Paul Dolan

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Paul Dolan (2013)

Paul Dolan (born May 10, 1968 in London ) is a British psychologist. He is Professor at the Institute for Psychological and Behavioral Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science , which he has been Head of Department since 2017.

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Paul Dolan received his Bachelor of Science degree from Swansea University in 1989, his Master's degree from the University of York in 1991 and his D.Phil there in 1997.

His main research interests include economic happiness research (cf. subjective well-being ), behavioral economics and public policy .

In 2002 he won the Philip Leverhulme Prize for his contributions to health economics, in particular for his work on the QALY concept.

For a time he was a member of the "Behavioral Insights Team" of the British Cabinet, which advises the government on the implementation of behavioral research concepts in business and politics. In the course of this (see Nudge movement) he created the Mindspace concept as a catalog of measures for policy advice in the areas of health, finance and climate change.

Works

  • Dolan, Paul. Happiness by Design: Finding pleasure and purpose in everyday life. Penguin UK, 2014.
  • Dolan, Paul, and Jan Abel Olsen. Distributing health care: Economic and ethical issues. Oxford University Press, 2002.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ London School of Economics and Political Science: Professor Paul Dolan . In: London School of Economics and Political Science . ( lse.ac.uk [accessed January 21, 2018]).
  2. ↑ About Professor Paul Dolan  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Press release from the Technical University of Berlin@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.pressestelle.tu-berlin.de  
  3. ↑ Dolan, Paul, et al. "Mindplace: influencing behavior through public policy." (2014).

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personal data
SURNAME Dolan, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH London