Philip Eyrikson Tetlock
Regular biography
Philip Eyrikson Tetlock is a Professor in the Management Department at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on forecasting and decision processes. Tetlock's work explores how individuals and groups make predictions about future events and the factors influencing decision-making. He is affiliated with the Annenberg Penn-Integrative-Knowledge Professor title and maintains a profile page at https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/tetlock. His research interests include forecasting and decision processes, with a focus on understanding how people update their beliefs and make predictions in complex environments.
Scholar-generated biography
Philip E. Tetlock is an Annenberg University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in judgment & decision making, political psychology, organizational behavior, intelligence analysis, and forecasting. His research explores how accountability influences judgment and choice, with a focus on political and organizational contexts. Tetlock's work includes examining the psychology behind taboo trade-offs, forbidden base rates, and heretical counterfactuals. He has authored influential works such as 'Expert Political Judgment' and 'Superforecasting,' which highlight the art and science of prediction. His studies also address the impact of accountability on cognitive processes and the role of social and cognitive strategies in decision-making.