Faculty of Economics

The Faculty of Economics at UniDistance Suisse offers a bachelor's degree in economics and management in French and a bachelor's degree in economics in German. It also offers short specialisation programmes in French as well as continuing education programmes.
The faculty's research activities in behavioural economics focus on environment and organisations.

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Information for students

Research in economics

Organisation de la faculté

Collège de faculté

Bachelor in Economics

Master in Economics, Business and Data Analytics

Continuing Education in Economics and Management

What is new in the Faculty of Economics

Eine Welt ohne Lügen

Eine Welt ohne Lügen

Was wäre, wenn wir nicht mehr lügen könnten? Prof. Dr. Michael Kurschilgen von der Fakultät Wirtschaft der FernUni Schweiz war Teil eines…

Une carrière sportive en plus des études

Une carrière sportive en plus des études

Le joueur de handball professionnel Lucas Meister accomplit une carrière sportive remarquable – et en même temps, il a suivi avec succès des études…

Design institutionnel et décisions économiques

Design institutionnel et décisions économiques

Professeur assistant au sein de la Faculté d’économie, Michael Kurschilgen étudie la manière dont les conditions-cadres institutionnelles (impôts,…

UniDistance Suisse in the Board of the Swiss Society for Economics and Statistics (SSES)

Portrait of Prof. Dr. Michael Kurschilgen, Prof. Dr. Anthony Strittmatter, and Prof. Dr. Manuel Grieder

UniDistance Suisse in the Board of the Swiss Society for Economics and Statistics (SSES)

Prof. Dr. Anthony Strittmatter, Full Professor of Economics, is the first representative of UniDistance Suisse to be elected to the SSES Board.

1st Matterhorn Symposium on Behavior, Institutions, and Cooperation

1st Matterhorn Symposium on Behavior, Institutions, and Cooperation

UniDistance Suisse proudly hosted the 1st Matterhorn Symposium on Behavior, Institutions, and Cooperation from October 19 to 21, 2023. 50 researchers…

How do moral appeals influence people’s fairness judgments?

How do moral appeals influence people’s fairness judgments?

In his latest research paper, Prof. Dr Michael Kurschilgen, Assistant Professor of Economics at UniDistance Suisse, considers some of the challenges…

Westschweizer Ringer rettete zwölf Menschen aus der Ukraine

Westschweizer Ringer rettete zwölf Menschen aus der Ukraine

Tanguy Darbellay, Ringer und Student der FernUni Schweiz, wurde kürzlich für die Rettungsaktion von Ukrainerinnen und Ukrainern ausgezeichnet.

Comment remporter l'or aux JO et réussir ses études

Comment remporter l'or aux JO et réussir ses études

Pour Ramon Zenhäusern, champion olympique de ski alpin, étudier en ligne répondait à un besoin primordial : la flexibilité.

Lire l'article sur notre…

Does the Threat of Overthrow Discipline the Elites? Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment

A new paper from our Assistant Professor in Economics, Michael Kurschilgen, was published in the Journal of Legal Studies. Together with his…

Meinungsblasen beeinflussen Impfentscheidungen - ein neuer Artikel von Prof. Dr. Michael Kurschilgen

Meinungsblasen beeinflussen Impfentscheidungen - ein neuer Artikel von Prof. Dr. Michael Kurschilgen

Prof. Dr. Michael Kurschilgen, Assistenzprofessor in Wirtschaft der FernUni Schweiz, hat kürzlich einen Artikel über die Dynamiken der…

Neues Forschungsseminar: Swiss V-BEERS (Virtual Behavioural and Experimental Economics Research Seminar)

Neues Forschungsseminar: Swiss V-BEERS (Virtual Behavioural and Experimental Economics Research Seminar)

Die Fakultät Wirtschaft lanciert eine neue Seminarreihe «Swiss V-BEERS» zum Themenbereich Verhaltens- und Experimentalökonomie. Diese Veranstaltungen…

Improving cartel screening with machine learning

Improving cartel screening with machine learning

David Imhof, who teaches in the French-speaking Bachelor's in Economics and Management, recently published 3 papers about cartel screening.

