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Laurel Austin is an Associate Professor in Management Science. She uses behavioural and decision science methods to study individual decision making under risk and uncertainty. She uses this knowledge to develop communications and other interventions to improve peoples’ decision making and risk management. She is currently studying the shift to digital decision aids and virtual medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic, funded by a Western University Catalyst grant. Funded by SSHRC, she is also examining youth and young adult vaping decisions, currently focused on how the pandemic has impacted vaping behaviours. She teaches courses on decision making and risk management in organizations at the HBA, MSc and MBA levels.
Prior to joining Ivey, Laurel was an Associate Professor of Strategic Decision Making and Risk Management at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. She has published research on medical decision making, insurance decisions and behaviour, occupational safety, computer supported group decision making, and adolescent risk decisions. She earned her PhD in Management and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, and an MSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering at University of Michigan.
Prior to joining Ivey, Laurel was an Associate Professor of Strategic Decision Making and Risk Management at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. She has published research on medical decision making, insurance decisions and behaviour, occupational safety, computer supported group decision making, and adolescent risk decisions. She earned her PhD in Management and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, and an MSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering at University of Michigan.