Evolution, Cooperation, and Repeated Games

About the speaker

Prof. Eric Maskin received his PhD in applied mathematics in 1976 from Harvard University. He had been teaching at MIT (1977-1984) and Harvard (1985-2000) before he joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton as Albert O. Hirschman Professor of Social Science.

He was elected Fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the European Economic Association,  corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and Honorary Fellow of St John’s College Cambridge. He is also an Honorary Professor at Wuhan and Tsinghua Universities.

Prof. Maskin’s work in economic theory has had deep influence on many areas of economics, political science, and law. For his contribution in laying the foundation of mechanism design theory, he was awarded the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. His current research focus is on mechanism design, repeated games, income inequality, and the theory of voting.