Elke U. Weber

Elke U. Weber (born April 6, 1957) is a Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University where she holds the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professorship in Energy & the Environment.^[1] Prior to moving to Princeton in 2016, she spent 19 years at Columbia University, where she founded and co-directed the Earth Institute's Center for Research on Environmental Decisions ^[2] and the Columbia Business School's Center for Decision Sciences.^[3]

Weber received a B.A. in Psychology from York University in 1980 and a PhD. in Psychology from Harvard University in 1984. She began her professional career at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1985. From 1988 to 1995, she was Assistant and then Associate Professor of Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. In 1995, she joined Ohio State University as Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Management and Human Resources. In 1999, Weber joined Columbia University as a Professor of Management and Professor of Psychology, where she was a Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business until 2016.^[4] In 2016, she joined the faculty at Princeton as a Professor of Psychology and Public Policy.^[1] In 2020, Weber was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.^[5] In 2024, Weber received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Social Sciences.^[6]

She has done research related to Query Theory and the role that memory processes play in preference construction. More recently, she is known for her contributions to research on choice architecture and how to apply decision research to public policy.^[7]

Weber has served as President of the Society for Neuroeconomics, the Society for Mathematical Psychology, and the Society for Judgment and Decision Making.

Weber was named 100 Best Heads in Science in Berlin in 2024.

• 2025 Howard Crosby Warren Medal, Society for Experimental Psychology, for the most significant advances in Experimental Psychology over the prior five years.
• 2024 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Social Sciences.^[6]
• 2024 Newman-Proshansky Career Achievement Award, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 34 (Environmental, Population, and Conservation Psychology).
• 2023 Patrick Suppes Prize in Psychology.^[8]

She received an honorary degree in psychology from the University of Basel in 2009,^[9] an honorary professorship in economic science from Technical University Munich in 2012, and an honorary doctorate in sustainability from Leuphana University in 2024.

• Own website with Curriculum Vitae