David G. Rand
David Rand | |
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Cognitive Science, Management | |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Martin Nowak |
| Other academic advisors | Joshua Greene |
| Website | http://www.DaveRand.org |
David G. Rand is the Erwin H. Schell Professor and Professor of Management Science and Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Biography
Rand grew up in Ithaca, New York, where his father is a professor at Cornell University. As a teenager he was in several rock bands,[1] including solo project Robot Goes Here.
He earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell in
Gene Network Sciences.[1][2] He then went to Harvard, where he earned a PhD in systems biology in 2009. After 4 years of post-doctoral studies at Harvard, in 2013 Rand began an assistant professorship at Yale University in psychology, economics, management. In 2017 he was appointed a tenure-track associate professor in psychology at Yale. In 2018 he was promoted to associate professor with tenure at Yale, and then moved to MIT as a tenured associate professor.[2]
In January 2012, Rand was named to
Wired Magazine's Smart List 2012 as one of "50 people who will change the world".[3]
Publications
- Scientific
- Dreber, A; Rand, DG; Fudenberg, D; Nowak, MA (20 March 2008). "Winners don't punish". Nature. 452 (7185): 348–51. PMID 18354481.
- Rand, DG; Dreber, A; Ellingsen, T; Fudenberg, D; Nowak, MA (4 September 2009). "Positive interactions promote public cooperation". Science. 325 (5945): 1272–5. PMID 19729661.
- Rand, DG; Pfeiffer, T; Dreber, A; Sheketoff, RW; Wernerfelt, NC; Benkler, Y (14 April 2009). "Dynamic remodeling of in-group bias during the 2008 presidential election". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106 (15): 6187–91. PMID 19332775.
- Beale, N; Rand, DG; PMID 21768387.
- Rand, DG; Arbesman, S; Christakis, NA (29 November 2011). "Dynamic social networks promote cooperation in experiments with humans". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108 (48): 19193–8. PMID 22084103.
- Shenhav, A; Rand, DG; Greene, JD (August 2012). "Divine intuition: cognitive style influences belief in God". Journal of Experimental Psychology. General. 141 (3): 423–8. PMID 21928924.
- Fudenberg, Drew; Rand, David G; Dreber, Anna (April 2012). "Slow to Anger and Fast to Forgive: Cooperation in an Uncertain World". American Economic Review. 102 (2): 720–749.
- Rand, DG; Greene, JD; Nowak, MA (20 September 2012). "Spontaneous giving and calculated greed". Nature. 489 (7416): 427–30. S2CID 4326080.
- Rand, DG; Epstein, ZG (2014). "Risking your life without a second thought: intuitive decision-making and extreme altruism". PLOS ONE. 9 (10): e109687. PMID 25333876.
- Popular media
- Rand, David; Nowak, Martin (11 November 2009). "Comment: How reputation could save the Earth". New Scientist.
- Yoeli, Erez; Rand, David (28 August 2015). "Opinion: The Trick to Acting Heroically". The New York Times.
Notes and references
- ^ a b Rand, David (November 9, 2016). "The Cost of Cooperating: A Conversation With David Rand". Edge.
- ^ a b "David G. Rand" (PDF) (CV). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-02. Retrieved 21 May 2018.[unreliable source?]
- ^ "The Smart List 2012: 50 people who will change the world". Wired. 24 January 2012.
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