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Eldar Shafir is a Professor of Psychology at Princeton University, focusing on behavioral science and public policy. His main areas of interest include reasoning, judgment, and decision-making. He conducts descriptive studies to understand how individuals make judgments in situations of conflict and uncertainty. A critical aspect of his research investigates the strategies employed by people when arriving at decisions, including how these strategies can lead to systematic biases and predictable errors. A central theme of his work is the tension between normative assumptions and behavioral findings. He particularly emphasizes the context of decision-making in poverty and the application of behavioral research to policy formulation. Shafir has been recognized for his contributions to the field, having been named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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