Prof. Gerd Gigerenzer, long-time director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, heads the Harding Centre for Risk Literacy at the University of Potsdam and was vice-president of the European Research Council (ERC). He was a professor at the University of Chicago and John M. Olin Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Basel, the Open University of the Netherlands, and the University of Southampton. Gigerenzer has received the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) award for the best journal article in the behavioural sciences, the German Psychology Prize and the Communicator Prize. He trains managers, doctors and American federal judges in dealing with risks and uncertainties. The Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute has named Gigerenzer one of the 100 most influential thinkers in the world.