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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭
@econ.uzh.ch
We are the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich and our mission is to #pioneeringeconomics.

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Thrilled to share that @stevecicala.bsky.social will be joining our department as the Vontobel Foundation Professorship in Sustainable Economics (June 2026).
His work focuses on the economics of regulation, particularly with respect to environmental and energy policy.
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Impressions from the "Zurich Workshop on Economics and Psychology", taking place today and tomorrow.
With great speakers such as, Jose Apesteguia, Kfir Eliaz, Sevgi Yuksel, Nikos Nikiforakis, Geoge Loewenstein, Matt Rabin, and Leeat Yariv, among others.
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Timo Boppart, Professor of Macroeconomics and Political Economy, explored how labor supply has evolved from historical trends to future challenges in his inaugural lecture called “Labor Supply in the Past, Present, and Future.”

We’re excited about his inspiring work and collaborations to come. 😊
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Meet our Job Market Candidates, a new cohort of promising junior researchers in economics, now looking to take the next step in their academic endeavors!
With Marcel Caesmann, Agustina Colonna, Elie Gerschel, Rafael Hernandez Pachon, Alishuba Philip, Felix Samy Soliman, Garyn Tan, Haoyuan Zeng. 🧵 👇
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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October 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🔹 Research Slam #3 by Ronak Jain on "How Mobile Internet Affects Student Learning and Well-being"
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🔹 Research Slam #2 by Ana Costa-Ramon on "(Not) Thinking about the Future: Financial Awareness and Maternal Labor Supply"
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🔹 Research Slam #1 by Amanda Dahlstrand on "Growth Left on the Table: When the Wrong CEOs Run the Right Firms"
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Highlights from our Annual Research Night 2025, held in collaboration with the Excellence Foundation Zurich with:

🔹 Keynote address by Nobel laureate James Robinson on “What Undermines Democracy?”

A most pressing issue of our time.

Watch the event 👉 www.youtube.com/@UZHDepartme...
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Congratulations on this recognition! 👏
Christian Ruff is Professor of Neuroeconomics and Decision Neuroscience.
He studies human motivation, decision-making, and learning with the aim to develop models, used to explain and predict choices and social behavior across many diverse contexts.
October 14, 2025 at 5:56 AM
A massive congratulations to newly awarded Nobel Laureates Professor Joel Mokyr as well as Professors Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt! 🎉

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October 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.
October 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
It was a great pleasure to see so many of you at our annual Master Students' Welcome Apéro, organized by ECON Alumni UZH and Econclub. 😀
With a welcome speech by @florianscheuer.bsky.social, Head of our department.
October 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
From Theory to Practice for a High School Class 😀

Purpose of the visit of the SNS Lab was to provide the students, who are studying Behavioral Economics in class, with practical insights into the field.

The students were able to experience firsthand how experiments are conducted!
September 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
A throwback in pictures to the workshop "Spectrum Auctions and Market Structure Conference" that brought together academic researchers and practitioners from business and government.
Organized in partnership with the Toulouse School of Economics @tse-fr.eu.
September 23, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Congratulations to Matías Munoz Fuentes who has successfully defended his PhD thesis: "Essays in Health Economics in Developing Countries"

We wish him all the best! 😀
September 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
ECON went GATSBY 💃
No regression analysis, no policy briefs: just a night where the only curve we talked about was the one in a wine glass. 🙂
Huge thx to everyone for the wonderful spirit and a special shout-out to the apprentices from the vocational school for hotel management for their great work!
September 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM