Human Decision Science

Human Decision Science combines the best of economics and psychology for exploring and analysing human (behavioural) decisions from the individual to the societal level.
We live in a highly complex, interdependent world, and the number of decisions we need to make is exploding. Due to increasing knowledge and scientific progress, we have more and more information at our disposal to make these decisions. At the same time, we face growing uncertainties like financial crises, climate change, migration and international terrorism on the one hand, and more individual freedom and autonomy on the other.

Under these circumstances it is increasingly difficult - yet also increasingly important - to understand how to make smart
individual and strategic decisions. Our wellbeing depends
on the proper functioning of institutions, organisations
and markets, and good human decisions are the key to
achieving this. To understand what good decisions are and how we can make them, this programme gi...

Human Decision Science combines the best of economics and psychology for exploring and analysing human (behavioural) decisions from the individual to the societal level.
We live in a highly complex, interdependent world, and the number of decisions we need to make is exploding. Due to increasing knowledge and scientific progress, we have more and more information at our disposal to make these decisions. At the same time, we face growing uncertainties like financial crises, climate change, migration and international terrorism on the one hand, and more individual freedom and autonomy on the other.

Under these circumstances it is increasingly difficult - yet also increasingly important - to understand how to make smart
individual and strategic decisions. Our wellbeing depends
on the proper functioning of institutions, organisations
and markets, and good human decisions are the key to
achieving this. To understand what good decisions are and how we can make them, this programme gives you a thorough understanding of the cognitive and social aspects of human decision-making.

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