Prof. Dr. Ralph Hertwig

Professor

Cognitive and Decision Sciences
Telephone: +41 61 / 267 06 11
Telefax: +41 61 / 267 04 41
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Background

Positions

2005-present
Full Professor, Cognitive and Decision Sciences, Institute for Psychology, University of Basel

2003–2005
Assistant Professor, Applied Cognitive Science, Institute for Psychology, University of Basel

2003
Research Scientist, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin

2000–2002
Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, Columbia University

1997–2000
Research Scientist, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin

1996–1997
Research Scientist, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, Munich

1995–1996
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, Munich

1995
Research Associate, National Science Foundation Project (Principal Investigator: Gerd Gigerenzer), University of Chicago

1993-1994
Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago

1991–1992
Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg

1989–1990
Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz

1988–1989
Research Intern, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim

Education and Honors

2008
Dozent des Jahres (teacher of the year), Department of Psychology, University of Basel

2007
Dozent des Jahres (teacher of the year), Department of Psychology, University of Basel

2006
Charlotte-und-Karl-Bühler Prize, Young career award of the German Psychological Association

2003
Habilitation, Venia legendi in psychology, Free University Berlin
Unbinding bounded rationality: Theoretical, empirical, and methodological investigations

1996
Heinz Heckhausen Young Scientist Prize, German Psychological Association

1995
Ph.D. (Dr. rer soc.), Summa Cum Laude, Cognitive Psychology, University of Konstanz
Why Dr. Gould’s homunculus doesn't think like Dr. Gould: The “conjunction fallacy” reconsidered

1991
M.A. (Diplom-Psychologe), University of Konstanz