# Philipp Strack

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German economist

Philipp Strack Born 1985 (age 40–41) Bonn, Germany[1] Citizenship German and Greek[2] Academic background Alma mater Bonn Graduate School of Economics (PhD) University of Bonn (Diplom) Doctoral advisor Paul Heidhues[2] Academic work Discipline Mechanism design Information economics Behavioral economics Institutions Yale University Awards John Bates Clark Medal (2024) Website Information at IDEAS / RePEc

**Philipp Strack** (born 1985 in [Germany](/source/Germany)[1]) is a [German](/source/Germans) and [Greek](/source/Greeks) economist and Cowles Foundation Professor of Economics[3] at [Yale University](/source/Yale_University). He is also Director of the [Cowles Foundation](/source/Cowles_Foundation). In 2024, he was awarded the [John Bates Clark Medal](/source/John_Bates_Clark_Medal).[4]

## Early life and education

Strack was born in Bonn, Germany to a Greek mother and a German father.[5] He earned [diploms](/source/Diplom) in economics and mathematics at the [University of Bonn](/source/University_of_Bonn), and he completed his [PhD](/source/PhD) in economics at the [Bonn Graduate School of Economics](/source/Bonn_Graduate_School_of_Economics) in 2013.[2]

## Career

From 2013 to 2014, Strack was a postdoctoral fellow at [Microsoft Research New England](/source/Microsoft_Research). He became an [assistant professor](/source/Assistant_professor) in the economics department at [UC Berkeley](/source/UC_Berkeley) in 2014, where he became an [associate professor](/source/Associate_professor) in 2018. In 2019, he became an associate professor of economics at Yale University. As of 2022, Strack is a [full professor](/source/Professor) of economics and computer science at Yale.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Philipp_Strack,_Professor_of_Economics_at_Yale_University_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Philipp_Strack,_Professor_of_Economics_at_Yale_University_1-1) ["Philipp Strack, Professor of Economics at Yale University"](https://www.bodossaki.gr/en/philipp-strack/). 29 June 2023.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-cv_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-cv_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-cv_2-2) ["Philipp Strack"](https://philippstrack.com/files/CV.pdf) (PDF). *philippstrack.com*. Retrieved 13 June 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Philipp Strack | Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics"](https://cowles.yale.edu/people/philipp-strack). *cowles.yale.edu*. Retrieved 2026-01-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-clark2024_4-0)** ["Philipp Strack, Clark Medalist 2024"](https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/honors-awards/bates-clark/philipp-strack). *American Economic Association*. Retrieved 13 June 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-clark_5-0)** ["Philipp Strack, 2024 Clark Medalist"](https://economics.mit.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/strack%20%282%29_0.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 13 June 2025.

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