Participants Organizers & Sponsors

Kuehne Logistics University and the University of Hamburg are pleased to host the 18th annual Behavioral Operations Conference in Hamburg on June 23 – 25, 2025. The conference will begin on Sunday evening and continue with a one-day Emerging Research Workshop on Monday, June 23, followed by welcome drinks. The main conference will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 23-25.

We look forward to seeing you in Hamburg! If you have any questions please contact Kai Hoberg at Kai.Hoberg@klu.org.

Annual Behavioral Operations Conference by Year

2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015

Registration

Please note the following key deadlines
Date	Item Due
March 15, 2025	Extended-Abstract Submission (1-page limit) for Main Conference and/or Emerging Research Workshop*
April 8, 2025	Notification of Acceptance
May 31, 2025	Registration & Payment Deadline

*If you are interested in presenting at the main conference or the Emerging Research Workshop, please indicate so when you register and include an extended abstract (one-page limit) of your work. Please also indicate who will present in the abstract.

The registration/abstract submission will open January 8, 2025.

More information will be available in 2025.

attendees of the behavioral operations conference

Main Venue:

Kühne Logistics University – KLU
Großer Grasbrook 17
20457 Hamburg
Germany

Main Conference Program (PDF)

Overview Agenda (PDF)

Emerging Research Workshop Program (PDF)

Overall Agenda:

Date	Item Due
Monday, June 23, 2025	Emerging Research Workshop
Tuesday, June 24, 2025	Main Conference – Day 1
Wednesday, June 25, 2025	Main Conference – Day 2

More information on the schedule will be available in 2025.

Hamburg has many connecting flights per day from all major European airports, e.g. Frankfurt, Munich, Amsterdam, Paris, London or Madrid. We suggest booking your flights early and spending some extra days in Germany’s 2nd biggest city.

Hotel Recommendations

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participants of the 2019 Behavioral Operations Conference

Every year at the Behavioral Operations Conference, faculty participants from around North America and the world come together to share research and learn from one another.

First Name	Last Name	Affiliation
Deepak	Mehta	Apple
Rafael	Escamilla	Arizona State University
Ruth	Beer	Baruch College, CUNY
Bekki	Brau	Brigham Young University
Michelle	Kinch	Dartmouth Tuck School of Business
Theresa Cathrin	Pfennig	Department of Management and Marketing, University of Innsbruck
Gozdenur	Buyuk Habaci	Eindhoven University of Technology
Joan	Stip	Eindhoven University of Technology
Rob	Basten	Eindhoven University of Technology
Christina	Imdahl	Eindhoven University of Technology
Lijia	Tan	Eindhoven University of Technology
Toshi	Protsch	ETH Zürich
Nicholas	Clyde	Florida State University
Hossein	Nikpayam	Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Mirko	Kremer	Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
Abhishek	Deshmane	Georgia Institute of Technology
Benedicta	Hermanns	Hamburg University of Technology
Martin	Sterner	Hamburg University of Technology
Timo	Heinrich	Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4 (D), 21073 Hamburg
Matthew	DosSantos DiSorbo	Harvard Business School
Paige	Tsai	Harvard Business School
Michael Lingzhi	Li	Harvard Business School
Ruru	Hoong	Harvard University/ Harvard Business School
Matthias	Seifert	IE Business School
Yucheng	Su	IE Business School
Monika	Westphal	IE University
Mirel	Yavuz	IESE Business School
Anna	Saez de Tejada Cuenca	IESE Business School
Changyu	MEN	IESEG School of Management
Jose Benedicto	DUHAYLONGSOD	IESEG School of Management
Shalique	MarayakulathSidhikh	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Shiril	Saju	Indian Institute of Management Banglore
Stefanos	Poulidis	INSEAD
Qiong	Xia	INSEAD
Xinyu	Liang	INSEAD
Yang	Chen	Ivey Business School
Evgeny	Kagan	Johns Hopkins University
Kai	Hoberg	KLU
Robin	Kabelitz-Bock	KLU
Simon	Mader	KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Maria	Besiou	Kuehne Logistics University
Hooria	Sajjad	Kühne Logistics University
Prisca	Brosi	Kühne Logistics University
Anna	Sroginis	Lancaster University
Özge	Tüncel	Maastricht University
Yuan	Shi	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Y. Karen	Zheng	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Clare	Snyder	Michigan Ross
Stanley	Lim	Michigan State University
Juan	Li	Nanjing University
Yanan	Dong	Nanjing University School of Management and Engineering
Michela	Carraro	NEOMA Business School
Matthew	Walker	Newcastle University Business School
Brent	Moritz	Penn State University
Anton	Ovchinnikov	Queen’s University, Smith School of Business
Soh Hyun	Chu	Rotterdam School of Management
Daan	Stam	Rotterdam School of Management
Klaus	Garrido Tenorio	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Mahsa	Alirezaei	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Jelle	de Vries	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Michael	Becker-Peth	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Xiao	Zhang	Saint Louis University
Wilson	Lin	Santa Clara University
Xiaoyan	Liu	Santa Clara University
Marcus	Wiens	Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg
Thorsten	Greil	Technical University of Munich
Yuxuan	Zhu	Technical University of Munich
Galit	Yom-Tov	Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Rihuan	Huang	The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Emily	Dickey	The University of Tennessee
Ignacio	Rios	The University of Texas at Dallas
Junya	Zhou	The University of Texas at Dallas
Jan	Fransoo	Tilburg University
Eirini	Spiliotopoulou	Tilburg University
S. Iman	Moosavi	Tilburg-University
Mahsa	Abbaszadeh Nakhost	TUM School of Management
Park	Sinchaisri	UC Berkeley
Charles	Corbett	UCLA Anderson School of Management
Sebastian	Schiffels	University Augsburg
Siddharth	Singh	University College London
John	Aloysius	University of Arkansas
Finnegan	McKinley	University of Arkansas
Christian	Jost	University of Augsburg
Andreas	Fügener	University of Cologne
Ulrich	Thonemann	University of Cologne
Dylan	Gellert	University of Cologne
Shuang	Shi	University of Cologne
Chantale	Köster	University of Cologne
Valentin	Tuczek	University of Cologne
Anna	Taudien	University of Cologne
Dylan	Gellert	University of Cologne
Yingshuai	Zhao	University of Cologne
Florian	Sachs	University of Cologne
Gloria	Urrea	University of Colorado Boulder
Sebastián	Villa	University of Colorado Boulder
Ovunc	Yilmaz	University of Colorado Boulder
Chuan	He	University of Colorado, Boulder
Stefan	Haeussler	University of Innsbruck
Benny	Mantin	University of Luxembourg
Saber	Mousavi	university of Luxembourg
Leon	Valdes	University of Pittsburgh
Kimberly	Flicker	University of South Carolina
Dan	Kwasnitschka	University of South Carolina
Blair	Flicker	University of South Carolina
Anika	Bittner	University of Technology Hamburg
Alper	Nakkas	University of Texas at Arlington
Kyle	Hyndman	University of Texas at Dallas
Elena	Katok	University of Texas at Dallas
Gary	Bolton	University of Texas at Dallas
Franziska	Biberacher	Universität Augsburg
Guido	Voigt	Universität Hamburg
Martin	Weber	Universität Mannheim
Sam	Kirshner	UNSW Business School
Jason	Wu	UNSW, Sydney
Jiachun	Lu	WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Moritz	von Zahn	WIIM Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Fadong	Chen	Zhejiang University

Every year a group of leading faculty across the world come together to organize the Behavioral Operations Conference. See the professors who organized this year’s event below.