Academy of Behavioral Economics 2020
Trust and Facts: Better Decisions in an Age of Growing Populism
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Eyal Winter
Israel
Professor of Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Lancaster University. Winter's research interests lie on Experimental and Behavioral Economics as well as on Game Theory and Microeconomic Theory. He has received several awards for his work, including the Humboldt Prize in 2011.
Mirjam Bamberger
Switzerland
Head Customer Experience & Strategy, Executive Board, Axa Winterthur. Before joining Axa Winterthur in 2014, Bamberger held executive HR positions in various companies, including Sulzer Metro and Oerlikon. In addition to her current activities, Bamberger holds several board mandates.
Daniela Ebner
Austria
Director Manufacturing, Quality and Operational Excellence, Alpla Plants. After graduating from the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Leoben, Ebner joined Alpla Werke in 2008. Here, she held various positions in the field of business optimization.
Peter Bossaerts
Australia
Professor of Experimental Finance & Decision Neuroscience at the University of Melbourne. Bossaerts is considered one of the most important experts in empirical finance. He has published numerous scientific articles in renowned journals.
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Ernst Fehr
Switzerland
Professor of Microeconomics and Experimental Economics. Fehr is director of the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich and a member of the board of directors of FehrAdvice & Partners. The “most influential Swiss economist” (NZZ) was recipient of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize in 2013.
Antje Kanngiesser
Switzerland
Member of the Executive Board, Vice President Group Markets and Services, BKW. In her function, Kanngiesser is responsible for electricity sales and energy services as well as key group-wide topics such as digital customer platforms, business services, regulation, market analysis and legal issues. She holds a PhD in law.
Gerd Gigerenzer
Germany
Director emeritus at the Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung and director at the Harding-Zentrum für Risikokompetenz. His books «Gut Feelings» and «Rationality for Mortals» have been translated into 18 languages and awarded worldwide. His new book translates «Risk: Hot to make the right decisions».
Hans Peter Noll
Germany
Chairman of Stiftung Zollverein. Noll was previously Managing Director of RAG Montan Immobilien. He has lectured at several German universities and was appointed honorary professor at the Ruhr-University Bochum in 2000. In his various activities he has dealt intensively with the structural change of the Ruhr area.
Michel Maréchal
Switzerland
Professor of Experimental Economics, University of Zürich. Maréchal's research is interdisciplinary and crosses the boundaries of economics to social psychology, finance, political science, criminology, and biology. His current research projects cover topics like honesty, employee motivation, business culture and unethical behavior, as well as context-dependence in economic preferences. The Economist, BBC, New York Times, Harvard Business Review and other media outlets featured his research.
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Bernhard Soltermann
Switzerland
Managing Director, AMAG Import AG. Soltermann has been working in the automotive industry for more than 20 years. In his current position, he is responsible for the strategic planning and operational implementation of AMAG's wholesale business in Switzerland.
Christian Ruff
Switzerland
Professor of Neuroeconomics and Decision Neuroscience at the Department of Economics of the University of Zurich. In his research, Ruff studies human motivation, decision-making, and learning with the aim to develop models that can be used to explain and predict choices and social behavior across many diverse contexts.
Esther-Mirjam de Boer
Switzerland
CEO and co-owner, GetDiversity. The company strives to convey diversity into boards of directors and management. De Boer is an active shareholder and works as a board member in several companies, columnist for "Handelszeitung," and lecturer.
Matthias Sutter
Germany
Director at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Professor of Experimental Economics at the Universities of Innsbruck and Cologne. Sutter is one of Europe’s most well-known researchers on the subject. His research focuses heavily on group decision making and the question of how economic decision-making behaviour changes in adolescence. Website
Gerhard Fehr
Switzerland
CEO and Executive Behavioral Designer at FehrAdvice & Partners. Fehr advises politicians, board members, CEOs and top managers of large companies. Fehr graduated from the University of Vienna with a degree in business administration and has more than 10 years of management experience.
Johannes Haushofer
USA
CEO and Executive Behavioral Designer at FehrAdvice & Partners. Fehr advises politicians, board members, CEOs and top managers of large companies. Fehr graduated from the University of Vienna with a degree in business administration and has more than 10 years of management experience.
David Bosshart
Switzerland
CEO and Executive Behavioral Designer at FehrAdvice & Partners. Fehr advises politicians, board members, CEOs and top managers of large companies. Fehr graduated from the University of Vienna with a degree in business administration and has more than 10 years of management experience.
Moderator
Florian Inhauser
Switzerland
Journalist and moderator. Florian Inhauser presents the main newscast at Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, SRF and he is also the anchor of the foreign news magazine «#SRFglobal». With a master in history and anglistics he speaks English fluently. He has also an excellent reputation as an international correspondent, covering conflicts and crises around the globe.
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