Daniel Kahneman
Professor Daniel Kahneman is a world-renowned psychologist recognized for his contributions to behavioral economics. His work on heuristics and cognitive biases is prevalent among investors because it sheds light on how people make investment decisions. Professor Kahneman is most known for his integrated economic analysis with fundamental insights from cognitive psychology, in particular regarding behavior under uncertainty. His research applied insights from psychology to economics, exposing the myriad ways in which people’s actual behaviors can depart from assumptions.
Daniel Kahneman Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
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Professor of Psychology
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Professor of Psychology
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Visiting Scientist, Department of Psychology
Academic History
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PhD in Psychology
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BA in Psychology and Mathematics
EARLY LIFE
- He spent much of his early childhood in France and experienced the occupation of the city by Nazi Germany in 1940; he has described those difficult times as one of the factors that influenced his interest in psychology.
- He wrote his first essay on the psychology of religion when he was 10 years old.
- He returned to Palestine in 1946.
- He was drafted into the Israeli Defense Forces in 1954, serving principally in its psychology branch.
- He came to the United States in 1958.
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
- Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
- Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs Emeritus at the Woodrow Wilson School
- Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Princeton University
- Fellow of the Center for Rationality at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem
- Member of the National Academy of Science
- Member of the Philosophical Society
- Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Fellow of the American Psychological Association
- Fellow of the American Psychological Society
- Fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists
- Fellow of the Econometric Society
MEDIA AND APPEARANCES
- Professor Kahneman has appeared as a guest at the 2021 Real Vision Festival of Learning.
AWARDS AND HONORS
- Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2013
- SAGE-CASBS Award for Social Science, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2, 2013, 2013
- National Academy of Sciences Best Book Award for “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, 2013
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- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for “Thinking Fast and Slow”, 2012
- Talcott Parsons Prize, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2011
- Distinguished Fellows, The American Economic Association, 2011
- John McGovern Award Lecture, The American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2, 2008, 2008
- Distinguished Lifetime Contribution Award, American Psychological Association, 2007
- Frank P. Ramsey Medal of the Decision Analysis Society, (joint with Amos Tversky), 2006
- Thomas Schelling Prize for intellectual contribution to public policy, Kennedy School for public policy, Harvard University, 2006
- Kampe de Feriet Award, Society for Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty, 2006
- Decision Analysis Publication Award (for best paper published in 2003), Decision Analysis Society, 2005
- Grawemeyer Prize in Psychology (joint with Amos Tversky), 2002
- Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 2002
- Career Achievement Award, Society for Medical Decision Making, 2002
- Warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Psychologists, (joint with Amos Tversky), 1995
- Hilgard Award for Lifetime Contribution to General Psychology, 1995
- Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, Society of Consumer Psychology, 1992
- Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association, (joint with Amos Tversky), 1982
- University of Haifa (2016)
- Stellenbosch University (2016)
- Yale University (2014)
- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2014)
- Cambridge University (2013)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2013)
- Carnegie-Mellon University (2011)
- University of Michigan (2010)
- Erasmus University (2009)
- University of Rome La Sapienza (2007)
- University of Alberta (2006)
- Universite de Paris I and Universite de Paris IV (2006)
- University of Milan (2005)
- The University of British Columbia (2004)
- Harvard University (2004)
- The University of East Anglia (2004)
- University of Wurzburg (2004)
- Ben-Gurion University (2003)
- The New School (2003)
- University of Trento (2002)
- University of Pennsylvania (2001)