New Professors
Ingvild Almås, new member of the professorial staff
Ingvild Almås has joined the Department of Economics as of June 1st, as the Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Professor of Child and Youth Development. Welcome on board, Ingvild!
We would like to warmly welcome Ingvild Almås to the Department as the new Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Professor of Child and Youth Development. Her research focuses on deepening our understanding of economic inequalities, with a particular emphasis on their causes and consequences.
Prior to joining our department, Ingvild Almås was a Professor of Economics at the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) at Stockholm University.
We are also deeply grateful to the Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation for their generous support, which enables the center to continue to build a holistic understanding of decision-making, market forces, and the cost-benefits of breastfeeding, to ultimately guide policy formation and interventions which improve the well-being of children, families, and society.
The Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation, established in Switzerland in 2013, is an independent philanthropic organization revitalizing the journey from science to impact. The Foundation’s priority is to increase breastfeeding rates worldwide, so its focus is on helping build innovative, efficient pathways to get there. The team supports and collaborates with researchers, policymakers, practitioners, government leaders, and partner organizations working to ensure every child has an optimal start in life through the benefits of breastmilk.
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Thomas Graeber, new member of the professorial staff
We would like to warmly welcome Thomas Graeber to the Department as the NOMIS Associate Professor for Cognitive and Neuroeconomics. Welcome on board, Thomas!
We would like to warmly welcome Thomas Graeber the Department as the NOMIS Associate Professor for Cognitive and Neuroeconomics. His research focuses on behavioral, experimental, and neuroeconomics.
Graeber received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Cambridge in 2013 and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Bonn in 2018. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Economics at Harvard University from 2018 to 2020. Prior to joining UZH, he was as an Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School from 2020 to 2025.
We are also deeply grateful to the NOMIS Foundation their generous support.
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Welcome onboard, Thomas!