Profile of the Speaker

New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science
Faculty Profiles


Steven J. Brams
Professor of Politics
Ph.D. 1966 (political science), Northwestern; B.S. 1962
(economics, politics, and science), Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.

Major Interests: game theory and its applications, particularly in
political science and international relations; social choice theory,
particularly as applied to voting and elections.

Selected Works:

The Win-Win Solution: Guaranteeing Fair Shares to Everybody, with Alan D.
Taylor. W.W. Norton. 1999.

Fair Division: From Cake-Cutting to Dispute Resolution, with Alan D.
Taylor. Cambridge University Press. 1996.

Theory of Moves. Cambridge University Press. 1994.

Negotiation Games: Applying Game Theory to Bargaining and Arbitration.
Routledge. 1990.

Affiliations: American Political Science Association, International
Studies Association, Peace Science Society, Public Choice Society, Policy
Studies Organization, Society for Judgement and Decision Making, Social
Choice and Welfare Society, American Association for Advancement of
Science (AAAS).

Fellowships/Honors: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, 1992; President, Peace Science Society, 1990-1991; Guggenheim
Fellow, 1986-1987; Public Choice Society Fellow, 1998; Russell Sage
Foundation Visiting Scholar, 1998-1999.

Revised: 09/2001
By: A. Cajigas BeLion007@aol.com