Prof. Dr.
Iris Bohnet
Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the
John F. Kennedy School of
Government at
Harvard University,
teaches courses
on negotiation and decision analysis.
Her research focuses on the relevance of
fairness and trust for individual and collective decision-making.
In her book
Cooperation and Communication (published in German, Mohr/Siebeck, 1997), she
investigates how social context influences bargaining behavior and the
willingness to contribute to the common good.
Combining experimental and field
data, her applied research addresses the demand for and performance of formal
and informal contract enforcement mechanisms, comparing aspects of the political
and legal framework across countries.
A Swiss
citizen, Iris Bohnet holds a PhD in economics from the
University of Zurich,
has previously taught in the Senior Executives Program at IMD and the Graduate
Economics Program at the University of Zurich, and has spent a year as Research
Fellow at the University of
California at Berkeley.