Official website (https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/staff/gerd-gigerenzer)
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Gerd Gigerenzer is a German psychologist, university teacher, and economist born in 1947 in Wallersdorf. He is educated at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and has worked at the University of Salzburg and the University of Chicago. His professional focus includes the field of risk, and he is influenced by Herbert Simon. He speaks German and English.
Gigerenzer resides in Berlin, where he also works. He is married to Lorraine Daston. His doctoral student is Daniel Goldstein. He is a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gerd
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Wallersdorf
- Spouse
- Lorraine Daston
- Occupation
- economist
- Educated at
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Employer
- University of Chicago
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- risk
- Official website
- www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/staff/gerd-gigerenzer
- Image
- Gerd Gigerenzer-7212 (14010720919).jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
- Residence
- Berlin
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- date of birth
- 1947-09-03
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- Commons category
- Gerd Gigerenzer
- name in native language
- Gerd Gigerenzer
- influenced by
- Herbert Simon
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
- Lincoln Almond
- Erdős number
- 4
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