Catherine Eckel
Looking towards the future of economics research
Intro
Catherine Eckel is widely regarded as a leader in the field of experimental economics, which is when experimental methods are applied to test economic theories. Beyond her innovative contributions to the field, Eckel is recognized for her teaching ability, her mentorship of economics students, and her advocacy for women in her field. From her research to her advocacy, it is clear that Eckel is dedicated to creating a brighter future in economics: one that is both more informed and more inclusive.
I had always been something of an activist, and economics gave me a way to think about hard problems with a cool approach.
– Catherine Eckel in an interview in theNewsletter of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
About the Authors
Dan Pilat
Dan is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at The Decision Lab. He is a bestselling author of Intention - a book he wrote with Wiley on the mindful application of behavioral science in organizations. Dan has a background in organizational decision making, with a BComm in Decision & Information Systems from McGill University. He has worked on enterprise-level behavioral architecture at TD Securities and BMO Capital Markets, where he advised management on the implementation of systems processing billions of dollars per week. Driven by an appetite for the latest in technology, Dan created a course on business intelligence and lectured at McGill University, and has applied behavioral science to topics such as augmented and virtual reality.
Dr. Sekoul Krastev
Dr. Sekoul Krastev is a decision scientist and Co-Founder of The Decision Lab, one of the world's leading behavioral science consultancies. His team works with large organizations—Fortune 500 companies, governments, foundations and supernationals—to apply behavioral science and decision theory for social good. He holds a PhD in neuroscience from McGill University and is currently a visiting scholar at NYU. His work has been featured in academic journals as well as in The New York Times, Forbes, and Bloomberg. He is also the author of Intention (Wiley, 2024), a bestselling book on the science of human agency. Before founding The Decision Lab, he worked at the Boston Consulting Group and Google.
