Daniel Kahneman, Ph.D., is the Eugene Higgins professor of psychology and professor of public affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is also a fellow at the Center for Rationality at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
A 2002 Nobel prize winner in economic sciences, Kahneman has laid the foundation for a new field of research, called behavioral economics, by discovering how human judgment may take shortcuts that systematically depart from basic principles of probability. Through his work, he has pushed the frontiers of research by introducing psychologically realistic models of economic agents into economic theory.
Kahneman's achievements include the Hilgard Award for Lifetime Contribution to General Psychology, Warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Psychologists, Career Achievement Award from the Society for Medical Decision Making, and the Grawemeyer Prize in Psychology. The American Psychological Association also recognized him with its Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award in 1982. He has received honorary degrees from the University of Milan, University of Wurzburg, Harvard University, University of Toronto, and University of Pennsylvania, among others.
In his role as a Gallup Senior Scientist, which began in 2004, Kahneman has educated Gallup associates on behavioral economics and on his recent research into psychological well-being. He has also helped Gallup determine the content areas and devise questions for the Gallup World Poll. This ground-breaking project continually collects people's opinions in more than 100 countries to determine the general well-being or "soul" of a country, city, or culture.
Kahneman's elected memberships include the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Psychological Association (Fellow), American Psychological Society (William James Fellow), Econometric Society, National Academy of Sciences, Society of Experimental Psychology, and Chinese Academy of Sciences (Honorary Professor, Institute of Psychology). He has given lectures around the world, including Oxford University, MIT, UCLA, Tel Aviv University, Kent School of Law, the International Congress of Psychology, Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and Northwestern University.
Kahneman's published works have appeared in the Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Public Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, American Economic Review, American Psychologist, Harvard Business Review, Stanford Law Review, and Journal of Experimental Psychology, among others. He earned his bachelor's degree in psychology and mathematics from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his doctorate degree in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley.
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