Leonidas Spiliopoulos

Leonidas Spiliopoulos is a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, specializing in adaptive rationality, behavioral economics, and game theory. His work bridges cognitive science with economic decision-making, focusing on ecological rationality and strategic uncertainty.

• Bachelor of Arts (BA), Cum Laude, Yale University (Economics)
• Master of Science (MS), Athens University of Economics and Business (International and European Economic Studies)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney (Economics) - Walter Noel Gillies Prize for best PhD thesis in Economics

Spiliopoulos’ research explores how humans use heuristics in complex environments, with applications in public health, competitive search strategies, and neurodegenerative disorders. His publications emphasize dual-process modeling, response time analysis, and tournament-based learning frameworks.

Recent work includes analyzing ecological rationality in economics (2023), strategic adaptation under uncertainty (2019), and nonlinear decision weights in risk perception (2019). His 2018 papers investigate time constraints in games, randomization in sports, and computational methods in experimental economics.

• Walter Noel Gillies Prize for best PhD thesis in Economics (University of Sydney)

Spiliopoulos employs interdisciplinary approaches, combining behavioral experiments, computational modeling, and neuroeconomics. His collaborations include researchers like R. Hertwig and A. Ortmann, with studies published in journals such as Synthese, Psychological Review, and Topics in Cognitive Science.