The Society for Judgment and Decision Making is an interdisciplinary academic organization dedicated to the study of normative, descriptive, and prescriptive theories of decision. Its members include psychologists, economists, organizational researchers, decision analysts, and other decision researchers. The Society's primary event is its Annual Meeting at which Society members present their research. It also publishes the journal Judgment and Decision Making.

2007-2008 Executive Board

Posted November 25th, 2007 by alansz

Jon Baron <baron@psych.upenn.edu>, Past President
Michael Birnbaum <mbirnbaum@exchange.fullerton.edu>, President
Dan Ariely <dandan@duke.edu>, President-Elect
Bud Fennema <bfennema@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>, Secretary-Treasurer
Alan Schwartz <alansz@sjdm.org>, Webmaster
Dan Goldstein <dan@dangoldstein.com>, Newsletter Editor
Julie Downs <downs@cmu.edu>, Conference Coordinator
Alan Schwartz <alansz@sjdm.org>, 2008 Program Committee Chair
Craig Fox <craig.fox@anderson.ucla.edu>, Elected member, 2005-2008
Barbara Mellers <mellers@haas.berkeley.edu>, Elected member 2006-2009
Dan Goldstein <dan@dangoldstein.com>, Elected member, 2007-2010

Upcoming SJDM meetings

Posted November 25th, 2007 by alansz

2008 - Chicago, IL (Nov 15-17, roughly)
2009 - Boston, MA (Nov 21-23, roughly)

Call for Papers: SJDM 2008 annual meeting

Posted March 31st, 2008 by alansz

Online submission for the 2008 SJDM annual meeting (November 15-17 in Chicago, IL) is now available. You can read the call for papers at http://www.sjdm.org/files/programs/2008-cfp.txt and access the online submission system at http://sql.sjdm.org. The deadline for submissions is June 15, 2008.

The future of EADM

Posted December 12th, 2007 by alansz

The article below was published by European Association of Decision Making (EADM) president Robin Hogarth in the latest EADM newsletter:

As a professional organization, EADM is a strange animal. It comes to life every two years for the SPUDM conference and then essentially hibernates in the interim. In fact, SPUDM predates EADM and it is important to recall that EADM was created to ensure the continuity of SPUDM conferences. So perhaps that’s all it should do?  read more »

Other upcoming meetings

Posted November 24th, 2007 by alansz

The 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, being held in Philadelphia in October 2008. The meeting theme is "Comparative Effectiveness Research". To submit an abstract, go to ABSTRACTS or to learn more about the SMDM 30th Annual Meeting, go to MEETING.