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Yohanes Eko Riyanto
Professor of Economics | Chair, School of Social Sciences
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
I am an experimental and behavioral economist. My research uses controlled laboratory experiments to study how people make decisions in financial markets, social networks, and institutional environments, integrating theoretical insights with experimental methodology to explore how individuals navigate information and incentives.
My work has appeared in the Journal of Finance, Management Science, Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Theory, Review of Economics and Statistics, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, Experimental Economics, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, and Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, among others.
Beyond my research, I serve as Chair of the School of Social Sciences at NTU, a school spanning Economics, Psychology, Public Policy and Global Affairs, and Sociology, and as Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
Prior to this, I served as Associate Dean for Research of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and have held several school-level positions spanning research, academic affairs, and undergraduate education. My work has been recognised by the Vernon L. Smith Award for Excellence in Experimental Finance (2020) and was a finalist for the Exeter Prize in Experimental Economics, Decision Theory, and Behavioral Economics (2016). My research has attracted competitive funding from various bodies, including Singapore's National Research Foundation, Ministry of Education, Economic Development Board, Temasek Lab, AI Singapore, and the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, reflecting work that reaches well beyond economics into other fields.
My teaching spans behavioral economics, experimental methods, and microeconomics at NTU. Outside the classroom, I have engaged with government agencies and industry partners, including Singapore's Land Transport Authority, Economic Development Board, and Ministry of Social and Family Development, on applied research. A collaboration with ENGIE and ERI@N through the PowerZ initiative explored whether information disclosure and behavioral design could encourage more energy-efficient choices in practice.