Prof. Giuseppe Ugazio Awarded a Grant
GFRI's Prof. Giuseppe Ugazio was awarded a 2-year research grant for his research project "Artificial Intelligence and Philanthropy" (joint with his colleague Joost Monks and the Geneva Center for Philanthropy).
Giuseppe Ugazio is the Edmond the Rothschild Assistant Professor in Behavioral Philanthropy at the Geneva Finance Research Insitute. He holds two Doctorates in Philosophy and in Neuroeconomics from the University of Zurich.
He is an interdisciplinary behavioral scientist studying the neuro-psychological mechanisms that drive complex human social behaviors. Using interdisciplinary experimental methods he probes the affective, cognitive, and behavioral control mechanisms that support social decision-making. In particular, his research focuses on understanding how these decision mechanisms compete and interact to drive choices related to philanthropy. To understand philanthropy, he is also developing an AI approach to disclose motivations to engage in prosocial endeavors looking in particular at the role played by emotions and moral values.
Prof. Ugazio is the Co-Director of the CAS in Operational Philanthropy program.