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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 12h

🎉 Congratulations, Niccolò Cattadori, on your successfully defended PhD Thesis. Niccolò has joined joined the Economics, Statistics and Research Department of the Bank of Italy.

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 01/10/2026

We are currently looking to fill several pre-doc positions for qualified applicants from low- and middle-income countries and/or with a refugee background. 👉 Learn more and apply : lnkd.in/eVr6tw_V

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 01/10/2026

🎉 Congratulations, Manon Delvaux, on your successfully defended PhD Thesis. Manon has joined UniDistance Suisse as a postdoctoral researcher.

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 29/09/2026

Congratulations, @anacostaramon.bsky.social, on receiving an SNSF Project Funding grant for the project “Divorce Expectations and Household Specialization,” with a total funding amount of CHF 637,000. @snsf.ch @jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 29/09/2026

Congratulations @jvoth.bsky.social, UBS Foundation Professor of Economics, on receiving an SNSF Project grant. The project, "History LLM: Time Travel with AI" will begin in 2027 and run for five years, with an approved budget of CHF 946.00. @ubscenter.uzh.ch @snsf.ch

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 13/09/2026

For the first time, the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, which honors research that "first makes you laugh and then makes you think," was held in Zurich. The UZH study Proof by Underpants received the prize in the Soil Science category. The award was presented by Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee.

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 10/09/2026

Full house for our first highlight of the academic year, which has only just begun! 🤩 Our Class of 2023 is wrapping up their third-year research projects with a presentation & poster session. Thrilled by the breadth of the research projects and all the passionate students!

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 10/09/2026

What a privilege and honor it was to host the 2026 BREAD-CEPR Development Economics Annual Symposium! 😀 👉 To the program : cepr.org/events/bread... @cepr.org

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 08/09/2026

🎉 Congratulations, @arcalor.bsky.social, on your successfully defended PhD Thesis: "Essays in Trade and Environmental Economics" We wish you all the best in your new position as an Ecocomist Bank of Italy! 😀

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 04/09/2026

Welcome to the newest cohort of PhD students joining our Graduate School! We are excited to have you on board. Learn more about the program: 👉 www.econ.uzh.ch/en/study/phd...

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 31/08/2026

🎉 Congratulations, Saurabh! A proud moment for you and your supervisor, @ccruff.bsky.social. 😀

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 31/08/2026

🎉 Congratulations, Saurabh Bedi, on your successfully defended PhD Thesis: "Behavioral Biases Across Perception and Decision-Making: The Role of Representational Constraints" We wish you all the best as a postdoc at the Zurich Center for Neuroeconomics 😀

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 14/08/2026

Bernardo Silveira has recently joined our department as Professor of Applied Microeconomics. In this interview, he discusses his research areas, expertise, and the sources of inspiration for his new research questions. 👉 www.econ.uzh.ch/en/news/insi...

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 10/07/2026

🎉 Congratulations, @eliegerschel.bsky.social, on your successfully defended PhD Thesis: «Essays in Environmental and Growth Economics». We wish you all the best as a Senior Economist at the IPP - Institut des Politiques Publiques 🇫🇷 !

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 06/07/2026

"Die Konsequenzen von Kürzungen in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit sind konkret und oft lebensentscheidend" Ein Beitrag Deborah Kistler und @dinapomeranz.bsky.social Pomeranz 👇 www.swissinfo.ch/ger/internat...

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 01/07/2026

We are excited to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjeethree as Lemann Foundation Professors in Economics at the Department of Economics. Also a very warm welcome to Bernardo Silveira, joining us as Professor of Applied Microeconomics We look forward to this new collaboration with both of you!

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 29/06/2026

Her dissertation builds a residential mobility panel to study how slum redevelopments displace the incumbent residents they were meant to benefit and depopulate the neighbourhoods they target, and how residential mobility flows reproduce segregation.

