University of Chicago Booth

PhD Program

The Center for Decision Research (CDR) invites students who are interested in the judgment and decision making, social psychology, or consumer behavior to apply to our PhD programs. Because judgment and decision making is a rich and multi-faceted research area, the CDR is organized around an interdisciplinary spirit, bringing together excellent faculty and students whose interests span social and cognitive psychology, behavioral economics, consumer research, and organizational behavior. Students benefit from flexible coursework offered at the CDR and in other departments, like psychology, public policy, and economics, and receive rigorous training in research through collaborative projects conducted with CDR faculty. Research at the CDR investigates judgment and decision making in individual, interpersonal, organizational, consumer, and legal contexts. The faculty of the CDR are organized into two groups:

Management and Organizational Behavior

The faculty of the Management and Organizational Behavior group at the CDR aim to bridge social and cognitive psychology to related fields such as organizational behavior, economics, consumer behavior, public policy, negotiation and business. Much of the research conducted here investigates the roles of interpersonal perception and social cognition, emotions, subjective wellbeing and happiness, and conflicting motivations, cultural influences, and more basic cognitive processes and biases in judgment and decision making.

For more information on the Management and Organizational Behavior Ph.D. program, contact us.

Marketing

The faculty of the Marketing group at the CDR blend perspectives from psychology, economics, and marketing science to investigate the interplay between information processing and dynamic affective and motivational influences on people’s judgments and preferences. Research conducted by faculty and students in the Marketing group examine issues such as the influence of goals, implicit and affective process, including the influence of imagery and feelings on consumer behavior and product evaluations, as well as examining subjective well-being, self control and impulsive behavior, choice over time, and implications for marketing management. For more information on the Marketing Ph.D. program contact the Kilts Center for Marketing.


For more information on requirements and application procedures for both programs please contact:

PhD Program
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
5807 South Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Tel: 773.702.0093
Fax: 773.702.5257
PhD@ChicagoBooth.edu