Dr. Detlof von Winterfeldt
Professor of Public Policy and Management Director, Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorist Events (CREATE)
University of Southern California
Ronald Tutor Hall, Room 310
University Park Campus
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2902
winterfe@usc.edu
(213) 740 0898

Biography
Dr. Detlof von Winterfeldt is the Director of the Center. He is a Professor of Public Policy and Management and Deputy Dean of USC's School of Policy, Planning and Development. He is an expert in decision and risk analysis with particular interest in the application of these fields to environmental, technology, and safety problems.

Education
Dr. von Winterfeldt received his Ph.D. in mathematical psychology from the University of Michigan.

Experience

• Director, CREATE; Deputy Dean, SPPD
• Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, SPPD
• Chair, Systems Science Department (ISSM)
  

Research Interests

• Decision Analysis
• Risk Analysis
• Environmental and Technology Management
• Safety and Security

Recent Publications

• Kavet, R., Mohan, M., & von Winterfeldt, D. (2008). Assessing the value of environmental information when subsequent acts are uncertain. Submitted to Decision Analysis.
• von Winterfeldt, D. and Fasolo, B. (2008). Structuring problems for decision analysis: Concepts, tools, and an example. European Journal of Operational Research, forthcoming.
• Eppel, T. & von Winterfeldt, D. (2008). Value of information analysis for nuclear waste storage tanks, Decision Analysis, 5, 157-167.
• Carlson, K.A. and eight co-authors, including von Winterfeldt, D. (2008). A theoretical framework for goal-based choice and for prescriptive analysis. Marketing Letters, 19, 241-254.
• Rosoff, H., & von Winterfeldt, D. (2007). A risk and economic analysis of dirty bomb attacks on the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Risk Analysis, 27, pp. 533-546. (selected as the best article in decision science in Risk Analysis in 2007).