JDM LAB - Judgement and Decision Making Lab

What JDM LAB - Judgement and Decision Making Lab does

JDM LAB (Judgement and Decision Making Lab) is an academic research laboratory established in 2017 within the Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione (DPSS) at the Università di Padova in Padova, Italy. The lab conducts research on human judgment and decision-making processes, grounded in psychology research methodologies, quantitative methods, experimental design, research synthesis approaches, and Open Science practices. Its core technical competencies include "research multiverse" navigation methods and psychometric measurement approaches. As an embedded unit of a public Italian state university, the lab does not operate as a commercial enterprise: it has no disclosed revenue, no pricing model, no patents, and no named external customers or partnerships. Funding flows through institutional and research-grant channels typical of European public university departments.

The lab's primary "products" are educational and academic offerings rather than commercial goods. The flagship is the ARCA (Applied Research Courses Academy) program, launched in academic year 2021-2022, which delivers hands-on courses combining theoretical foundations with practical exercises in modern psychology research tools. Supporting programs include the ARCA Summer School ("Unlocking Psychological Expertise for Academic and Business Success"), the Distinguished Lectures series featuring international academics (e.g., Prof. Kate Cain, Lancaster; Prof. Jari Hietanen, Tampere), and the PsychoClub seminar cycle organized jointly across Psychology departments and laboratories. Distribution occurs through seminars, academic events, international visiting scholar exchanges, and joint research collaborations.

The lab serves three persona-based segments: graduate students (primary, seeking methodological training and thesis supervision), academic researchers (seeking collaboration and visiting scholar opportunities), and professionals (seeking applied psychological expertise via ARCA and summer schools). Go-to-market is purely academic: department newsletters, seminar announcements, and public engagement activities under the University of Padova brand, which carries over a century of psychology research heritage in Italy. The entity has no separate legal status from DPSS/Università di Padova and is governed by the university's administrative and collegial structures.

Name

JDM LAB - Judgement and Decision Making Lab

Legal name

Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione - Università di Padova

Website

https://dpss.unipd.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

JDM LAB is a 2017-founded academic research laboratory within the University of Padova's DPSS department, conducting judgment and decision-making research and offering graduate-level training, summer schools, and seminar programs for students, researchers, and professionals.

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Product category

Academic Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

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Survey, Panel & Fieldwork Services (BPAHALAJ)

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Program & Portfolio Management (PPM) (EDABAHAB)

Keywords

• Psychology research
• Decision making research
• Academic laboratory
• Research methodology training
• Behavioral science

Headquarters

HQ city

Padova, PD

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

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GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

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Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The JDM LAB is an academic research laboratory within the Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione at the University of Padova. It conducts research and provides training in human judgment, decision-making processes, and behavioral psychology, offering applied research courses (ARCA), distinguished lecture series, and seminar programs for graduate students, researchers, and professionals.

Product overview

The Department offers academic educational programs and research activities. The main product is the ARCA (Applied Research Courses Academy) program, which provides applied research courses for students. The Distinguished Lectures and PsychoClub Seminars are regular academic event series featuring international scholars. These offerings are part of the department's educational mission at the University of Padua.

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Brands

• ARCA - Applied Research Courses Academy: Applied research courses with practical training under expert guidance, launched starting from academic year 2021-2022 with a strong applied focus on modern research tools in Psychology.

Products and services

• ARCA - Applied Research Courses Academy Applied Research Courses Academy offering hands-on courses in modern psychology research tools and methodologies, combining theoretical foundations with practical exercises under expert guidance, aimed at developing technical-methodological skills for both academic and professional careers.
• Distinguished Lectures

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Others

• University of Padua — DPSS (parent department): The parent department at the Università di Padova that hosts JDM Lab shares the same faculty, students, and research infrastructure; it is the institutional host rather than a peer but provides the operational context against which JDM Lab is measured.

Direct peers

• Columbia Business School — Center for Decision Research: Columbia CDR conducts experimental and field research on judgment and decision making, hosts visiting scholars, and offers doctoral training — a direct functional peer to JDM Lab's research and training mission.
• Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Center for Adaptive Rationality): Berlin-based Max Planck Institute's Adaptive Rationality group is one of the world's leading centers for judgment and decision-making research, using experimental methods, surveys, and computational modeling — directly comparable to JDM Lab's methodological focus and academic research model.
• Stanford University — SPARQ Center: SPARQ is a Stanford-based initiative doing social-psychological and behavioral research with strong industry partnerships and visiting scholar programs — closely aligned with JDM Lab's combination of basic research, training, and external engagement.
• University of Basel — JDM Research Center: The University of Basel's Center for Judgment and Decision Making operates a near-identical research model — academic lab within a psychology department, dedicated to JDM experimental research and graduate training — making it one of the closest structural and topical peers.
• University of Amsterdam — Amsterdam School of Economics (CREED): CREED conducts experimental and theoretical research on economic decision making and behavior, with strong graduate training — a structural and methodological peer to JDM Lab.
• INSEAD — Decision Sciences area: INSEAD's Decision Sciences faculty conducts behavioral research on managerial and consumer decision making and runs executive education programs — directly comparable to JDM Lab's research-plus-applied-training model via ARCA.
• London Business School — Centre for Decision Making: LBS runs behavioral science research and executive decision-making training, blending academic rigor with applied business outcomes — directly comparable to JDM Lab's positioning of JDM research for academic and business success via ARCA.

Broad incumbents

• University of Zurich — Department of Psychology: Zurich's Psychology Department is a leading European psychology research and training center with overlapping methodological traditions and visiting-scholar infrastructure — a broader incumbent in the same discipline.
• Harvard University — Department of Psychology: Harvard's Psychology Department houses leading JDM researchers alongside broader cognitive, social, and developmental work — a larger, more diversified academic peer operating in the same discipline.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

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Customer concentration

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