Dean's Research Award Launch Event: Exposure Bias and Decision-Making in International Arbitration

About the Event

This Dean's Research Award project explores whether repeated exposure to particular legal arguments, industry perspectives, legal traditions or professional roles may subtly influence arbitral decision-making over time.

The launch event brings together behavioural scientists, arbitrators, practitioners, and academics to discuss cognitive bias, decision-making, and arbitral practice.

Programme

17:00 – 17:10 - Welcome Address

• Professor Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos, Head of Department (Academic Programmes), The City Law School

17:10 – 17:35 - Introduction to the Research Project: Exposure Bias and Risks in International Arbitration

• Dr Doğan Gultutan – Senior Lecturer and Project Leader, The City Law School

17:35 – 18:00 Behavioural Science Perspective on Exposure Bias and Decision making

• Dr Andreas Kappes, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, City St George's, University of London

18:00 – 18:30 - Arbitrators' Panel

Moderator: Katherine Reece Thomas, Reader, The City Law School

• Professor Loukas Mistelis, Director of the School of International Arbitration at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London
• Mahnaz Malik, Barrister and Arbitrator at Twenty Essex
• Ruth Hosking, Barrister and Arbitrator at Quadrant Chambers
• Gonzalo Flores, Arbitrator at GF Arbitration (Washington DC) (attending virtually)

18:30 – 1900 - Counsel Panel

Moderator: Dr Doğan Gultutan, Senior Lecturer, The City Law School

• Cem Kalelioğlu, Partner at Pinsent Masons (London)
• Manuel Casas, Barrister at Twenty Essex
• Jie Lian, Partner at PC Woo & Zhonglun (attending virtually)
• Christoffer Coello Hedberg, Senior Associate at Kastell (Stockholm) (attending virtually)

19:00 - Drinks

Refreshments and networking following the panel discussion at Dame Alice Owen.