Social Scientists

University Professor, teaching at the Columbia Business School, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, and the School of International and Public Affairs.

Joseph E. Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize-winning economist and a University Professor at Columbia University. His research focuses on income distribution, risk, corporate governance, public policy, macroeconomics, and globalization. He is also the founder and co-president of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) and Chief Economist at The Roosevelt Institute.

David Starr Jordan Professor of Social Science in Psychology, Emeritus, in the School of Humanities and Sciences

Albert Bandura was a world-renowned social cognitive psychologist known for his groundbreaking Bobo Doll experiments and the development of social learning theory. His work also introduced the concept of self-efficacy, emphasizing the belief in one's ability to succeed as a determinant of thought, action, and feeling.

McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

Ronald C. Kessler, PhD, is the McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. His research broadly concerns the social determinants of mental health and illness from an epidemiological perspective. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy

Amartya Sen is Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, at Harvard University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics. His research spans social choice theory, economic theory, ethics, political philosophy, and development economics.