Bent Flyvbjerg

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Bent Flyvbjerg (born the 10th of december, 1952) is a Danish philosopher, economist and geographer. He presently holds a chair as Professor of Planning at Aalborg University, Denmark. He holds a concurrent position as Chair of Infrastructure Policy and Planning at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

1 Books
2 Accomplishments
3 See also
4 External Links

[edit] Books

His books include:

Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How It Can Succeed Again (ISBN 052177568X)
Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition (ISBN 0521009464)
Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice (ISBN 0226254518)
Decision-Making on Mega-Projects: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Planning and Innovation (ISBN 9781845427375)

A book about the significance of Bent Flyvbjerg's work, Making Political Science Matter (ISBN 0814740332) edited by Sanford Schram and Brian Caterino, was published in 2006 (New York University Press).

[edit] Accomplishments

Bent Flyvbjerg developed the research methodology called phronetic social science and has employed the methodology in studies of urban policy and planning and of megaprojects.

In 2005, Flyvbjerg identified two main causes of misinformation: strategic misrepresentation (lying) and optimism bias (appraisal optimism). Flyvbjerg and his associates have developed methods to curb misinformation focused on improved accountability and reference class forecasting. The methods are being used in practice in policy and planning.

Bent Flyvbjerg was knighted in 2002.