De Finetti Award

The European Association for Decision Making’s de Finetti Award has, since 1995, recognized outstanding research by PhD students in the area of decision making. The winner will receive a prize of 750 Euros and a certificate, and will be asked to make a presentation at the upcoming SPUDM conference.

Eligibility is limited to PhD students who had not completed their PhD by the time of the previous SPUDM conference. The student must be the sole or first author, and the work should primarily represent the student’s contribution. For co-authored papers, a signed statement (PDF) from the co-author(s) is required, confirming that the student is the primary source of ideas and the main author of this paper. Both published and unpublished papers are eligible for submission. However, dissertation format will not be considered, though articles based on a dissertation are encouraged. Each applicant may submit only one paper

Submission requirements:

(a) The paper, (b) a statement (400 words or less) outlining the candidate’s academic status and containing a brief summary of the scientific contribution of the submitted paper, (c) a letter from co-authors (if applicable)

Former Winners

2023 Christian T. Elbæk Aarhus University, Denmark
2021 Mark Himmelstein Fordham University, USA
2019 Christina Leuker Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
2017 Johann Majer Leuphana University, Germany
2015 Jared Hotaling University of Basel, Switzerland
2013 Dan Raphael Schley Ohio State University, USA
2011 Shoham Choshen-Hillel Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
2009 Benjamin Scheibehenne University of Basel, Switzerland
2007 Xianchi Dai INSEAD, France
2005 Loran Nordgren Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003 Greg Barron Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
2001 Martijn Willemsen Eindhoven Technical University, The Netherlands
2001 Nicola Bown University of Leeds, United Kingdom
1999 Mandeep K. Dhami City University London, United Kingdom
1997 Johanna Kordes-de Vaal Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1995 Peter Roelofsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands