Nicola Lacetera is a Professor at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. His research explores questions related to behavioural economics, health, and gender, and has studied altruistic giving, decision-making behind blood and organ donation, and more.

Dr. Lacetera is also the chief scientist of the Behavioural Economics in Action at Rotman (BEAR), research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and invited researcher at J-PAL’s Science for Progress Initiative. He received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.