M. Asher Lawson

Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences, INSEAD



Piet Mondrian - Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow (1930) ~ Public Domain

About

I am an Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences at INSEAD.

I completed my doctoral studies at Duke University in the Fuqua School of Business after receiving a BA in Economics and Management from the University of Oxford.

My research focuses on cognitive and gender biases in organisations and society. Using computational and experimental methods, I look at the structural and cognitive antecedents of biases and their relationship with real-world outcomes.

This research addresses questions such as:

  • Why do decision biases arise? Are there domain-general strategies to mitigate them?

  • How does hiring women change stereotypes? How do these stereotypes shape women's experiences in the workplace?

This website contains details of my academic research activities. For my musings on decision-making, statistics, and occasionally sports, see my Twitter.

Contact: asher dot lawson at insead dot edu // Twitter // LinkedIn