Biographical

In this biographical sketch I will discuss part of my personal and academic journey, how I originally got interested in econometrics, and how I continued in this area as it changed from a field where causal inference was almost non-existent to one where causality is now explicitly a major part. During the same time that causal inference became a major part of econometrics, it also flourished in other disciplines with statisticians, political scientists, psychologists, epidemiologists, and computer scientists all bringing new questions and methodological perspectives to the table. The applications range widely from biomedical to social science ones, generating interest among researchers and policy makers in academics, government as well as private sector organizations. I see this prize therefore partly as a recognition of the importance of this general interdisciplinary enterprise and hope it serves to further invigorate the field.