Author

Anuj Shah

Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow, University of Chicago

Anuj Shah studies how people make decisions when resources are scarce. His research has appeared in Science, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, and Psychological Bulletin, among other journals. He is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board at ideas42, a social science research and development laboratory which uses scientific insights to design innovative policies and products. Shah received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and English literature from Washington University in St. Louis in 2005. In 2010, he earned a Ph.D. in psychology from Princeton University, where he received teaching awards from the psychology department and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.