What we do
The Centre for Decision Research brings together researchers from across the University of Leeds, who have an interest in human decision making.
Founded in March 1996, the Centre for Decision Research has a strong multi-disciplinary focus that has led to research collaborations across a wide range of academic disciplines.
Members of the Centre carry out a broad range of decision research, much of it funded externally. They publish extensively in academic journals, edited books and practitioner journals, as well as presenting at major national and international conferences.
News and events
QS rankings success for MSc programme
Wednesday 26 September 2018
MSc in Business Analytics and Decision Sciences has been ranked in the top 50 worldwide and top 10 in the UK by QS.
Success for CDR in Women of Achievement Awards 2018
Thursday 20 September 2018
Awards celebrating the significant contributions and impact the winners have made across the University and beyond.
Co-leadership role at World Meteorological Organization
Friday 15 June 2018
Andrea Taylor joins the High Impact Weather (HIWeather) communication theme.
Dutch newspaper reports evacuation research
Tuesday 15 May 2018
New evacuation model offers a more realistic perspective on human behaviour.
CDR seminar series: full 2018/19 semester 1 listings
3 Oct 2018 - 12 Dec 2018
Full details of the semester one CDR seminar series for 2018/19.
Choosing social and environmental sustainability: how executives resolve the problems of competing commitments in decision-making
7 November 2018
Catherine Tilley, a Doctoral Student at the Institute of Manufacturing at Cambridge University, will be delivering this Centre for Decision Research (CDR) seminar.
When you made the wrong decision: Post-decision coping with decisions in conflict with experts and/or objective facts
28 November 2018
Ola Svenson (Decision Research Oregon USA and Stockholm University) presents this CDR seminar.
Do you recycle while others are watching? Personality, identity, visibility, and 21 pro-environmental behaviours
5 December 2018
Cameron Brick's seminar is co-hosted by CDR and the School of Psychology.