Honors and Awards

2024 Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Humanities and Social Sciences, BBVA Foundation
2024 Honorary Doctorate in Sustainability (Nachhaltigkeit), Leuphana University, Germany
2024 Newman-Proshansky Career Achievement Award, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 34 (Environmental, Population, and Conservation Psychology)
2023 Patrick Suppes Prize, American Philosophical Society
2020 Election to US National Academy of Sciences
2020 Kavli Lecture, Society for Neuroeconomics (SNE) Annual Meeting
2020 B.F. Skinner Lecture, Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) Annual Convention
2019 Dean for Science Lecture in Neuroeconomics, Institute for the Study of Decision Making, New York University
2018 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2018 Teale Lecture on Nature and the Environment, University of Connecticut
2018 Princeton Engineering Commendation List for Outstanding Teaching
2016 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2016 Distinguished Achievement Award, Society for Risk Analysis
2015 Fellow, Society for Experimental Psychology
2014 “In Honor of” citation, Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS): Recognition of “eminent, senior scientists who have made important and lasting contributions to the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior”
2012 Member, German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)
2012 Honorary Professorship, Economic Science, Technical University Munich, Germany
2011 Fellow, Society for Risk Analysis
2010 Chazen Senior Scholar, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
2009 Honorary Doctorate in Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland
2003 Academy of Management, Organizational Behavior Division, Best Paper Award
2000 Chazen International Research Prize, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
1999 INFORMS Decision Analysis Society Publication Award
1998 Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
1996 Fellow, Division 3 (Experimental Psychology, American Psychological Association
1994 Outstanding Young Investigator Award, Society for Medical Decision Making
1990 James S. Kemper Foundation Research Scholar, Graduate School of Business,
University of Chicago
1988 Young Psychologist Award, American Psychological Association,
XXIV International Congress, Sydney, Australia
1986 University of Illinois Instructional Award: “List of Faculty Rated Excellent”
1985 Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada: Postdoctoral Fellowship
1980 – 1984 Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada: Postgraduate Scholarship
1980 Vanier Award for Academic Excellence, York University
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