David G. Rand Explained
David G. Rand is the Erwin H. Schell Professor and Professor of Management Science and Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Biography
Rand grew up in Ithaca, New York, where his father is a professor at Cornell University. As a teenager he was in several rock bands,[1] including solo project Robot Goes Here.
He earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell in computational biology in 2004, then worked for two years at Gene Network Sciences.[1] [2] He then went to Harvard, where he earned a PhD in systems biology in 2009. After 4 years of post-doctoral studies at Harvard, in 2013 Rand began an assistant professorship at Yale University in psychology, economics, management. In 2017 he was appointed a tenure-track associate professor in psychology at Yale. In 2018 he was promoted to associate professor with tenure at Yale, and then moved to MIT as a tenured associate professor.[2]
In January 2012, Rand was named to Wired Magazine's Smart List 2012 as one of "50 people who will change the world".[3]
Publications
- Scientific:
- Dreber. A. Rand. DG. Fudenberg. D. Nowak. MA. Winners don't punish.. Nature. 20 March 2008. 452. 7185. 348–51. 10.1038/nature06723. 18354481. 2292414. 2008Natur.452..348D.
- Rand. DG. Dreber. A. Ellingsen. T. Fudenberg. D. Nowak. MA. Positive interactions promote public cooperation.. Science. 4 September 2009. 325. 5945. 1272–5. 10.1126/science.1177418. 19729661. 2875121. 2009Sci...325.1272R.
- Rand. DG. Pfeiffer. T. Dreber. A. Sheketoff. RW. Wernerfelt. NC. Benkler. Y. Dynamic remodeling of in-group bias during the 2008 presidential election.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 14 April 2009. 106. 15. 6187–91. 10.1073/pnas.0811552106. 19332775. 2664153. 2009PNAS..106.6187R. free.
- Beale. N. Rand. DG. Battey. H. Heather Battey. Croxson. K. May. RM. Nowak. MA. Individual versus systemic risk and the Regulator's Dilemma.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2 August 2011. 108. 31. 12647–52. 10.1073/pnas.1105882108. 21768387. 3150885. 2011PNAS..10812647B. free.
- Rand. DG. Arbesman. S. Christakis. NA. Dynamic social networks promote cooperation in experiments with humans.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 29 November 2011. 108. 48. 19193–8. 10.1073/pnas.1108243108. 22084103. 3228461. 2011PNAS..10819193R. free.
- Shenhav. A. Rand. DG. Greene. JD. Divine intuition: cognitive style influences belief in God.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. General. August 2012. 141. 3. 423–8. 10.1037/a0025391. 21928924.
- Fudenberg. Drew. Rand. David G. Dreber. Anna. Slow to Anger and Fast to Forgive: Cooperation in an Uncertain World. American Economic Review. April 2012. 102. 2. 720–749. 10.1257/aer.102.2.720. 10.1.1.362.1558. 14247829. Author's manuscript at Harvard repository
- Rand. DG. Greene. JD. Nowak. MA. Spontaneous giving and calculated greed.. Nature. 20 September 2012. 489. 7416. 427–30. 10.1038/nature11467. 22996558. 2012Natur.489..427R. 4326080.
- Rand. DG. Epstein. ZG. Risking your life without a second thought: intuitive decision-making and extreme altruism.. PLOS ONE. 2014. 9. 10. e109687. 10.1371/journal.pone.0109687. 25333876. 4198114. 2014PLoSO...9j9687R. free.
- Popular media
External links
Notes and References
- News: Rand. David. The Cost of Cooperating: A Conversation With David Rand. Edge. November 9, 2016. en.
- Web site: David G. Rand . CV . https://web.archive.org/web/20190302025437/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51ed234ae4b0867e2385d879/t/5c51cecf032be418141ffd27/1548865284991/CV.pdf . 2019-03-02 . 21 May 2018.
- The Smart List 2012: 50 people who will change the world. Wired. 24 January 2012.