Joe Árvai
Joe Árvai is jointly appointed between the School for Environment and Sustainability and the Ross School of Business. Joe is an internationally recognized expert in the risk and decision sciences; his research has two main areas of emphasis: First, Joe and his research group conduct experiments focused on advancing our understanding of how people process information and make decisions, with a specific emphasis on how people make trade-offs.
Second, Joe and his team conduct research focused on developing and testing decision-aiding tools and approaches that people can use to improve decision quality across a wide range of environmental, social and economic contexts. Joe’s research is applied, and it accounts for decision-making by a broad spectrum of public and stakeholder groups, as well as by technical experts, business leaders and policy makers.