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 29/06/2026

🎉 Congratulations, Alishuba Philip, on your successfully defended PhD Thesis: «Essays in Development and Urban Economics: Housing, Mobility and Spatial Inequalities». We wish you all the best as an @snsf.ch Postdoc at the University of California Berkeley!

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 19/06/2026

🥳 Amazing kick‑off to Ernst Fehr’s birthday celebrations, featuring a keynote speech by Esther Duflo at our Annual Research Night, joined by prestigious guests such as A. Van der Bellen, President of Austria, and K. Villiger, former President of Switzerland. More reports are on the way, stay tuned!

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 15/06/2026

🎉 Congratulations, @agustinacolonna.bsky.social, on your successfully defended PhD Thesis: «Essays in Labor Economics». We wish you all the best as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Business at @upf.edu!

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 11/06/2026

Hi thesis examines whether supervised walking-to-school caravans in Bogotá increase school attachment and progression, how high-quality classrooms in earlier grades shape the returns to subsequent ones in Ecuador,

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 11/06/2026

🎉 Congratulations, @rafael-hdzp.bsky.social on your successfully defended PhD Thesis: «Essays on the Economics of Education and Social Learning» ! We wish you all the best as Postdoctoral Researcher at @aalto.fi

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 04/06/2026

We are thrilled to share great news! @stevecicala.bsky.social is joining us as the new Vontobel Foundation Professor in Sustainable Economics. Ursina Schaede, Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at Tufts University, is joining us as a UZH Visiting Assistant Professor.

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 01/06/2026

His thesis studies both challenges in the digital economy through the lens of mechanism design—such as shill bidding and information leakage—and foundational topics in game theory, including equilibrium selection and repeated games.

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 01/06/2026

🎉 Congratulations, Haoyuan Zeng on your successfully defended PhD Thesis: «Essays in Microeconomic Theory»!

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 26/05/2026

🇺🇸 Some news from Maike Brandt, PhD candidate in Neuroeconomics, and currently spending an exchange semester at @yale.edu. 📷 taken with @ifatlevy.bsky.social and her team during the Retreat of the Yale Center for Molecular and Systems Metabolism (YMSM).

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 21/05/2026

We are pleased to invite you to the "John von Neumann Lecture 2026". In this yearly gathering, Juerg Froehlich from @ethz.ch, will give a lecture on "Science and the (Ir)responsibility of Scientists". 👉 More details: www.marketdesign.uzh.ch/en/Events/Jo...

John von Neumann Lecture 2026". In this yearly gathering, Juerg Froehlich from ETH Zurich. Friday 29th May, ETH Zurich, Main Bulding, Room E%. 15:00-16:15

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 15/04/2026

A big shout-out to our PhD students, Zeynep Eyibak and Daphne Rutnam and Master's students: Julian Kindlimann and Leon Kriesmair for reaching second place at "The Econometric Game" last week! 🎉 "The Econometric Game" is an annual international competition held in Amsterdam 🇳🇱.

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 31/03/2026

📣 Call for papers for the 5th Zurich Workshop in #AI & Applied Economics (at University of Zurich & @ethz.ch ) Submit by May 8th, 2026 👉 ethz.ch/content/dam/... @davidyd.bsky.social @jvoth.bsky.social

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 28/03/2026

"The @ecb.europa.eu has to be agile and vigilant, but there is no need to rush into action," said Isabel Schnabel, member of the Executive Board of the ECB, regarding the economic shock the world is facing with the situation in Iran. However, "If inflation becomes permanent, we will need to act."

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 16/03/2026

The second edition of the "Zurich Environmental Workshop ", co-organized with @ethz.ch and @harvard.edu, is happening right now. 👇

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 12/03/2026

Sherry with her PhD supervisor, Todd Hare (left), and committee member Ernst Fehr (right).

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 12/03/2026

Congratulations to Sherry Dongqi Bao who has successfully defended her PhD Thesis: "Rational adaptation to noise and uncertainty: from representation to metacognitive control." We wish her all the best! 😀

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 09/03/2026

A new study reveals what brain networks govern social mentalization and adaptation, making it possible to predict how flexibly one person reacts to others. Published in @natneuro.nature.com 👉 www.econ.uzh.ch/en/news/rese...

