Dan Ariely

Dan Ariely
Dan Ariely wearing a dark long-sleeved shirt, standing in semi-profile, appearing to speak onstage
Ariely in 2019
Born (1967-04-29) April 29, 1967 (age 57)
New York City, U.S.
EducationCognitive psychology (PhD)
Business administration (PhD)
Alma materDuke University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tel Aviv University
Known forBehavioral economics
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsDuke University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisorJames Bettman
John G. Lynch Jr.
Websitedanariely.com

Dan Ariely (Hebrew: דן אריאלי; born April 29, 1967) is an Israeli-American professor and author. He serves as a James B. Duke Professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University. He is the co-founder of several companies implementing insights from behavioral science.[1] Ariely wrote an advice column called "Ask Ariely" in The Wall Street Journal from June 2012 until September 2022.[2] He is the author of the three New York Times best selling books Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth about Dishonesty.[3] He co-produced the 2015 documentary (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies.[4]

In 2021, a paper with Ariely as the fourth author was discovered to be based on falsified data and was subsequently retracted.[5][6] In 2024, Duke completed a three-year confidential investigation and according to Ariely concluded that "data from the honesty-pledge paper had been falsified but found no evidence that Ariely used fake data knowingly".[7]

Ariely's life, research, and book Predictably Irrational inspired the NBC television series The Irrational;[8] it premiered on September 25, 2023.[9]

  1. ^ Olson, Parmy (May 5, 2015). "Google Buys Experimental Software That Kills Procrastination". Forbes.
  2. ^ Ariely, Dan (September 22, 2022). "A Decade's Worth of Social-Scientific Advice". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  3. ^ Shani, Ayelett (April 5, 2012). "When Dan Ariely found the key to human nature". Haaretz. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012.
  4. ^ "(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies". IMDb. May 22, 2015.
  5. ^ "How data detectives spotted fake numbers in a widely cited paper". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Taylor, Kate (February 25, 2024). "Duke's 3-year fraud investigation into Dan Ariely has ended, and the star professor still has a job. Does he want it?". Business Insider.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference :7 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "The Irrational". TVGuide.com. Retrieved July 23, 2024.