Falk Lieder
Assistant Professor · University of California, Los Angeles · University of California, Los Angeles
Quick answer: Falk Lieder is Assistant Professor at University of California, Los Angeles. Falk Lieder shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ I am currently looking for 1-2 graduate students and a postdoc who want to leverage computational modeling and/or behavioral experiments to investigate decision-making and reinforcement learning in social dilemmas and related questions about morality, rational altruism, or societal decision-making. Please visit our get involved page if you are interested in joining the lab at some point.
Research interests
I aim to do research that generates insights into morality, rationality, and altruism that can inform efforts to improve society and the future of humanity. My current focus is on moral learning and moral decision-making. My lab’s multidisciplinary approaches include computational and mathematical modeling, online and field experiments, Large Language Models, intervention studies, machine learning, questionnaires, and experience sampling. I am currently looking for 1-2 graduate students and a postdoc who want to leverage computational modeling and/or behavioral experiments to investigate decision-making and reinforcement learning in social dilemmas and related questions about morality, rational altruism, or societal decision-making. Please visit our get involved page if you are interested in joining the lab at some point.
Selected publications (since 2023)
1. Maier, M.1, Cheung, V.1, Lieder, F. (under review) Metacognitive Learning from Consequences of Past Choices Shapes Moral Decision-Making. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/gjf3h?view_only=
2. Cheung, V.1; Maier, M.1, & Lieder F. (under review) Large Language Models Amplify Human Biases in Moral Decision-Making. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/gjf3h?view_only=
3. Becker, F., Wirzberger, M., Pammer-Schindler, V., Srinivas, S., & Lieder, F. (2023). Systematic metacognitive reflection helps people discover far-sighted decision strategies: a process-tracing experiment. Judgment and Decision Making, 18, E15. doi:10.1017/jdm.2023.16
4. Krueger, P. M.1, Callaway, F.1, Gul, S., Griffiths, T. L*., & Lieder, F.* (2024). Identifying resource-rational heuristics for risky choice. Psychological Rev
Frequently asked questions
Is Falk Lieder hiring PhD students at University of California, Los Angeles?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Falk Lieder's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: I am currently looking for 1-2 graduate students and a postdoc who want to leverage computational modeling and/or behavioral experiments to investigate decision-making and reinforcement learning in so.
What does Falk Lieder research?
I aim to do research that generates insights into morality, rationality, and altruism that can inform efforts to improve society and the future of humanity. My current focus is on moral learning and moral decision-making. My lab’s multidisciplinary approaches include computational and mathematical m
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