Cass R. Sunstein

Cass R. Sunstein is the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard University, where he is also the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School. He is best known for co-authoring the book Nudge with Richard H. Thaler and for his influential work on behavioral economics, regulatory policy, and constitutional law. He previously served as Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs from 2009 to 2012 and was awarded the Holberg Prize in 2018. His academic work includes co-authoring the seminal paper Availability Cascades and Risk Regulation with Timur Kuran, published in the Stanford Law Review in 1999.