Lucía Macchia

I am a behavioural scientist with an interdisciplinary background. My work involves quantitative research on human happiness, bodily pain, and behaviour. Integrating methods from psychology and behavioural economics, I explore how psychosocial and socioeconomic factors shape mental and physical wellbeing.

I am currently a Lecturer at City St George's, University of London; a Visiting Professor in the Business School at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; and a Research Affiliate in the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford.

I enjoy communicating science to non-academic audiences. I have written about my research in the Harvard Business Review and Scientific American and my work has been featured in popular media outlets such as Forbes, The Telegraph, the BBC, The Times, and The New York Times.