Research
Research areas of particular strength within the department include: behavioral decision research, experimental economics, technology and innovation, international relations, and complex adaptive social systems.
As this list indicates, members of the department stress the development of theories of social phenomena that do not always fit neatly into traditional disciplinary boundaries. There is a complementary emphasis on the empirical testing of theory, leading to a common concern with methodology. Much of the research in the department has important public policy implications.
AI Institute for Societal Decision Making
Professors Chapman and Gonzalez
Professors Acquisti and Loewenstein
Center for Risk Perception and Communication
Professors Downs and Chapman
Professors Manke, Babcock, Jarbo and Kaufman
Dynamic Decision Making Laboratory
Professor Gonzalez