Carlos Alós-Ferrer

Carlos Alós-Ferrer is a Chair Professor of Economics at Lancaster University Management School and Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Economic Psychology. He has held full professor positions at the Universities of Zurich, Cologne, and Konstanz, and associate professor roles at the Universities of Vienna and Salamanca. He has also been a frequent Visiting Professor at New York University-Abu Dhabi. Originally from Spain, he speaks German fluently and currently splits his time between Switzerland and the U.K.

Dr. Alós-Ferrer is an interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of (micro)economics, psychology, and decision neuroscience. His research focuses on understanding and improving human economic decisions, ranging from decisions under risk to strategic decisions (game theory) and voting. He employs multiple methodological approaches including decision neuroscience ("neuroeconomics"), behavioral experiments, and mathematical modeling. His work has significant implications for understanding cognitive processes in economic decision-making, belief updating, and social preferences.

His recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on the cognitive foundations of economic behavior, with particular attention to response times, belief updating, preference formation, and social decision-making. The research spans theoretical contributions to decision theory and experimental investigations of real-world economic behaviors. His 2022 Nature Human Behavior paper "Generous with individuals and selfish to the masses" received extensive media coverage worldwide, highlighting the broad impact of his work beyond academic circles.

Dr. Alós-Ferrer maintains an active scholarly presence through his "Decisions and the Brain" blog at Psychology Today and a personal blog at WordPress. He has published extensively across top journals including Management Science, Nature Human Behavior, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Journal of Economic Literature. His 2016 book "The Theory of Extensive Form Games" (co-authored with Klaus Ritzberger) is part of the official Springer Series of the Game Theory Society.