Paul Slovic

Paul Slovic is a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon and a senior scientist at the Oregon Research Institute

He holds a B.A. from Stanford University (1959) and an M.A (1962) and Ph.D. (1964) from the University of Michigan. He studies human judgment, decision making, and the psychology of risk. His recent work examines “psychic numbing” and the failure to respond adequately to mass human tragedies.

Paul is a past President of the Society for Risk Analysis and in 1991 he received its Distinguished Contribution Award. In 1993, he received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association.

Paul was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015 and to the National Academy of Sciences in 2016. In 2022, Dr. Slovic received the Franklin Institute’s Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in the Science of Decision Making.