Risk Uncertainty and Decision 2025

British Academy/Wellcome Trust Conferences bring together scholars and specialists from around the world to explore themes related to health and wellbeing.

This conference explores theories of decision-making under uncertain conditions, asking how people make or should make decisions in the face of uncertainty. Risk uncertainty and decision (RUD) focuses on both the questions posed as well as methods used to address them. It emphasises formal, mathematical approaches to problem-solving, prioritising approaches that are general and abstract enough to apply across a wide range of applications, including in practical decision making and in theoretical work in the social sciences. Attention is paid to the mathematical and philosophical foundations of theories, and in particular, in axiomatic work. RUD is not wedded to a particular model or class of models, and it encourages new approaches to the problem, including models of bounded rationality. The conference will take an interdisciplinary approach, examining other methodologies such as empirical and experimental work, neuroscience and philosophical studies.

Conference convenors

• Professor Horst Zank, University of Manchester
• Dr Craig Webb, University of Manchester

Important Dates:

• Preliminary programme: TBC (by 1 April 2025)
• Registration (TBC) will open on 1 April 2025, and will close on 31 May 2025.

Papers can only be submitted electronically in PDF format at [email protected].

Registration

The event is free to attend but registration is required. Registration opens in April and closes in May 2025, see the conference webpage (RUD2025) for more information.

Further information

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