Jing QIAN, Ph.D.

Associate professor, Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University

Member of Chinese Psychological Association, Economic psychology division; Positive psychology division; Learning science division

Dr Qian received her Ph.D. in psychology from University of Warwick, UK. Her research areas are in behavioral economics, positive psychology and economic psychology. Dr. Qian worked as research scientists in Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute, Germany, and also in Center for Decision Sciences, Columbia University, USA. She leads the Mavericks Decision Research lab at Tsinghua University, which focuses on nudging people into better selves, in areas of health, wealth, and well-being. Professor Qian teaches “Introduction to Psychology”, “Mind, Individual and Culture”, “Psychometrics” at the undergraduate level, and “Judgment and Decision Making” at the graduate level. Professor Qian won many teaching excellence awards, and her introduction to psychology courses are very popular among students. Her  MOOC course “Exploring Psychology’s Core Concepts” was awarded national teaching excellence, and over 100,000 learners have enrolled in this course.