12 Facts About Kenneth Binmore

Kenneth Binmore took up economics after holding the Chair of Mathematics at the London School of Economics.

Kenneth Binmore has written over 100 scholarly papers and 14 books.

Kenneth Binmore began his experimental work in the 1980s when most economists thought that game theory would not work in the laboratory.

Hume inspired Kenneth Binmore to contribute to a naturalistic science of morals that seeks foundations for Rawlsian ideas about fairness norms in biological and social evolution.

In Game Theory and the Social Contract Kenneth Binmore proposes a naturalistic reinterpretation of John Rawls' original position that reconciles his egalitarian theory of justice with John Harsanyi's utilitarian theory.

In 1995 Kenneth Binmore became one of the founding directors of the Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution, an interdisciplinary research centre involving economists, psychologists, anthropologists and mathematicians based at University College London.

Kenneth Binmore went on to design and implement 3G spectrum auctions in Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Israel and Hong Kong.

Kenneth Binmore is Emeritus Professor of Economics at University College London, Visiting Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol and visiting professor in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at the London School of Economics.

Kenneth Binmore has held similar positions at the London School of Economics, Caltech, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan.

Kenneth Binmore is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and the British Academy.

Kenneth Binmore was appointed a CBE in the New Year's Honours List 2001 for contributions to game theory and to designing the UK 3G telecommunications auctions.

Kenneth Binmore was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002.