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Baruch Fischhoff

Baruch Fischhoff is an American academic who is the Howard Heinz University Professor in the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy and Technology and the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. He is an elected member of the (US) National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine. His research focuses on judgment and decision making, including risk perception and risk analysis. He has authored numerous academic books and articles. Fischhoff completed his graduate education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem under the supervision of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky.

Books
• Fischhoff, B. (2025). Bounded disciplines and unbounded problems (The Clarendon Lectures in Management). Oxford: Oxford University Press. • Fischhoff, B. (in press). Decisions: Studying and supporting people making hard decisions. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. • Fischhoff, B., & Kadvany, J. (2011). Risk: A very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. • Fischhoff, B., Lichtenstein, S., Slovic, P., Derby, S. L. & Keeney, R. L. (1981). Acceptable risk. New York: Cambridge University Press. • Fischhoff, B., Kotovsky, K., Tuma, H. & Bielak, J. (eds.) (1993). A two-state solution in the Middle East: Prospects & possibilities. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press. • Morgan, M.G., Fischhoff, B., Bostrom, A., & Atman, C. (2001). Risk communication: A mental models approach. New York: Cambridge University Press. • Fischhoff, B., Brewer, N., & Downs, J.S. (eds.). (2011). Communicating risks and benefits: An evidence-based user’s guide. Washington, DC: Food and Drug Administration. • Fischhoff, B., & Chauvin, C. (eds.). (2011). Intelligence analysis: Behavioral and social science foundations. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. • Fischhoff, B., & Manski, C. (eds.). (1999). The elicitation of preferences. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 19(1-3). • Seybolt, T., Aronson, J., & Fischhoff, B. (eds.). (2013). Counting civilian casualties: An introduction to recording and estimating nonmilitary deaths in conflict. Oxford: Oxford University Press. • Fischhoff, B. (2011). Judgment and decision making. Oxford: Routledge/Earthscan. • Fischhoff, B. (2011). Risk analysis and behavioral research. Oxford: Routledge/Earthscan. ==References==
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