Daniel Kahneman
A Princeton professor emeritus, Dr. Daniel Kahneman was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics for his pioneering work on “prospect theory,” a psychological research that deals with human judgment and decision-making under uncertainty. He holds honorary degrees from numerous Universities. Over the course of his career, Kahneman published extensively in psychology and other academic journals.
Daniel Kahneman Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
Academic History
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PhD in Psychology
Awards and Honors
- Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2013
- SAGE-CASBS Award for Social Science, 2013
- National Academy of Sciences Best Book Award for “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, 2013
- Cosmos Club McGoven Award in Science, 2013,
- 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
- 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
Honorary Degrees: 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).