PrepTalks: Human Biases: Why People Underprepare for Disasters
Dr. Kunreuther discusses the processes and biases in decision-making under uncertainty. He also proposes a behavioral risk audit that couple’s protective decision-making with economic incentives, enabling individual and collective actions to achieve greater resilience.
Dr. Kunreuther is Professor Emeritus of Decision Sciences and Public Policy in the Operations, Information and Decisions Department, and Co-Director of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kunreuther has a long-standing interest in ways that society can better manage low-probability, high-consequence events related to technological and natural hazards.
Discussion Materials
- Discussion Guide – Human Biases: Why People Underprepare for Disasters
- Biography – Dr. Kunreuther’s (.pdf)
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