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LSE and LSE SU Economics Society public lecture
Author of the New York Times best-seller Predictably Irrational, and named by Fortune Magazine as one of the ten new gurus you should know about, Dan Ariely will discuss his inclination towards the study of human behaviour as well as the recent publication of his latest book, The Upside of Irrationality. In this keynote speech, he will examine the irrational quirks in some of the decisions we make in our everyday life, as well as whether we are ultimately in control of them. Ariely's research has been widely applied, he's worked with an impressive list of firms such as Procter and Gamble, Bank of America and Match.com.
Dan Ariely is the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Behavioral Economics at MIT. His work has been featured in leading scholarly journals as well as a variety of popular media outlets, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Business 2.0, Scientific American, and Science. He has also been featured on CNN and National Public Radio. Dan publishes widely in the leading scholarly journals in economics, psychology, and business. He splits his time between Princeton, NJ, and Cambridge, MA. Ariely received a PhD in business administration from Duke University, a PhD and MA in cognitive psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a BA in psychology from Tel Aviv University.
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Professor Dan Ariely | talks |
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Date and Time: |
27 October 2010 at 6:30 pm |
Duration: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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Venue: |
Sheikh Zayed Theatre |
Organised by: |
London School of Economics & Political Science |
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Tickets: |
Free |
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This event is free and open to all however a ticket is required. One ticket per person can be requested from 1pm on Thursday 21 October. Members of the public, LSE staff and alumni can request one ticket via the online ticket request form which will be live on the event weblisting after 1pm on Thursday 21 October. Due to changes on the LSE website we can no longer control exactly when a page will update, so it may take a few minutes to appear. You may need to refresh your browser in order to view this link. LSE students and staff are able to collect one ticket from the New Academic Building SU shop, located on the Kingsway side of the building from 1pm on Thursday 21 October. Event weblisting: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/events/2010/20101027t1830vSZT.aspx |
Additional Information: |
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