PROF. THEODORE L. TUROCY
Theodore (Ted) Turocy is Professor of Economics at the University of East Anglia and Theme Lead in Game theory and collective decision making in foundational AI research at the Alan Turing Institute. He received his BS in Economics and in Engineering and Applied Science from the California Institute of Technology, USA, and his PhD in Managerial Economics and Decision Science from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, USA.
His expertise spans the empirical analysis of individual and group decision-making by humans and by automated agents. His research in behavioural economics has used controlled experimental designs in laboratory and field settings to understand how framing, language, and information presentation affect individual decisions on search and purchasing behaviour, and group decisions on cooperation and competition.
He is also an expert in the automated analysis of strategic interactions, bringing empirical game theory analysis techniques from the field of multi-agent systems and machine learning to define and analyse high-fidelity, complex models of dynamic strategic interaction among many agents. He has published in leading economics journals such as Journal of Economic Theory, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Public Economics, Experimental Economics, and Economic Theory, as well as at leading conferences in multi-agent systems such as the ACM International Conference on AI in Finance and the Conference on Game Theory and AI for Security.
Experience
2023 – Theme Lead, Game Theory and Collective Decision Making in Foundational AI Research, Alan Turing Institute
2013 – Professor of Economics, University of East Anglia
2018 – Director, Laboratory for Economic and Decision Research, University of East Anglia
2016 – 2021 – Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of East Anglia
2011 – 2016 – Director, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science, University of East Anglia
2010 – 2013 – Senior Lecturer in Economics (equivalent Associate Professor, with tenure), University of East Anglia
2001 – 2009 – Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, Department of Economics