Charmi Shah

Behavioral Science Consulting, Ogilvy UK

"Silvia was my team's mentor at Nudgeathon, a 48-hour behavioral science challenge with students participating from colleges across the UK (UCL, LSE, Warwick, Cambridge, etc.). Our team was given the challenge of creating interventions to help teachers include SEL strategies in their daily curriculum, and with Silvia's guidance, we were able to secure the second position in the competition.

Silvia showed extreme openness in listening to our ideas, but, at the same time, demonstrated how to keep a clear goal in mind and align our ideas to that goal without straying away. This was crucial in bringing clarity, enabling us to design interventions in such a short period of time.

Secondly, she used highly encouraging language at all times, which helped us build our confidence in a quite stressful environment. But, she also ensured that she provided constructive and crisp feedback with actionable steps to help us proceed further.

Overall, it was a pleasure to work with Silvia, who travelled all the way to provide her guidance and support!

Joshua Saffrin Betesh

Junior Consultant at BVA Nudge Consulting

"I had the privilege of working with Silvia at Nudgeathon 2023 and enjoyed every moment! As our mentor, Silvia not only offered her mature knowledge of behavioural change, but further her professional composure and constructive approach to supporting a layman group in a nuanced, time-sensitive environment in staying on track. Under her guidance we finished runners up amongst some of the most talented, aspiring behavioural scientists in the field. Thank you for everything Silvia! Hope to see you sometime soon!".

Daisy Li

Co-Director of events at UCL Behavioural Innovations Society

“Silvia spoke at one of UCL Behavioural Innovations Society's seminars in November 2022 and gave us an informative talk full of insights! The inclusion of case studies was particularly helpful in showing how behavioural science can be applied to communications in business settings. Our members really enjoyed Silvia’s presentation because it was easy to follow and interactive. I appreciate how she always checks if there is a need for clarification before moving on".

Sofia Cuetos

Student at IE University

“Silvia was a great teacher as she constantly pushed us to really understand the theory, experiments, examples and models of behavioral economics. Beyond the content of the class, Silvia has helped my class to see the different opportunities we have by connecting with leading figures in the space and in different regions".