Introduction

This project has its genesis in the creation of a Special Issue on Arbitrator Bias for the online journal Transnational Dispute Management.[1] Our reflection on various forms of bias in arbitral decision-making, conscious or unconscious, positive or negative, led to the realisation that insufficient attention was being given to the psychological factors at play in the arbitral process. In the wider context, the implications of the cognitive element of professional activity are a growing field of practical interest and academic study.[2] More specifically, what triggers which ...