The scholarship and teaching of Daniel Kahneman, Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs (Emeritus) at the Woodrow Wilson School and a Nobel laureate, was honored at a special celebration at the Princeton Club of New York in May. 

Leading scholars from universities from around the globe gathered at the all-day event to pay tribute to Kahneman, and participate in discussions that focused on the direct and indirect impacts of his research, and on many of the themes that exemplify his research and achievements over the course of his career. 

Kahneman pioneered the integration of research about decision making into economics. A co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002, Kahneman began his prize-winning research in the 1960s seeking to increase understanding of how people make economic choices. His research with Amos Tversky on decision making under uncertainty resulted in the formation of a new branch of economics: prospect theory.

Formerly a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, a fellow at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia, a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and a professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Kahneman joined the Woodrow Wilson School in 1993.  He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Society of Experimental Psychologists, and the Econometric Society.

Kahneman has been the recipient of the field of psychology’s most prestigious awards, the most recent of which was the American Psychological Association's Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology, the highest bestowed by the Association.  He has also been honored with the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association, the Warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Psychologists, the Kennedy School's 2006 Thomas C. Schelling Award and the Hilgard Award for Career Contributions to General Psychology.

Portions of the event will be made available for viewing as video webcasts via the WWS website.