Katri Sieberg

Katri Sieberg is a Professor at Tampere University's Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of History, Philosophy and Literary Studies, specializing in North American Studies and leading the Public Policy Analysis Master's Program. She holds a Ph.D. from New York University (1998), with prior studies at Northwestern University (BA, 1990), California Institute of Technology (MS, 1992), and visiting scholarships at the University of Chicago and University of North Carolina.

Her research focuses on experimental economics, healthcare economics, game theory, and social choice theory. Key areas include exploring theoretical models through experiments, analyzing healthcare system efficiencies, voting mechanisms' impacts on outcomes, and criminal policy frameworks. Recent work includes studies on basic income experiments, conflict bargaining models, and healthcare payment systems.

Major grants include the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation (2022, €8,000) and Tampere University's Sustainable Welfare Systems Seed Funding (2022, €20,000). She has also led the American Studies Workshop through grants totaling over €600,000 from Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation. A U.S. National Science Foundation grant (2020s) supported collaborative research on conflict bargaining models.

Her work spans academic leadership, including organizing the Institutions in Context workshop series and contributing to interdisciplinary policy analysis. Research outputs emphasize experimental methodologies and their applications in understanding complex social, economic, and political systems.