Prof. Eric S. Maskin
Adams University Professor (Departments of Economics and Mathematics), Harvard
Prof. Maskin is a 2007 Nobel Laureate, honored in the field of Economics, for having laid the foundations of Mechanism Design – a theory for achieving social or economic goals through the design of institutions or procedures.
He received his A.B. and Ph.D from Harvard and was a postdoctoral fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge University. He was a faculty member at MIT (1977-1984), Harvard (1985-2000), and the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2000-2011). He rejoined the Harvard faculty in 2012. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Econometric Society, and the European Economic Association, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. He has been president of the Econometric Society, the Game Theory Society, and the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory. He is the recipient of 17 honorary doctorates. Prof. Maskin is particularly known for his papers on mechanism design/implementation theory and has worked in other areas of economics, such as game theory, political economy, and contract theory.