Prof. Jorgen Weibull
Professor, Stockholm School of Economics and Affiliated Professor of mathematical statistics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Prof. Jorgen Weibull is a Swedish mathematician and economist who studied at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) earning his Master’s degree in physics and applied mathematics followed by Ph.D. in applied mathematics. His main field of research is non-cooperative and evolutionary game theory, with applications to economics, political science, and evolutionary biology.
Apart from being a full-time professor during his tenure, he has been associated with several other prestigious committees such as being the Member of the organizing committee for the Nobel Symposium on Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2001; Department chairman, Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, 2005-2007; and Member of the Council of the Econometric Society, 2017-2020, etc.
A recipient of several honors and fellowships, some of his notable recognitions have been: Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1998 – present); Recipient of the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Prize in Economic Science, 1999; Fellow of Econometric Society (1999 – present); Fellow of the European Economic Association (2004 – present); and the Honorary doctor at the Swedish School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland, 2009.