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 09/03/2026

Join us at the University of Zurich for the second edition of the "Zurich Environmental Workshop ", co-organized with @ethz.ch, @harvard.edu. 👉 March 16 and 17 at UZH, SOF-G-21 Open to everyone, no registration required.

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 27/02/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Ella McPhherson on her PhD Thesis: «What gets you through: Laboratory and real-world insights into the neuropsychobiology of stress and resilience.» (with Christian Ruff, Professor of Neuroeconomics & Birgit Kleim, Professor of Experimental Psychopathology and Psychotherapy)

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 27/02/2026

Congratulations to Ella McPhherson who has successfully defended her PhD Thesis: «What gets you through: Laboratory and real-world insights into the neuropsychobiology of stress and resilience.» We wish her all the best! 😀

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 30/01/2026

📣 Hans-Joachim Voth has openings for full-time pre-doctoral Research Officers. Learn more and apply 👉 lnkd.in/ewpRaRTp #pioneeringeconomics

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 29/01/2026

📣 Thomas Graeber, NOMIS Associate Professor of Cognitive and Neuroeconomics, is looking for a predoctoral fellow! 👉 Behavioral & Experimental Economics, Economic Applications of #AI 👉 Learn more and apply: lnkd.in/ecwpT_Vi #pioneeringeconomics

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 24/01/2026

🎉 Congratulations, Philipp Sternal on your successfully defended PhD Thesis: «Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics»! With Roberto Weber, UBS Foundation Professor for Economics of Corporate Culture, Business Ethics and Social Responsibility @ubscenter.uzh.ch

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 24/01/2026

Congratulations to Philipp Sternal who has successfully defended his PhD Thesis: «Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics» We wish him all the best! 😀

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 08/01/2026

Ein Land reich an Rohstoffen wie Öl, Erdgas und Eisen – und dennoch eine Bevölkerung, die in bitterer Armut lebt. Ein Widerspruch. Wie konnte Venezuela in eine derart tiefe Krise geraten? 🇻🇪 Ein Interview von @dinapomeranz.bsky.social omeranz.bsky.social für @blick.ch 👇 www.blick.ch/wirtschaft/h...

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 11/12/2025

Looking back on a very successful year and looking forward to yet another exceptional one to come. Congratulations to everyone on a brilliant 2025! 🎉 With @florianscheuer.bsky.social, Chairman of the Department

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 05/12/2025

The 4𝐭𝐡 𝐙𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐈+𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 is now taking place. It’s filled beyond capacity – but we made sure everyone got a spot! 🙂 Organized by @d in collaboration with @ethz.ch and the @snsf.ch

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 02/12/2025

🇺🇸 Although it’s difficult to determine the direct effects of the new U.S. tariffs on employment, @profdaviddorn.bsky.social expresses doubts that they would have "generated any sustained gains" in jobs. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 24/11/2025

"Europe Pays? The cost of U.S.-Tariffs" Nov. 26 | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm With the participation of Ralph Ossa UBS Foundation Professor of Economics, among others. An event organized by Efficient Governance Initiative (student organisation at UZH) www.efficient-governance-initiative.ch/event/guest-...

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 15/11/2025

Swiss National Future Day 2025 was a hit! We had the pleasure to host 15 students at our Social and Neural Systems Laboratory (SNS Lab). The Mind Duel game was, without a doubt, the highlight. 😀 #neuroeconomics #behavioraleconomics

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 13/11/2025

“Adolescence is a very critical period, where we know from neurological literature the brain is undergoing important changes. A sense of belonging is critical.” says @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4enr3dej

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 13/11/2025

Hi dissertation explores how ordinary least squares regressions can be used to estimate the average partial effect, how random effects models can be estimated under known heteroskedasticity and what the relationship between medias bias and competition in newspaper is.

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