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Research Programme

Understanding how institutional, cognitive and normative architectures can be designed to create the conditions for more reliable, principled and justified decision-making.

Miguel dos Santos Pereira

Independent Scholar in Law, Cognitive Science and Decision-Making

This website presents an interdisciplinary research programme examining how institutions, cognitive processes and normative systems can be designed to improve the quality of human and institutional decision-making.

Rather than focusing solely on how decisions are made, the programme explores the conditions under which better decisions become possible.

Core Research Themes

  • Institutional Design
  • Decision Architecture
  • Law and Cognitive Science
  • Epistemology of Evidence
  • Criminal Responsibility
  • Behavioural Decision-Making
  • Artificial Intelligence and Human Judgement

Featured Projects

Intersecções – A long-form essay series exploring the intersections between law, cognitive science, behavioural research and institutional design.

Reasonable Doubt – An interdisciplinary platform for essays on law, science, human behaviour, institutions and the ideas shaping contemporary society.

ORCID

0009-0002-0501-2214