Honorary Academician
Social Sciences: PhD in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University, Professor of Social Sciences at Princeton University
Date of admission: June 8, 2016
Admission speech: “Nash equilibrium and welfare optimality”
Reply speech: H.E. Dr. Joan-Francesc Corona Ramon
Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2007: He received the Nobel Prize for his work on the theory of mechanism design, a branch of game theory that studies how to design economic or political rules leading to desired outcomes, even when participants act selfishly or with incomplete information.
Dr. ERIC S. MASKIN
- Born on December 12, 1950, in the United States.
UNIVERSITY DEGREES
- A.B. in Mathematics, Harvard University (1972).
- A.M. in Applied Mathematics, Harvard University (1974).
- Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Harvard University (1976).
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Adams University Professor, Harvard University (since 2012).
- Professor of Economics and Mathematics, Harvard University (1985–2000, 2012– ).
- Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (1977–84).
- Visiting Professor, Princeton University (2000–2012).
- Albert O. Hirschman Professor of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2000–2011).
AWARDS AND HONOURS
- Nobel Prize in Economics (2007, with L. Hurwicz and R. Myerson) for his contributions to mechanism design theory.
- Fellow of the Econometric Society (1981).
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1994).
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2008).
- Honorary Member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors (RAED) (2016).
- Recipient of Honorary Doctorates from Bard College (2008), Corvinus University of Budapest (2008), Université Libre de Bruxelles (2010), Universidad del Norte of Paraguay (2011), University of Cambridge (2017, Doctor of Science), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2018), University of Alicante (2022), and West University of Timisoara, Romania (2023).
- Pioneer in mechanism design theory, the foundation of modern incentive theory and information economics.
- Extensive academic and outreach work in universities and international forums on game theory, welfare economics, and voting systems.
