Dr Philipe Bujold

He joined the team in 2026 to lead BehaviourWorks Australia's work on climate adaptation and natural resource management, with a particular focus on agriculture and the wider effects of land use on biodiversity. 

He completed his PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, where he studied the biological building blocks of decision-making. His research focused on leveraging our growing understanding of the brain and its evolution to better explain not just the choices people make, but the how and why behind them. 

After his PhD, Philipe joined the conservation NGO Rare as part of its Center for Behaviour & the Environment. Over nearly six years, his work supported communities in adapting to climate change, protecting the ecosystems they depend on, and easing the pressures behind biodiversity loss, with projects spanning sustainable fisheries in the Philippines, climate-smart agriculture in Colombia, and regenerative grazing in Botswana. Along the way, he worked with organisations such as UNDP, The Nature Conservancy, and the World Bank.  

Philipe's research draws on both quantitative and qualitative methods: survey design and interviews to understand a behaviour, modelling and statistical analysis to make sense of it, and experimental or quasi-experimental evaluations to test what works. He uses that evidence to develop theories of change that combine multiple interventions, and to build the tools that keep behaviour change initiatives on track.

Outside work, he loves a good mountain adventure and wildlife photography, ideally with a monkey in frame.

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