Yohanes Eko Riyanto is a Professor of Economics at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Before joining NTU, he was a faculty member in the Department of Economics at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, and a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Economics at the University of Groningen, Netherlands. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the Catholic University of Louvain (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), in Louvain (Leuven), Belgium.

His research focuses on Experimental and Behavioral Economics topics. He utilizes controlled laboratory experiments to investigate how individuals make various economic decisions and how they are influenced by their preferences and beliefs, their environment (market and non-market institutions surrounding them), and their strategic interactions with other individuals. He incorporates insights from microeconomics, game theory, and behavioral sciences to formulate testable experimental hypotheses. He has published his research in leading international refereed journals such as the Journal of Finance, Management Science, Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Theory, Review of Economics and Statistics, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, European Economic Review, Experimental Economics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, and Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (JEBO).

Currently, he is an Associate Editor of JEBO. His work has also been covered by the popular press such as The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and the New Statesman.

He teaches Behavioral Economics and Microeconomics courses at Nanyang Technological University.