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Professor Elise Payzan is a leading academic in neurofinance and behavioral economics at the University of New South Wales Business School, where she holds a position in the School of Banking and Finance. Her research bridges finance, neuroscience, and experimental economics to investigate how humans perceive and react to financial risks through theoretical and experimental methodologies.
Her educational background includes a PhD in Finance from the Swiss Finance Institute at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, with prior studies at the London School of Economics and Princeton University. She holds a diploma as Engineer Statistician from ENSAE Paris and graduated from École Normale Supérieure de la rue d'Ulm, Paris. She joined UNSW Business School in September 2010 and served as a visiting associate at the California Institute of Technology from 2010-2013.
Payzan's research program focuses on the neurobiological foundations of financial decision-making, examining phenomena like 'outlier blindness' where humans neglect extreme risks due to neural coding constraints. Her work integrates decision neuroscience, experimental economics, and financial economics to reveal how cognitive mechanisms shape market behaviors. Current investigations explore craving mechanisms for monetary rewards, ambient sound effects on risk perception, and neural adaptations to extreme risk events.
Her publication trends demonstrate consistent interdisciplinary innovation, with recent work (2022-2024) increasingly connecting laboratory findings to field data in financial markets. Key themes include neural representations of uncertainty, risk perception distortions after extreme events, and neuroscientific approaches to generating investment alpha. Her research methodology combines controlled laboratory experiments with real-world market analysis.
Payzan actively engages with public audiences through TEDxSydney (2016) and BX2018 Conference presentations, with media features in ABC TV and financial publications. She teaches Behavioral Finance (FINS3655) and supervises research in neurofinance. Her UNSW Scientia Research Grant (A$170,000, 2017-2024) supports ongoing investigations into human risk perception mechanisms.
