معرفی
Robin D. Hanson is an Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University, having earned his Ph.D. in Social Sciences from Caltech in 1997. Previously a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley, he specializes in health policy, regulation, formal political theory, and futuristic studies involving AI and extraterrestrial intelligence.
Education: Ph.D. in Social Sciences (Caltech, 1997), M.Phil. and M.A. (Yale University).
His research examines hidden motivations in human behavior, the economics of future technologies like brain emulations, and strategic approaches to interstellar communication. Recent work analyzes decision-making under uncertainty, such as cost-benefit frameworks for contacting alien civilizations and ethical implications of exponential technological growth.
Professor Hanson's publications reflect interdisciplinary trends, merging economics with cognitive science, evolutionary biology, and existential risk management. Key themes include prediction market design, self-deception mechanisms, and civilizational development trajectories.
He has supervised doctoral students including Kenneth Lee (2011) and Iwona Kicinger (2009), focusing on empirical health economics and insurance policy analysis.
