About me

I am a Professor of Management at Goethe University Frankfurt. My research employs methods from game theory and experimental economics (lab and field experiments) to answer questions regarding the determinants and consequences of human decision-making and social interaction. I am particularly interested in understanding why humans (do not) cooperate and under what conditions cooperation in teams and groups can be sustained.

Recent papers study the role and impact of intrinsic motivation, the relationship between social preferences and collective-action outcomes, the role of leadership, the determinants of (social, economic) institutions and organizational culture, as well the interaction between human and artificial agents.

I am currently director of the Frankfurt Laboratory for Experimental Economic Research (FLEX) and the Center for Leadership and Behavior in Organizations (CLBO), both at Goethe University. Since January 2020 I am coordinator of the SAFE Experiment Center at the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, where I am also Ombudsperson.

I am a research fellow at CEPR, CESifo, IZA, LIF-SAFE, and ZEF.

Employment

Professor of Business Administration (W3), Chair of Organization and Management, Goethe University Frankfurt, since 2008

Assistant Professor of Behavioral Economics, University of Zurich, 2006 – 2008

Postdoc/Senior Research Assistant, University of Zurich, 2000 – 2006

Education

Economics, PhD, Tilburg University, 1999

Mathematics, Diplom, University of Bonn, 1995

CV

PDF (September 2023)

Videos

About me at Goethe University, November 2017 (Video in German).

Three questions asked at briq, June 2018.

About my research at a leadership conference in Groningen, June 2017.

A trailer for my talk at the Vienna Behavioral Economics Network, September 2018 (in German).

In a discussion about fruitful interactions between economic research and business practice at TechQuartier, February 2019.