Dr. Umar Taj

Umar is an Associate Professor of Behavioural Science. He delivers Executive Education at the London School of Economics, University of Oxford, and Warwick Business School. His current projects span the domains of tech, health, energy, finance, security, politics and education. He is also the co-founder of CogCo, an organization that helps institutions grow using behavioural science, design and data science.

He previously founded the ongoing ‘Nudgeathon’ programme, which helps organizations rapidly learn and apply concepts from the behavioural sciences to address their goals. He delivers research, consulting and capacity building programmes and has provided his services to over 50 global institutions delivering 200+ projects.