Our conferences bring together industry, academia, government and the third sector to discuss the applicability of behaviour change to the most up to date global topics.

We are delighted to announce that the 9th International Conference from the UCL Centre for Behaviour Change will be held in partnership with the Behavioural Sciences Group at the NOVA National School of Public Health.
The 2025 conference will take place in Lisbon, Portugal at the NOVA National School of Public Health. You can find suggestions for accommodation on our accommodation page.
There will also be an online option, which will allow virtual attendees to watch the sessions live.
- Registration fees for the conference
Standard fees:
Attendee category Format GBP Euros Students & LMIC* In-person £210 € 262.50
Online £90 € 112.50 University Staff & Third Sector/Charities In-person £340 € 425.00 Online £120 € 150.00 Small Companies (1-49 Employees & Start-ups) In-person £340 € 435.00 Online £120 € 150.00 Public Sector In-person £450 € 562.50 Online £120 € 150.00 Medium Companies (50-199 Employees) In-person £450 € 562.50 Online £150 € 187.50 Large Companies (200+ Employees) In-person £550 € 687.50 Online £190 € 237.50 Scientific Committee In-person £170 € 212.50 Online £60 € 75.00 *Low, middle income countries (LMIC) Discount: to be eligible, participants must work for an organisation that has its administrative offices based in an LMIC, or be employed by an organisation and live in an LMIC. This includes university staff and students from LMIC. LMIC List of Countries (Wellcome Trust)
Please note that the price in Euros is indicative only - based on the exchange rate from the UK Government Consular rate of exchange for October 2024 (£1: €1.25)
Programme
Timings
Day 1, Wednesday 2 April
Registration is from 08:00, or to save time you can register in advance at the pre-conference day on 1 April. The day will begin with the opening ceremony at 09:00. Conference sessions will finish at around 18:00, followed by a networking reception.
Day 2, Thursday 3 April
Registration is from 08:30; the day will begin with a keynote talk at 09:00. The conference will close at around 18:00, followed by a farewell drink for those able to stay.
- Thematic areas
- Health behaviour change - behaviour change for improving health and wellbeing
- Climate change and sustainability - behaviour change for preserving the environment, mitigating negative consequences of climate change and ensuring sustainable development
- Advancing behavioural science and its application - innovations in behaviour change theory, design, measurement and other methodologies, as well as critical issues in its advancement and application
- Digital technologies - the use of information technology, social media, or mobile and wireless technologies in behaviour change research and interventions
- Applications of behavioural science to policy and practice - theory, methods, and evidence to promote the implementation of research findings into health and other services, such as routine work with patients, family members, schools, communities, or organisational or policy contexts
- Inequalities and inclusiveness - impact of inequalities on behaviour and associated outcomes, and how to tackle such effects, including inclusiveness approaches
Keynote speakers
We are delighted to announce our keynotes for the conference:
The who and how of embedded behavioural research and practice
Professor Lucie Byrne-Davis & Professor Jo Hart (University of Manchester)

Find out more in our short interview with Lucie and Jo.
Achieving behaviour change through communications
Professor Robert West (University College London)

A System Issue: Interdependence for Health
Professor Vera Araújo Soares (Heidelberg University)

Submissions to the conference
Our call for abstracts and proposals for workshops and creative ideation sessions has now closed and authors have been notified of the outcome.
Committees
We are very grateful to have the following members on our committees for the 2025 conference:
- Scientific Committee 2025
Co-chairs:
- Dr Fabiana Lorencatto (The UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, UK)
- Dr Marta Marques (NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal)
Committee members:
- Dr Miguel Arriaga (Portuguese Directorate-General of Health, Portugal)
- Dr Sadie Boniface (The UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, UK)
- Dr Oscar Castro (Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore)
- Professor Angel Chater (University of Bedfordshire & The UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, UK)
- Dr Talea Cornelius (Columbia University, USA)
- Dr Cristina Godinho (NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal)
- Dr Keegan Knittle (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
- Professor Felix Naughton (University of East Anglia, UK)
- Dr Olga Perski (Tampere University, Finland)
- Professor Manuel Armayones Ruiz (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain)
- Dr Eline Smit (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
- Dr Elaine Toomey (University of Galway, Ireland)
- Professor Jane Walsh (University of Galway, Ireland)
- Dr Rosie Webster (ZINC, UK)
- Organising Commitee 2025
- Dr Fabiana Lorencatto (The UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, UK)
- Dr Marta Marques (NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal)
- Professor Susan Michie (The UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, UK)
- Maiara Moreto (NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal)
- Isabelle Olson (The UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, UK)
- Carolina Silva (Trinity College Dublin & NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal)
- Dr Cristina Godinho (NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal)
- Aaliyah Boornois (NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal)