Baruch Fischhoff (born April 21, 1946,

Detroit, Michigan Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...

) is an American academic who is the Howard Heinz University Professor in the Institute for Politics and Strategy and the Department of

Engineering and Public Policy Engineering and Public Policy, informally known as EPP, is an interdisciplinary academic department within the Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering. EPP combines technical analysis with social science and policy analysis, in order to address pr ...

at Carnegie Mellon University. He is an elected member of the (US) National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine. His research focuses on judgment and decision making, including

risk perception Risk perception is the subjective judgement that people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk. Risk perceptions are different for the real risks since they are affected by a wide range of affective (emotions, feelings, moods, etc.) ...

and risk Analysis. He has numerous academic books and articles. Fischhoff completed his graduate education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem under the supervision of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. He has been honored with a 'Distinguished Achievement Award' by the

Society for Risk Analysis The Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) is a learned society providing an open forum for anyone interested in risk analysis. SRA seeks to: * Bring together individuals from diverse disciplines and from different countries and provide them opportuni ...

, a

Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology The Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology is an annual award that has been given by the American Psychological Association since 1974. It is given to outstanding research psychologists who are in the early st ...

by the American Psychological Association, an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, and a Doctorate of Humanities, honoris causa, by Lund University. He has chaired committees of the U.S.

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, National Academy of Sciences, and Environmental Protection Agency. He is a past president of the

and

Society for Judgment and Decision Making The Society for Judgment and Decision Making is an interdisciplinary academic organization dedicated to the study of normative, descriptive, and prescriptive theories of decision. Its members include psychologists, economists, organizational and m ...

.He is a fellow of the

American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...

, Association for Psychological Science,

Society of Experimental Psychologists The Society of Experimental Psychologists (SEP), originally called the Society of Experimentalists, is an academic society for experimental psychologists An experiment is a procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis, or determin ...

and

. *

William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement The William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement is an award given by Sigma Xi, a scientific-research honor society. The Procter Prize is presented annually to a scientist who has made an outstanding contribution to scientific research and has d ...

(2021)

References

* ''Carnegie Mellon University (October 2, 2015)
"Baruch Fischhoff"
Carnegie Mellon University. Archived fro

on October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.'' * ''Leeds University Business School (October 2, 2015)
"Baruch Fischhoff"
Leeds University. Retrieved October 2, 2015.'' * ''Baruch Fischhoff (2011)

Retrieved October 2, 2015.'' * ''Baruch Fischhoff (2011)
"Judgment and Decision Making".
Routledge. Retrieved October 2, 2015.'' * ''Baruch Fischhoff (2011)
"Risk: A Very Short Introduction".
Oxford University Press. Retrieved October 2, 2015.'' * ''Baruch Fischhoff (2011)
"Risk Analysis and Human Behaviour".
Routledge. Retrieved October 2, 2015.'' * ''Society for Risk Analysis (1991)
"Distinguished Achievement Award".
Society for Risk Analysis. Retrieved October 2, 2015.'' * ''King's Centre for Risk Management (October 2, 2015)
"Advisory Board".
King's College London. Retrieved October 2, 2015.'' * ''Society for Risk Analysis (2004–2005)
"Past Officers and Councilors".
Society for Risk Analysis. Retrieved October 2, 2015.'' * ''Society for Judgment and Decision Making (1990–1991)

Judgment and Decision Making. Retrieved October 2, 2015.''

External links

Carnegie Mellon University
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