Philip E. Tetlock

Philip E. Tetlock was born in Canada and completed his undergraduate work at the University of British Columbia before undertaking his doctoral work at Yale University (PhD, 1979). He has served on the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, currently as Annenberg University Professor with appointments in Wharton, psychology, and political science. He has also held positions at the University of California, Berkeley in the prestigious Mitchell Endowed Chair in the Haas School, and The Ohio State University in the Burt Endowed Chair in psychology and political science. Tetlock has also had the honor of being a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford) and the Russell Sage Foundation.

Tetlock has received multiple awards from professional and scientific organizations, including the American Psychological Association, American Political Science Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society of Political Psychology, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences. In addition to these accolades, he has published approximately 200 articles in peer-refereed journals and is the author of several books, one of which is the acclaimed "Superforecasting", published by Penguin Random House.

His research programs have explored a variety of topics, with a primary focus on the challenges of assessing "good judgment" in both laboratory and real-world settings. In addition, Tetlock has delved into understanding the criteria that social scientists use in judging judgment and drawing normative conclusions about bias and error. Aside from his academic exploits, Tetlock is also a seasoned public speaker, offering insights and expertise from his extensive research and writing.