Directors
The Center for Decision Sciences was founded in 1999 by Eric Johnson, David Krantz, and Elke Weber to unify the decision sciences across the Columbia University campus, and initially was a unit of the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP).
In 2008, the CDS moved to the Columbia Business School, where it is now directed by Eric Johnson.
Activities are overseen by a Strategy Committee consisting of the following members of the Columbia Business School faculty:
Daniel Ames
Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Professor of Business, Management Division
Professor Ames's research focuses on social judgment and behavior. He examines how people judge themselves as well as the individuals and groups around them (e.g., impression formation, stereotyping). He also studies the consequences of these judgments on interpersonal dynamics, including prosocial behaviors (e.g., trust, cooperation, helping) and competitive interactions (e.g., negotiations, conflict, aggression). A central aspect of this work is how people "read minds" to make inferences--whether right or wrong--about what others think, want, and feel.
Gita Johar
Meyer Feldberg Professor of Business , Marketing Division
Gita V. Johar (PhD NYU 1993; MBA Indian Institute of Management Calcutta 1985) has been on the faculty of Columbia Business School since 1992 and is currently the Meyer Feldberg Professor of Business. She served as the school’s inaugural Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from 2019 to 2021, Faculty Director of Online Initiatives from 2014 to 2017, Senior Vice Dean from 2011 to 2014, and as the inaugural Vice Dean for Research from 2010 to 2011.
Eric Johnson
Norman Eig Professor of Business, Marketing Division
Director, Center for the Decision Sciences
Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
Eric Johnson
Norman Eig Professor of Business, Marketing Division
Director, Center for the Decision Sciences
Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
Eric Johnson is a faculty member at the Columbia Business School at Columbia University where he is the inaugural holder of the Norman Eig Chair of Business, and Director of the Center for Decision Sciences. His research examines the interface between Behavioral Decision Research, Economics and the decisions made by consumers, managers, and their implications for public policy, markets and marketing.
Michael Morris
Chavkin-Chang Professor of Leadership, Management Division
Michael Morris is a Chaired Professor in the Management Division at CBS and also serves as Professor in the Psychology Department of Columbia University.
He teaches MBA and executive-level classes on leadership, teamwork, communication, negotiation, and decision-making. In 2016, he was honored with the Dean's Award for Innovation in the Curriculum for creating two of the school's most popular elective courses: The Leader's Voice and the Patagonia Leadership Expedition.
Paul Tetlock
A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Business, Finance Division
Professor Tetlock's research interests include behavioral finance, asset pricing, and prediction markets. One area of his research examines how firms' stock market prices respond to the content of news stories. His 2007 Journal of Finance study on the impact of negative words, such as "flaw" and "ruin", won the Smith-Breeden Prize for the best article in asset pricing. His research has been featured in popular press outlets such as Business Week, The Economist, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.