Gaël Le Mens

Gaël Le Mens is a Full Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, specializing in Behavioral Science, Management, and Judgment and Decision Making. His research focuses on organizational theory, social influence, and the psychological mechanisms underlying decision-making processes.

He holds a PhD from Stanford University and has published extensively in top journals such as Psychological Review and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. His work explores topics like information sampling, categorization heuristics, and the dynamics of collective beliefs.

Key research themes include the 'simple averaging heuristic' in category evaluation, the impact of social influence on decision-making, and the application of machine learning to analyze political texts and concepts. His recent work extends to studying politician-citizen interactions via social media and the semantic analysis of cultural concepts using AI tools like GPT-4.