NIKOS NIKIFORAKIS

Nikos Nikiforakis [Νίκος Νικηφοράκης] is a Professor of Economics at New York University, Abu Dhabi, a Co-Director of the Center for Behavioral Institutional Design, and a Co-Director of the Social Science Experimental Laboratory. 

He obtained his BA in Business Organization and Administration from the Athens University of Economics & Business, his MSc in Financial & Industrial Economics, and his PhD in Economics from Royal Holloway, University of London. 

He joined NYU Abu Dhabi in 2013, after holding senior positions at the University of Melbourne in Australia, the Max Planck Institute in Germany, and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France. 

Prof. Nikiforakis’ research interests are in behavioral and public economics. His main body of work consists of experimental studies in the lab, field, and most recently online, using nationally representative samples, to investigate a range of social issues including social norms, norm change, social inequalities, and the role of stereotypes. 

His work has been published in leading economic and interdisciplinary journals such as the American Economic Review, Nature Communications, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Prof. Nikiforakis was a founding Co-Editor of the Journal of the Economic Science Association. He is currently Associate Editor at the European Economic Review and the Journal of Economic Psychology, and an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics.

He has extensive experience advising governmental entities and helping them build capacity in behavioral social science. 

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