Biography

I am an empirical economist working as a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich (HWZ) and as a product and project manager at frentix. This page provides information on my academic work. You can find information about my non-academic work on my Linkedin page.

My research focuses on questions in applied media economics, political economy and behavioral economics, using international and Swiss data. I am fascinated by the current trends in the media and digital economy and keen on investigating their political and social impact. My work has been published in academic journals and covered by the NZZ, FAZ am Sonntag, Finanz und Wirtschaft and the Handelsblatt. I have taught courses in the Bachelor, Master and Doctoral. EMBA, and further education programs of the HWZ, the University of St. Gallen, the University of Lucerne and the University of Zurich, receiving the Teaching Award of the Department of Economics of the University of St. Gallen in 2012.

I received my PhD from the University of Zurich in 2009, and prior to joining the HWZ, I was an Assistant Professor at the University of St. Gallen, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and a Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich.

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I am currently teaching the following courses at the HWZ:

• Behavioral Economics (EMBA, CAS, BA)
• Applied Economic Policy (BA)
• Applied Economics (BA)