Apl. Prof. Dr. Gebhard Geiger
Academic Career and Research Areas
Prof. Geiger's (*1948) field of research is the area of the methodological and mathematical foundations of risk and decision theory in Operations Research and of safety and security research in the natural, engineering and social sciences. Prof. Geiger studied physics and mathematics at the Universities of Freiburg (Breisgau/Germany), München (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität) and Cambridge (UK) as well as philosophy and political science at LMU, TUM and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He received a PhD in physics from LMU (1977), an MA in political science from UCLA (1981) and a PhD ("habilitation") in philosophy of science from TUM (1987). He has been teaching methodology and philosophy of science as a Supernumerary Professor at TUM since 2008.
Key Publications
Geiger G: „Multi-attribute non-expected utility“. Annals of Operations Research. 2012; 196, 263-292.
AbstractGeiger G: “An axiomatic account of status quo-dependent, non-expected utility: pragmatic constraints on rational choice under risk.” Mathematical Social Sciences. 2008; 55, 116–142.
AbstractGeiger G: “Evolutionary Instability: Logical and Material Aspects of a Unified Theory of Biosocial Evolution”. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer Verlag, 1990.
AbstractGeiger G: "Sociobiology and the Structural Stability of Behavior Patterns". Mathematical Biosciences. 1989; 93, 117 - 145.
AbstractGeiger, G: ”Finite Prandtl Number Convection in Spherical Shells" (mit Riahi, N und Busse, F). Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics. 1982; 20, 307 - 318.
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