Biography
Adelson Teh Ming Wei is a Research Fellow under the Chan Heng Chee Research Fellowship at the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities in the Singapore University of Technology and Design.
Adelson is an experimental and behavioural economist. His research centres on using experiments to better understand what shapes and determines how individuals make decisions and interact with one another.
Adelson holds degrees from University College London (BSc (Econ) Economics with Honours (First Class), 2018), the London School of Economics and Political Science (MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, 2019), and Cornell University (PhD in Economics, 2026).
He is supporting Harvey, Sam and team on the “Design Good Public Spaces: A Generative Design Tool and Guidelines for Creating Everyone a Good Public Space” project and other projects under Urban Psychology Lab.
Education
- PhD in Economics, Cornell University, United States of America (2026)
- MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom (2019)
- BSc (Econ) Economics with Honours (First Class), University College London, United Kingdom (2018)
Publications
- Belot, Michèle, and Teh, Adelson. (2024). Go Vegan? Prejudice, (Blind) Experimentation, and Food Choices. AEA Papers and Proceedings, 114:666-71. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20241089