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Two Tenure-Track Assistant Professorships (2 x 100%) - Specialisation: Empirical Management Research Place of work: Brig | Start of work: 1 February 2027 or upon agreement

Economics

UniDistance Suisse strengthens its commitment to reproducible research UniDistance Suisse is further expanding its long-standing commitment to promoting transparent and reproducible research. Since May 2026, Michael Kurschilgen, Professor of Behavioural Economics and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics, has been serving on the Steering Committee of the Swiss Reproducibility Network (SwissRN), marking the first time that UniDistance Suisse has been represented on the network’s strategic governing body.

Economics

UniDistance Switzerland brings together international experts in Brig for the Valais Economics Workshop How can public policies be made more effective and better tailored to the needs of the population? Researchers from various countries examined this question at the Valais Economics Workshop 2026, which took place on 1 and 2 June at the UniDistance Suisse campus in Brig.

Economics

New Partnership with the University of Valencia strengthens Doctoral Training UniDistance Suisse signed a “Memorandum of Understanding” (MoU) with the LINEEX Lab at the University of Valencia (Spain) in May 2026. This new partnership gives doctoral candidates from the Faculty of Economics and Management access to one of Europe’s most advanced research infrastructures for experimental economics.

Economics Jobs

Lehrassistent/in im Modul «Globalisierung und internationale Wirtschaft» (50%) Arbeitsort: Homeoffice | Arbeitsbeginn: 1. August 2026 | Moduldurchführung: Das Modul findet jeweils im Herbstsemester (Anfang August bis Ende Januar) statt

Economics

Research in Focus: Prof. Kurschilgen on identity and its influence on our decisions Why do people often act against their own financial interests? And what role does identity play in these choices? In a recent interview, Prof. Dr Michael Kurschilgen, Professor of Behavioural Economics at the Faculty of Economics at UniDistance Suisse, offers insights into his research and explores these questions.

Economics

Diligentia Foundation Funds Research Project at FernUni Schweiz on Administrative Barriers in the Tax System Dr Krishna Srinivasan, Prof. Manuel Grieder and Prof. Michael Kurschilgen from the Faculty of Economics at FernUni Schweiz have successfully secured research funding from the Diligentia Foundation. The foundation is supporting their project “Understanding Administrative Burden: A Field Experiment on the Hassle Costs of Tax Filing in Germany”. The project began in November 2025 and will run until October 2027.

Economics

Valais at the Heart of Empirical Economic Research The “Valais Econometrics Workshop” was held for the first time on the UniDistance Suisse campus in Brig. Researchers from Switzerland and abroad gathered to discuss the latest developments in empirical economic research, a field which uses large data sets to improve our understanding of economic relationships. The event further enhanced Valais' visibility as a location for economic research.