David G. Rand

David G. Rand is a Visiting Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Bridging the fields of cognitive science, behavioral economics, and social psychology, his research combines behavioral experiments with mathematical and computational models to understand people’s attitudes, beliefs, and choices. His work focuses on why people believe and share misinformation, understanding political psychology and polarization, and promoting human cooperation. He received his BA in computational biology from Cornell University in 2004 and his PhD in systems biology from Harvard University in 2009. He was a post-doctoral researcher in Harvard University’s Department of Psychology from 2009 to 2013 and an Assistant and then Associate Professor (with tenure) of Psychology, Economics, and Management at Yale University prior to joining MIT Sloan.

David G. Rand is a researcher in Information Science, Marketing, and Psychology at Cornell University. His work focuses on misinformation, social media, AI, polarization, and computational social science. Rand's research explores how misinformation spreads online, the psychological factors influencing susceptibility to fake news, and strategies to combat misinformation through behavioral interventions. His studies also examine the role of social dynamics, cooperation, and human behavior in digital environments. Rand has published extensively on topics such as the impact of partisan fake news, the effectiveness of accuracy-nudge interventions, and the influence of social heuristics on cooperation. His research bridges computational methods with behavioral science to understand and address challenges in digital communication.