Ed Hopkins

Ed Hopkins is a Professor of Economics at King's College London and the Interim Head of the Economics Department within the King’s Business School. He holds a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and has held positions at the University of Edinburgh and as a visiting scholar at institutions including the California Institute of Technology and the University of British Columbia.

His research focuses on game theory, behavioral economics, and social economics, with particular emphasis on topics such as tournament models, inequality, learning dynamics, and experimental economics. Key areas of interest include status concerns, marriage matching, and the implications of non-standard preferences in strategic interactions.

Ed has contributed extensively to experimental economics, testing theoretical predictions in laboratory settings. He is actively involved in PhD supervision, accepting students for doctoral research.

His work spans theoretical and empirical analyses, with notable contributions to understanding cyclical behavior in strategic situations, the role of information in decision-making, and the interplay between economic inequality and risk-taking.