BiografÃa / Speaker Info
Eric Maskin, an American, has a recognized academic career that includes a degree in mathematics from Harvard University in 1972.
Eric Maskin is a mathematician, economist, researcher and teacher. He holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Harvard University, a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Cambridge.
He is Professor of Social Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University and holds the Albert O. Hirschman Chair. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Econometric Society where he served as President of the European Economic Association.
Among his awards, he received the Nobel Prize in Economics (2007) together with the economists Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson for having laid the foundations for the design of the theory of market cycles.
