Who is Professor Dan Ariely?
Professor Dan Ariely is an Israeli-American professor and author. He works as James B. Duke Professor at Duke University and is a behavioral economist. On researching upon behavioral economics, he try to explain it on simpler way to common people. Furthermore, he is an instructor at Coursera.
Early Life And Childhood
Dan Ariely was born on April 29, 1967 in New York City while his father was pursuing MBA Degree at University of Columbia. Later the family migrated to Israel. During his youth age, he faced a burn issue which changed his life. He was lighting magnesium flame. Suddenly, the flame caught him and nearly 70% of body was burnt. He was hospitalized for 3 years after-which his life was changed drastically. During that period, he experience bitter and painful treatment of burn. He wrote an article about that and researched about alternative ways of burn treatment so as to avoid the terrific pain. The research led him to keen interest on decision making and behavioral economics on which he is veteran now.
I became engrossed with the idea that we repeatedly and predictably make the wrong decisions in many aspects of our lives and that research could help change some of these patterns.
Dan Ariely
Education
| Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business, Durham,NC Business Administration, August 1998. | Ph.D |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Cognitive Psychology, August 1996 | Ph.D |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Cognitive Psychology, August 1994 | M.A. |
| Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Psychology, June 1991 | B.A. |
Appointments
| 2008 – Current | Duke University, James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics |
| 2008 – Current | Senior Fellow, Duke University Kenan Institute for Ethics |
| 2015 – Current | Faculty Director, Washington University in St. Louis: George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Envolve Center for Health Behavior Change |
| 2016 – Current | Visiting Professor, AMC-UvA |
| 2001 – 2002 | University of California at Berkeley |
| 2004 (Summer) | Stanford, The Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences |
| 2005 – 2007 | Princeton, The Institute for Advanced Study |
| 1998 – 2008 | MIT, Sloan School of Management |
| 2000 – 2010 | MIT, The Media Laboratory |
TEDx Talks
Prof Dan Ariely is mostly popular as TEDx Speaker. He has appeared in more than 5 TEDx talks. The audience are highly motivated with his talk.
Recent appearance of Prof Dan Ariely in TED talks:
TEDxMidewest
TEDxPorto
TEDxDuke
TEDxTunali
EG 2008 Conference
TEDxRiodelaPlata 2012
Family
His wife name is Sumi, whom he had convinced a lot for marriage so he consider this as his personal achievement. He has two children namely: Amit (born on 2002) and Neta (born on 2006).
Books
- Dan Ariely, Irrationally Yours. Harper Perennial (May 2015).
- Dan Ariely (Editor) The Best American Science and Nature Writing. Mariner Books (October 2012).
- Dan Ariely, The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty. HarperCollins (June 2012).
- Dan Ariely, The Upside of Irrationality. HarperCollins (June 2010).
- Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational. HarperCollins (February 2008).
- Christine Hughes, Dan Ariely and David Eckerman (1998), The Joy of
- Experimental Psychology, Kendall/Hunt.
Honors And Awards
| 2015 | Honorary Doctorate, Erasmus University, Rotterdam |
| 2015 | C.W. Park Outstanding Contribution to the Journal of Consumer Psychology Award. With Michael Norton, Daniel Mochon, and Dan Ariely for “The IKEA Effect: When Labor Leads to Love.” |
| 2014 | William C. Friday Excellence in Leadership and Service Award, North Carolina State University |
| 2013 | William F. O’Dell Award for “The Dishonesty of Honest People: A Theory of Self-Concept Maintenance.” (2008) On Amir, Dan Ariely and Nina Mazar. |
| 2012 | Honorary Patron, The University Philosophical Society, Trinity College, Dublin |
| 2012 | Honorary Professor, Universidad del Pacifico Lima, Peru |
| 2012 | Contributing Editor WIRED Magazine UK |
| 2011 | Ethel & James Valone Visiting Professor in Plastic Surgery, University North Carolina-Chapel Hill April 1, 2011 |
| 2011 | IBM Faculty Award Recipient |
| 2010 | William F. O’Dell Award for “Placebo Effects of Marketing Actions: Consumers May get What They Pay For.”(2005) Baba Shiv, Ziv Carmon and Dan Ariely |
| 2009 | Psychology Department Distinguished Alumni Award, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 2009 | Finalist for the 2009 Long Term Impact Award from INFORMS Society for Marketing Science for John G. Lynch, Jr. and Dan Ariely “Wine Online: Search Costs Affect Competition on Price, Quality, and Distribution” |
| 2008 | IgNobel Award in Medicine |
| 2008-2009 | President: Society for Judgment and Decision Making |
| 2003 | Society for Consumer Psychology: Early Career Contribution Award |
| 2002 | Rothschild Memorial Symposia, The Institute for Advanced Studies: The 13th Summer School in Economic Theory on behavioral Economics |
| 2001 | Best Paper Award for John G. Lynch and Dan Ariely (2000) “Wine Online: Search Costs Affect Competition on Price, Quality, and Distribution” from the Marketing Science Institute |
| 2000 | Judgment and Decision Making Society: Hillel Einhorn New Investigator Award |
| 1998 | John A. Howard American Marketing Association Doctoral Dissertation Award |
| 1995-1996 | L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory Graduate Student Award |
Quick Review of Professor Dan Ariely
| Name | Prof Dan Ariely | |
| Born | April 29, 1967 in New York City | |
| Age | 53 years | |
| Nationality | Israeli, American | |
| Profession | Behavioral Economist | |
| Education | Cognitive Psychology (PhD) Business Administration (PhD) Cognitive Psychology(MA) Psychology(BA) | |
| Spouse | Sumi Ariely | |
| Children | Amit (2002) and Neta (2006) | |
| Website | danariely.com |
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