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David G. Rand is the Erwin H. Schell Professor at MIT Sloan and the director of the Applied Cooperation Initiative. His research bridges cognitive science, behavioral economics, and social psychology, focusing on understanding people’s attitudes, beliefs, and decision-making processes. Rand employs behavioral experiments and mathematical models to explore important societal issues such as misinformation, polarization, and the promotion of human cooperation. He obtained his BA in computational biology from Cornell University in 2004 and his PhD in systems biology from Harvard University in 2009. Rand undertook postdoctoral research in psychology at Harvard before serving as an Assistant and Associate Professor at Yale University. His work has been published in top peer-reviewed journals and recognized widely through various media outlets. He has received several awards for his academic contributions, including the 2015 Arthur Greer Memorial Prize and the 2020 FABBS Early Career Impact Award.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Leading research in management science and behavioral economics.
Yale University • New Haven, CT
Conducted research in psychology and economics.