Research Focus
- Behavioral & Experimental Economics and Management
- Law & Economics
- Psychology & Economics
- Public Economics
Academic Career
- Since 2024 Lecturer above the bar, University of Galway, J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, Galway, Ireland
- 2016 – 2024 Junior Professor (equivalent to Assistant Professor), University of Duisburg-Essen, Mercator School of Management, Chair for Economics (Behavioral Economics), Duisburg, Germany
- 2014 – 2015 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Chair for Economic Theory, Nuremberg, Germany
- 2013 – 2014 Junior Research Fellow, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Chair for Economic Theory, Nuremberg, Germany
- 2010 – 2014 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Cologne & IMPRS (The International Max Planck Research School on Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World), Germany Supervisor/Evaluator: Christoph Engel, Bettina Rockenbach & Dirk Sliwka
- 2012 – 2013 Visiting Researcher, University of California, San Diego
- 2005 – 2009 Diplom-Volkswirt (equivalent to Master in Economics), University of Bonn, Germany, Supervisor: Armin Falk
- 2006 – 2007 Exchange semester, University of Växjö, Sweden
- 2004 – 2005 Diploma Student economics, University of Munich (LMU), Germany
Professional Career
- since 1999 Assistant translator (Russian, Ukrainian, German) with the translation agency Valeryi Zhurakhovskyi, Cologne, Germany
- 2007 Internship at the branch office of the Ukrainian embassy in Remagen, Germany
- 2005 Internship at the health insurance company AOK (Controlling), Hürth and Düsseldorf, Germany
Teaching (most recent) In Bachelor, Master, and Phd Programs
2024
- Module "Strategy" for Bachelor students (joint with Vanessa Bretas), University of Galway
- Module "International Consulting Report / Consulting Report" (joint with Yixin Qiu), University of Galway
2022 – 2024
- Lecture "VWL Aufbaumodul I" (“Advanced Module Economics I”) for Bachelor students, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Seminar "VWL - Seminar" (“Seminar in Economics”) for Bachelor students, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
2021 – 2024
- Supervision of bachelor theses, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Seminar "Seminar in Behavioral Economics" for Master and PhD students, University of Duisburg-Essen and Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS Econ), Germany
2018 – 2024
- Refresher course "Review class of probability and statistics for Econometrics" for Master students, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Lecture "Behavioral Economics" for Master and PhD students, University of Duisburg-Essen and Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS Econ), Germany
2017 – 2024
- Lecture "Econometrics" for Master students, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
2016 – 2024
- Supervision of master theses, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Teaching – Phd Supervisions
2017 – 2023
- Supervision (first examiner) of the doctoral thesis of Kim L. Böhm, (Successful defence on 12.01.2023), "Essays in Behavioral Economics.", University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
2017 – 2022
- Supervision (first examiner) of the doctoral thesis of Tigran H. Aydinyan, (Successful defence on 03.02.2022), "Social Preferences and Economic Behaviour under Financial Losses and Volatility: Theory and Experiments"., University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany and Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS Econ), Germany
2018 – 2021
- Supervision (second examiner) of the doctoral thesis of Marvin M. Müller, (Successful defence on 09.08.2021), "Essays in Applied Microeconomics", University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany and Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS Econ), Germany
2016 – 2018
- Supervision (second examiner) of the doctoral thesis of Alois Ganter, (Successful defence on 18.06.2018), "Essays on the Antecedents and Implications of Organizational Innovation.", University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany