The Society for Judgment and Decision Making
The Society for Judgment and Decision Making is an interdisciplinary academic organization dedicated to the study of normative, descriptive, and prescriptive theories of judgments and decisions. Its members include psychologists, economists, organizational researchers, decision analysts, and other decision researchers. The Society's primary event is its Annual Meeting, at which Society members present their research. It also publishes the journal
Judgment and Decision Making. Information about SJDM membership is here.
SJDM DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM 2026
Join us on May 12, 2026, for the fourth annual SJDM Doctoral Symposium! This event is open to PhD students and postdocsinterested in judgment and decision making (JDM)and related fields—no matter your program or career stage.
The symposium will feature three panels:
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Panel 1: Navigating the Early PhD Years
How do you set yourself up for success in your program? This panel will focus on building strong foundations, including managing coursework, developing research skills, finding mentorship, and creating sustainable habits. Especially helpful for those early in their PhD, but relevant to all. -
Panel 2: Spotlight Session: Learning from Early-Career Success
Presentations from the 2025 SJDM Best Poster Award winners, followed by a conversation about their work, PhD journeys, and experiences navigating early success in JDM. -
Panel 3: Preparing for What Comes Next
What happens after the PhD? This panel will focus on the transition to the next stage, including discussion of academic and non-academic job markets, positioning your research, and making strategic decisions as you approach graduation. Especially helpful for those closer to the job market, but again, relevant to all.
Here is the link to register: https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_blpZmgMiBRlmvZk
Panelists include:
* Early PhD Experience Panel:Antonia Krefeld-Schwalb (Erasmus), Eeshan Hasan (Ohio State), Mohin Banker (Cornerstone Research)
* SJDM Poster Awards Presentations + Student Panel: Lauren Treiman (WashU), Linnea Gandhi (Penn), Max Spohn (Harvard), Qingyang Wang (UCLA)
* Late PhD Experience Panel:Ada Aka (Stanford), Stephen Spiller (UCLA), Yoel Inbar (Toronto)
Looking forward to “seeing” you there!
2026 Doctoral Symposium Committee
Ellen Evers
Ioannis Evangelidis
Margaret Echelbarger
Will Hayes
SJDM Annual Meeting 2026
SJDM Featured Research list (2026, Issue 2)
- Costello, T. H., Pelrine, K., Kowal, M., Arechar, A. A., Godbout, J.-F., Gleave, A., Rand, D., & Pennycook, G. (2026). Large language models can effectively convince people to believe conspiracies. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.05050
– What we love about this paper is how it helps us understand the role of AI in promoting and debunking misinformation. Preregistration and open practices enhance credibility. - Becker, J., Almaatouq, A., & Horvát, E.-Á. (2021). Network Structures of Collective Intelligence: The Contingent Benefits of Group Discussion. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2009.07202
– What we love about this paper is how it attempts to reconcile conflicting findings on whether groups come to more or less accurate judgments than do individuals. Preregistration and open practices enhance credibility. - Strueder, J. D., Looi, T., Clark, P. M., Cockburn, J., & Windschitl, P. D. (2026). Optimistic Predictions Under Uncertainty: Active Information Search Both Supports and Constrains Motivated Bias [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/pm6k4_v1/
– What we love about this paper is how it digs down into the processes that enable and constrain desirability biases and wishful thinking. Preregistration and open practices enhance credibility. - Sun, C., Cryder, C., & Rick, S. (2025). A Co-Branding Conundrum: Consumers Underuse CoBranded Credit Cards Outside of Their Featured Brands. SSRN. https://papers.ssrn. com/abstract=4494708
– What we love about this paper is that it identifies a novel error in consumer choice and offers a compelling explanation to account for it. Preregistration and open practices enhance credibility. - Connolly, D. J., & Loewenstein, G. (2026). How Memory Crystallizes the Past: Memories Become More Consistent Over Time Due to Differential, Nonconstant Change. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6030316
– What we love about this paper is that it begins with uncontroversial premises and builds a simple explanation for key features of human memory. Preregistration and open practices enhance credibility.
SJDM Awards
Congratulations to Hengchen Dai (UCLA) for winning the 2026 Early Career Impact Award of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS)!
2025 Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2025 Best Student Poster Award winners, SJDM Best Paper Award winners, Einhorn-Hogarth New Investigator Award winners, Jane Beattie Memorial Scholarship winners and J. Frank Yates Memorial Award winners!
Annual Meeting Presentations Archive
If you presented last year, or will present this year, please consider uploading your presentation slides or poster to the SJDM meeting archive:
Here are are the talks and posters from past and upcoming meetings (including submissions for the student-poster award).
Upload PDF or slides for your accepted poster or talk here (from any year, including this one).
Past and future meetings
Past meeting programs can be found here.Tentative schedule for future meetings:
2026 - San Diego, California, November 20-22
2027 - New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov 18-20
2028 - TBD
SJDM meetings are typically in tandem with those of the
Psychonomic Society, which
provides assistance to us in various ways.
Mailing lists and other email:
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In addition, Decision Science News often has the latest conference deadlines, jobs, and announcements.
2026 Executive Board
Jennifer Trueblood, President 2026Don Moore, Past President 2025
Uri Simonsohn, President Elect 2027
Leif Nelson, Elected Member 2024-2026
Ayelet Gneezy, Elected Member 2025-2027
Jack Soll, Elected Member 2026-2028
Bud Fennema, Secretary-Treasurer (since 2003)
David J. Hardisty, Webmaster (since 2017)
Jon Baron, Journal Editor (since 2006)
Dan Goldstein, Newsletter Editor (since 2006)
Berkeley Dietvorst, Program Chair 2026
Eitan Rude, Student Representative 2026
SJDM is a member of the Federation of Associations of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS).
Web site maintained by Dave Hardisty, Jon Westfall, Jon Baron, Dan Goldstein, & Sumitava Mukherjee, with help from others.
An SJDM website mirror/backup (without mailing lists) is available here.