Riccardo Viale (M.Sc., Ph.D.) is a cognitive scientist, epistemologist, and behavioral economist known for his research on bounded rationality and the application of cognitive sciences to social science methodology, economic theory, and public policy. He holds a degree in Medicine and Surgery and a specialization in Psychiatry from the University of Turin, and conducted his doctoral studies in philosophy of science at Balliol College, Oxford University. He is Full Professor of Cognitive Economics and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Milan Bicocca and at LUISS in Rome, and has been a fellow and visiting scholar at Oxford University, Columbia University, the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, and the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing, among others. He is President of Behavioral Insights Bicocca and Scientific Director of the Master's Program in "Behavioral Design for Public Utilities and Services" at the University of Milan Bicocca and the Polytechnic of Milan. As Head of the Italy Behavioral Insights Team (IBIT) at the Department of Civil Service of the Prime Minister's Office, he has led applied research at the intersection of behavioral science and public administration. He is Founder and Secretary General of the Herbert Simon Society and of the Triple Helix Association, and co-editor in chief of Mind & Society. His books include Nudging (MIT Press, 2022) and Handbook of Bounded Rationality (Routledge, 2021).