Bio

 

I am a Professor of Economics at UNSW Business School.


I am a co-editor at the Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, deputy director of the Manos Institute for Cognitive Economics, a core member of ERINN (Economic Research on Identity, Norms, and Narratives), and a research affiliate of CEPR (the Centre for Economic Policy Research) .


I received my PhD from Harvard in 2009, where I was a Presidential Scholar.


My main areas of research are sociology and economics, cognition, organizational economics, and applied microeconomic theory.


Office: Room 406, UNSW Business School

Email: r.akerlof@unsw.edu.au