Fields: Microeconomic Theory, Information Economics, Mechanism Design, Networks

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Graz.  I have broad interests in microeconomic theory, particularly in game theory, information, and mechanism design.  Applications of my work include political economy, matching, and social networks.

See my research page for current working papers.  Here is my CV and my Google Scholar profile.

Recent News:

• August 2025 - "Robust Group Manipulation with Indifferences" forthcoming in Games and Economic Behavior. 

• July 2025 - Updated draft of "Renegotiation-Proof Cheap Talk" (with Christoph Kuzmics).

• June 2025 - Yu Chen Prize 2023 for "On the Manipulability of Equitable Voting Rules."

• October 2024 - "Equitable, Neutral, and Efficient Voting Rules" published in Journal of Mathematical Economics.

• May 2024 - New working paper "Ordering Data to Persuade" (with Tatiana Mayskaya and Arina Nikandrova).

Upcoming Talks:

• GRASS Workshop, Padova, Italy, September 11-12, 2025.

Contact:

Email: steven.kivinen[at]uni-graz.at