October 2026

Seventh meeting of the Comparative Judgement Research Consortium

Tuesday 13th October 2026, 10:30am to 4pm, reception from 10am

Loughborough University, Wavy Top Building, Room 1.04
Funded by EPSRC

10:00 Arrival and coffee.

10:30 Welcome, introductions, housekeeping (Ian Jones).

10:40 Talk 1. Thomas Hancock, University of Leeds.
From predictions to preferences: What choice models can tell us about decision-making.

11:10 Talk 2. Ian Jones, Loughborough University.
Grand challenges research agenda.

11:40 Comfort break.

11:55 Grand Challenges Activity. Led by Marie-Josée Bisson.

12:30 Lunch.

13:30 Talk 3. Christine Stawitz, University of Birmingham.
Software improvements to speedyBBT, an R package for comparative judgement.

14:00 Talk 4. Alma Rahat, Loughborough University.
Bayesian active learning methods for comparative judgement models.

14:30 Coffee break.

14:45 Talk 5. Jonas Nordstrøm, University of Oslo.
Extending the Mallows model to tied rankings.

15:15 Talk 6. Liz Dodson, Loughborough University.
Moodle plug in.

15:45 CJRC news and close (Rowland Seymour).

Afterwards
Join us for drinks and food in Loughborough at Prince Garden restaurant.