Falling Walls Conference – Appel mondial à candidatures

Falling Walls Conference – Appel mondial à candidatures

À l’occasion de l’anniversaire de la chute du Mur de Berlin, la Falling Walls Foundation accueille, à Berlin, les personnes qui imaginent des…

Bourse et marchés financiers : interview du chargé de cours Dušan Isakov à la RTS

Bourse et marchés financiers : interview du chargé de cours Dušan Isakov à la RTS

La dernière édition de l’émission radio « Dis, pourquoi » de la RTS s’est intéressée à la bourse et aux marchés financiers.

Faculty Team

Prof. Dr Renate Schubert

Dean

Prof. Anthony Strittmatter

Vice-Rector for Research ad interim

Prof. Dr Michael Kurschilgen

Assistant Professor
Programme Director Bachelor F

Prof. Manuel Grieder

Assistant professor
Programme Director Master EN

Dipl. - Kff. Petra Köhler

Faculty Services Manager ad interim
Faculty Manager Economics

MA Jean-Paul Droz

Faculty Manager Bachelor in Economics (French)

MSc Loris Schmid

Faculty Manager Bachelor in Economics (German)

MA Felix Schlüter

Faculty Manager Master in Economics, Business and Data Analytics (English)

Events of the Faculty of Economics

Conferences

Thursday, 11.09.2025

Tops & Flops d'Alumni en histoire et économie

Profitez de votre pause de midi pour vous faire inspirer par l’histoire de Michel-Eric Lamon, alumnus en histoire et économie d’UniDistance Suisse ! Il parlera avec humour de ses succès et ses échecs estudiantins et professionnels.

Online

Tops & Flops d'Alumni en histoire et économie

Information webinars

Friday, 03.10.2025

Infoveranstaltung Bachelor in Business and Economics

Online

Infoveranstaltung Bachelor in Business and Economics

Information webinars

Monday, 06.10.2025

Information webinar for the Master of Science in Economics, Business and Data Analytics

Online

Information webinar for the Master of Science in Economics, Business and Data Analytics

Information webinars

Wednesday, 15.10.2025

Séance d'information pour le Bachelor in Business and Economics

Online

Séance d'information pour le Bachelor in Business and Economics

Eine Welt ohne Lügen

Une carrière sportive en plus des études

Design institutionnel et décisions économiques

UniDistance Suisse in the Board of the Swiss Society for Economics and Statistics (SSES)

1st Matterhorn Symposium on Behavior, Institutions, and Cooperation

How do moral appeals influence people’s fairness judgments?

Westschweizer Ringer rettete zwölf Menschen aus der Ukraine

Comment remporter l'or aux JO et réussir ses études

Does the Threat of Overthrow Discipline the Elites? Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment

Meinungsblasen beeinflussen Impfentscheidungen - ein neuer Artikel von Prof. Dr. Michael Kurschilgen

Neues Forschungsseminar: Swiss V-BEERS (Virtual Behavioural and Experimental Economics Research Seminar)

Improving cartel screening with machine learning

Falling Walls Conference – Appel mondial à candidatures

Bourse et marchés financiers : interview du chargé de cours Dušan Isakov à la RTS

Dean

Vice-Rector for Research ad interim

Assistant Professor Programme Director Bachelor F

Assistant professor Programme Director Master EN

Faculty Services Manager ad interim Faculty Manager Economics

Faculty Manager Bachelor in Economics (French)

Faculty Manager Bachelor in Economics (German)

Faculty Manager Master in Economics, Business and Data Analytics (English)

Tops & Flops d'Alumni en histoire et économie

Infoveranstaltung Bachelor in Business and Economics

Information webinar for the Master of Science in Economics, Business and Data Analytics

Séance d'information pour le Bachelor in Business and Economics

Assistant Professor
Programme Director Bachelor F

Assistant professor
Programme Director Master EN

Faculty Services Manager ad interim
Faculty Manager Economics