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Press releases"Operation Drachme" - Mathias Hoffmann zur Eurokrise in Griechenland Artikel im Tages Anzeiger Artikel im der Berner Zeitung |
April 2012
New collaboration will reshape the map of economic research in Europe and beyondAs a result of a new collaboration between the University of Zurich and UBS, up to five new chairs will be created at the Department of Economics. The UBS International Center of Economics in Society will tap into top-flight research in a number of new fields of research, and promote a dialog between science, business and society. The cooperation between UZH and UBS will contribute to research in the economic sciences aimed at finding solutions to economic issues based on an interdisciplinary approach. This is intended to further strengthen the position of the Department of Economics in international competition with the best academic institutions. The collaboration will create up to five permanent chairs in the next few years, and aims to attract topflight international researchers from cutting-edge fields of research. The aspiration is for this research and teaching to cross the boundaries between individual academic disciplines in order to find solutions for serious problems relating to society and the economy. The chairs are part of the University of Zurich's Department of Economics. They will use an integrated and interdisciplinary approach to address core aspects of economics. A boost for business and science The cooperation between UZH and UBS raises Switzerland's profile as a place of business and science. It is hoped that the top-flight research and Swiss Graduate School of Economics will attract the best PhD students in the world, who will then receive grants as well as cutting-edge and practical teaching from top-flight researchers. A Forum for Economic Dialogue will also be set up at the UBS International Center, which will hold public events, workshops, and seminars and publish an academic journal. The UBS International Center of Economics in Society will be set up as an associated institute of the University of Zurich but will be a separate legal entity. A scientific advisory committee consisting of internationally renowned researchers in the field of economics - including several Nobel Prize winners - will promote and support the UBS International Center in an advisory role and through direct participation in its key events. The involvement of the UBS is in connection with their education initiative that the bank started on the occasion of its 150 year jubilee; it amounts to a total of CHF 150 million. The fact that the UZH received a major support contribution from the education initiative is also due to the efforts of the Excellence Foundation Zurich as a mediator between UZH and UBS. Download: Media coverage Ernst Fehr und Kaspar Villiger im Interview mit der NZZ Artikel im Handelsblatt Artikel im Bund Artikel im Tages Anzeiger Artikel in der Handelszeitung Artikel in der Basler Zeitung |
Press Releases"Schweizer fahren trotz teurem Sprit weiter Auto"- Armin Schmutzler und Roberto Weber äussern sich in der Zeitung 20 Minuten zum Thema steigende Benzinpreise in der Schweiz. |
AppointmentTimo Boppart accepted an appointment from the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholm University for a position as an assistant professor with tenure track. |
Ernst Fehr wins Best Teaching AwardThe students at the Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and IT (Fachverein Oekonomie) accorded Ernst Fehr the best teaching award "Goldener Schwamm" for fall semester 2011. This is the second time he won the best teaching award; the first was in fall 2009. full article |
Björn Bartling im InterviewWas macht exzellente Forschung aus? Im Rahmen der aktuellen Ausgabe von oec news stellen Professorinnen und Professoren nicht nur ihr Forschungsgebiet vor, sondern sprechen auch darüber, was exzellente Forschung ausmacht und was diese letztlich für einen Nutzen hat. zum Interview |
February 2012
Radio DRS: Interview mit Christian RuffIn der Sendung Input vom 11. März 2012 zum Thema Qual der Wahl: Wie wir entscheiden äussert sich der Neuroökonome dazu, warum unser Hirn damit überfordert ist, wenn wir uns zwischen neun Sorten Mehl entscheiden müssen. podcast (in German only) |
January 2012
Ernst Fehr receives ERC Advanced GrantErnst Fehr has been awarded an advanced grant by the European Research Council/ERC for a project on «Foundations of Economic Preferences».  «Foundations of Economic Preferences» The proposed project covers four main topics. (1) The distribution and stability of time, risk, and social preference parameters based on a panel of nationally representative behavioral experiments. (2) The relationship between time, risk, and social preferences. (3) The causal impact of the social environment on preferences. (4) The neural and genetic determinants of preferences. The planned research program promises to yield important insights into the structure and causal determinants of time, risk and social preferences as well as the relationships between them. This will inform and constrain theoretical models and policy conclusions based on such models. Homepage of Ernst Fehr UZH – Medienmitteilung ERC Advanced Grants |
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Press Releases
"Die Suche nach Globallösungen ist ineffizient"- Bruno S. Frey "Der Kantoenligeist macht Menschen glücklich"- Bernhard Kislig Basler Zeitung_3.1.2012 "Verhaltensökonomom Ernst Fehr über die Wirtschaftskrise, Selbstkontrolle als Schulfach und das Gebot der Fairness"- Balz Spörri und Nik Walter "Schweizer im Glück"- Lukas Häuptli NZZ am Sonntag_1.1.2012 |
