University of Basel

Faculty of
Psychology

Faculty of Psychology

Cognitive and Decision Sciences

The Center for Cognitive and Decision Sciences (CDS) investigates how people of all ages make decisions. Our goal is to understand the mechanisms underlying decision making to ultimately help individuals and organizations make better, informed choices.

Our Mission: To understand and improve human decision-making through the use and development of evidence-based practices

What we do

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Research

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Events

Teaching

Teaching

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BSc Project

Applied Data Science

Applied Decision Science

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MSc Project

Activities and Networks

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SED

Social, Economic, and Decision Psychology

Learn about events, publications, and ongoing research concerning social, economic, and decision psychology.

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Interdisciplinary Networks

Bernoulli Network for the Behavioral Sciences

The Bernoulli Network for the Behavioral Sciences is a joint initiative of the Faculty of Psychology and the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Basel, with the aim of fostering interdisciplinary dialogue in the behavioral sciences.

Responsible Digital Society

Interdisciplinary Networks

Responsible Digital Society

The network focuses on the digital transformation and its social, ethical, legal, economic, psychological, and political consequences through scientific exchange on artificial intelligence, data-driven research. The network seeks to strengthen the critical interdisciplinary dialogue on these topics inside and outside the University of Basel.

Sustainable future

Interdisciplinary Networks

Sustainable Future

The network serves to coordinate and strengthen interdisciplinary research in the field of sustainability at the University of Basel across the boundaries of departments and faculties. All participants in the network focus on the joint development of large projects and initiatives in the three thematic focus areas Energy and Climate, GeoBio-Diversity, and Sustainable Digital World.

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The R Bootcamp for Professionals and Academics

Data Analytics Courses

Learn R from data scientists who have jointly spent over 25 years doing data science with R for both research and industry. Our goal is to help you learn the skills needed to discover and communicate insights from data and join the data revolution.

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LinkedIn Group

AlumniPsychologie Basel

AlumniPsychologie aims to connect and support alumni of the Faculty of Psychology by facilitating social and professional exchange. If you are interested in psychology-related talks, networking events, and staying in touch with the Faculty of Psychology and the University of Basel, please join the AlumniPsychologie group on LinkedIn.

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Center for Cognitive and Decision Sciences
Missionsstrasse 64A | 4055 Basel 

Administration: Laura Wiles 
Phone: +41 61 207 04 40 
Office hours: Mon, Tues, Thurs 08:30-14:30 / Fri 08:30-11:30

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