Matthew Benjamin Stephensen

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her!

Prøveforelesning begynner kl 10.15

Prøveforelesning har tittelen: “Ways to Conduct a Lens Model Analysis of Judging Risk in Applied Settings”

Prøveforelesningen vil også bli strømmet/the trail lecture will also be streamed!

Disputas begynner kl 12.15

Disputasen vil bli strømmet her/ the defence will be streamed here!

Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn.

A recording of the disputation will be available for 24 hours.

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

Risk and uncertainty characterise most human endeavours. Whether judging risk when buying a house, making a career change, considering marriage, or simply ordering food at an unfamiliar restaurant, each decision involves evaluating evidence to infer the likelihood of negative outcomes. Such decisions are often marked by uncertainty, the condition of incomplete knowledge about the likelihoods of possible outcomes, which can originate from the unpredictability of the environment or the cognitive limitations of the decision maker. Using the exemplary case of decision making in avalanche terrain, this thesis investigates how experienced individuals (backcountry skiers) perform a complex decision task (judging avalanche risk and deciding whether to ski) in a highly uncertain environment (avalanche terrain). The findings have theoretical and applied relevance for backcountry skiing in avalanche terrain and more broadly in other fields of applied risk judgments and decisions.

Hovedveileder

Førsteamanuensis Torsten Martiny-Huenger, Institutt for psykologi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komité

Biveileder

Førsteamanuensis Audun Hetland, Institutt for psykologi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Senior Research Scientist Christin Schulze, Center for Adaptive Rationality, the Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Bedømmelseskomité

Professor Rolf Reber, University of Oslo – 1. Opponent

Professor Mandeep Dhami, Middlesex University, London - 2. opponent

Professor James McCutcheon, Institutt for psykologi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komité

Disputasleder: Professor Martin Eisemann, Institutt for psykologi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Stephensen disputerer for pr.philos-graden i helsevitenskap og vil offentlig forsvare avhandlingen: “Shaping the Perception of Risk: Investigating a Paradigmatic Case of Applied Decision Making under Uncertainty”

Stephensen disputerer for pr.philos-graden i helsevitenskap og vil offentlig forsvare avhandlingen:

“Shaping the Perception of Risk: Investigating a Paradigmatic Case of Applied Decision Making under Uncertainty”