Dr. Eugene Caruso

Biography

Eugene Caruso is a professor at UCLA Anderson’s Management Organizations, focusing on Behavioral Decision Making. He serves as the Faculty Co-Director of the Inclusive Ethics Initiative. Caruso's research interests encompass behavioral science, decision-making, ethics, fairness, resource allocation, social judgment, and the perception of time. His academic journey began at Princeton University, where he studied under notable figures such as Eldar Shafir and Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel Prize winner. His professional beginnings were in customer research at Digitas, a Boston-based marketing firm, where he analyzed consumer decision-making habits. Caruso returned to academia to pursue a Ph.D. in social psychology at Harvard University, studying under renowned professors like Max Bazerman, Nick Epley, and Dan Gilbert. His dissertation focused on how individuals perceive and differentiate between past and future events, exploring the moral and ethical implications of these perceptions. At UCLA, he aims to equip students with the mindset of behavioral scientists, emphasizing the importance of systematic research in developing sound intuitions about behavior in decision-making contexts.

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