Jeeva Somasundaram

Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences (Operations & Technology area)

IE Business School, Madrid, Spain

About me

I am an Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences at IE Business School, Madrid, Spain. I did my PhD in Management (Decision Sciences) at INSEAD, France. During my PhD, I was also a Marie-Curie early stage researcher with the CONCORT ITN from August 2012-15. After my PhD, I was a research fellow in Behavioral Economics at the National University of Singapore.I was also affiliated to Future Resilient Systems (ETH Zurich). My PhD dissertation focussed on decision models of anticipatory emotions. You can find a manuscript of my dissertation here. My research primarily focuses on decision theory and behavioral economics. I primarily use mathematical modelling, randomized lab and field experiments for my research. My research focusses on two sub-streams: (i) decision making under risk, (ii) habit formation and behavioral change. The recurring theme of my research across both streams is to first establish a robust mathematical theory, then test its predictions in experiments, and ultimately apply it to solve managerial issues in domains such as environment, health, operations, and marketing. Find out more about my Research or explore my CV. You can find my google scholar page here.