Announcing the 2023 Fox CARD-Ipsos Dissertation Proposal Award

This collaborative initiative serves to recognize PhD dissertation proposals that explore the complexities of decision-making and related topics through an interdisciplinary lens.

New York, November 6, 2023 – Ipsos, one of the largest market research companies globally, is pleased to announce the second annual CARD-Ipsos Dissertation Proposal Award, a competition honoring innovation and excellence in decision-making research.

Organized by the Center for Applied Research in Decision Making (CARD) at Temple University’s Fox School of Business in partnership with Ipsos, this collaborative initiative serves to recognize PhD dissertation proposals that explore the complexities of decision-making and related topics through an interdisciplinary lens.

From now through November 30, 2023, the competition will accept entries from eligible doctoral students. Given the relevance of decision-making research to a broad range of industries and academic fields, proposals may be submitted from candidates in any discipline, including (but not limited to) marketing, management, information systems, psychology, economics, and neuroscience.

A panel of experts from Ipsos and CARD will evaluate these proposals on criteria including theoretical rigor, methodological innovation, and the potential impact of the findings for business and society.

In keeping with Ipsos’ focus on innovative research techniques and the mission of the Center for Applied Research and Decision Making (CARD), proposals that make creative use of multiple methods (e.g., survey data, qualitative research, behavioral observations, implicit measurements, real-world data, and physiological and brain signals, such as eye tracking, facial coding, heart rate, GSR, EEG, fNIRS and fMRI) will be viewed favorably.

The winner and runner-up will be announced in spring 2024.

The CARD-Ipsos Dissertation Proposal Award is part of an extensive and ongoing partnership between Ipsos and CARD, which has furthered both CARD’s boundary-pushing scholarship and Ipsos’ investment in research methodologies that provide clients and partners with a total understanding of societies, markets, and people.

To learn more, visit: https://www.fox.temple.edu/faculty-research/institutes-centers/center-applied-research-decision-making/fox-card-ipsos-dissertation-proposal-award

For further information, please contact:

Kate Silverstein
Media Relations, U.S.
+1 (718) 755-8829
[email protected]

The author(s)

  • Manuel Garcia-Garcia, PhD
    Global Lead of Neuroscience, Global Science Organization

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