Brian HILL

CNRS Research Professor

Economics and Decision Sciences

hill@hec.fr http://www.hec.fr/hill
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Biography

Brian Hill is Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and CNRS Research Professor in the Economics and Decision Sciences at HEC Paris. He is also Academic Director of the Inclusive Economy Centre in the Sustainability & Organizations Institute (S&O) at HEC Paris.

After completing studies in mathematics, logic and philosophy, his research career has largely been related to economics, notably concerning decision and uncertainty. He has published in top economics, philosophy and management journals, including American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Economic Theory, Games and Economic Behavior, Economics and Philosophy, Mind, Philosophy of Science, Synthese and Management Science. He has received the CNRS Bronze Medal for early-career researchers.

One of his recent research programs has focused on what counts as a rational reaction to severe uncertainty or “ambiguity”. It attempts to marry theoretical insights and tools from economics and philosophy, with an eye on practical consequences for the handling of uncertainty in concrete decisions, such as those involving environmental policy. (See here for a presentation.)

Another main current research program is centred on pro-social attitudes of consumers, such as their attitudes towards inequalities embedded in the goods they buy. The aim is to investigate their determinants, the format and character of socially relavant information that regulates their manifestations, and possibilities for harnessing them to mitigate social injustices. (See here for a presentation.)

 

 

Scientific articles

Confidence in preferences

Social Choice and Welfare, July 2012, vol. 39, n° 2/3, pp 273-302,

Defending the Ramsey Test: What is wrong with Preservation?

Mind, January 2012, vol. 121, n° 481, pp 131-146,

A Contraction-free and Cut-free Sequent Calculus for Propositional Dynamic Logic

Studia Logica, 2010, vol. 94, n° 1, pp 1-26, (in coll. with F. Poggiolesi)

An additively separable representation in the Savage framework

Journal of Economic Theory, September 2010, vol. 145, n° 5, pp 2044-2054,

Awareness Dynamics

Journal of Philosophical Logics, April 2010, vol. 39, n° 2, pp 113-137,

Logic of change, Change of logic

Synthese, November 2009, vol. 171, n° 2, pp 227-234, (in coll. with O. Majer, H. van Ditmarsch)

Le problème dynamique de l'induction

Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review/Revue canadienne de philosophie, 3 February 2009, vol. 48, n° 4, pp 701-715,

When is there state independence?

Journal of Economic Theory, 2 December 2009, vol. 144, n° 3, pp 1119-1134,

Living without state-independence of utilities

Theory and Decision, October 2009, vol. 67, n° 4, pp 405-433,

Towards a "Sophisticated" Model of Belief Dynamics. Part I: The General Framework

Studia Logica, June 2008, vol. 89, n° 1, pp 1-29,

Chapters in edited books

Working papers

Confidence in preferences

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2009

An additively separable representation in the Savage framework

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2007

Dynamic Awareness

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2007

Living without state-independence of utilities

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2007

The (topo)logic of vagueness

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2007

Three Analyses of Sour Grapes

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2007

Towards a "sophisticated" model of belief dynamics

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2007

When is there state independence

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2007

Scientific articles

A Non-Bayesian Theory of State-Dependent Utility

Econometrica, July 2019, vol. 87, n° 4, pp 1341-1366,

An analytic calculus for the intuitionistic logic of proofs

Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 2019, vol. 60, n° 3, pp 353-393, (in coll. with F. POGGIOLESI)

Confidence in belief and rational decision making

Economics and Philosophy, July 2019, vol. 35, n° 2, pp 223-258,

Combining probability with qualitative degree-of-certainty metrics in assessment

Climatic Change, August 2018, vol. 149, n° 3-4, pp 517-525, (in coll. with C. HELGESON, R. BRADLEY)

Chapters in edited books

Working papers

Combining Probability with Qualitative Degree-of-Certainty Metrics in Assessment

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

Confidence in Beliefs and Rational Decision Making

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

Climate Change Assessments: Confidence, Probability and Decision

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016

Uncertainty Aversion, Multi Utility Representations and State Independence of Utility

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2015

Education

  • Habilitation a diriger des recherches (Qualified Research Supervisor), Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne - France
  • Doctorat de Philosophie (Ph.D. in Philosophy), Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne - France
  • Masters de Mathematiques et Informatique, Logique Mathematique et Fondements de l'Informatique , Université Paris Diderot - France
  • DEA de Philosophie, Histoire et Philosophie des Sciences , Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne - France
  • Cambridge Advanced Certificate in Mathematics, University of Cambridge - United Kingdom
  • B.A. in Mathematics, University of Cambridge - United Kingdom

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2020- CNRS Research Professor, Economics and Decision Science HEC Paris
  • 2007- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Econometric Society
  • Association Francaise de Sciences Economiques (A.F.S.E.)

Editorial activities

  • October 2011- Member of programme committee of LORI-III (Third International Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction), Guangzhou

    • Conference organisation

  • 2013-2013 Workshop on decision making under uncertainty and beyond
  • 2010-2010 Member, Scientific Committee: ParisTech - Journal of Economic Theory Conference on Inequality and Risk
  • Member of scientific committee of RUD12 (Risk, Uncertainty and Decision), Evanston
  • Co-organiser of D-TEA, HEC Paris, April 2009, June 2010, June 2011
  • Co-organiser of Paris Workshop in Incomplete Preferences, March 2011
  • Four-day internal seminar at Aussois (main organiser : Philippe MONGIN)
  • Workshop From Social Choice Theory to Logical Aggregation Theory (GREGHEC, LAMSADE, CERSES; main organizers from GREGHEC: Philippe Mongin and Brian Hill)
  • Co-organiser of the Prague International Colloquium « Logic of Change, Change of Logic », September 2008, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Co-organiser of the seminar « Décision et Rationalité », GREGHEC et IHPST, 2007

    • Awards & honors

    • 2014 Medaille de bronze du CNRS