Richard van Weelden is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. He is completed his Ph.D. at Yale University in December of 2010. From July 2010 to June 2011 he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the European University Institute and from July 2011 to July 2017 he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. His research interests are in applied game theory and political economy.