Fully funded PhD Positions in Economics

Your tasks The selection process is competitive. Only excellent students will be admitted to the PhD Programme in Finance (PiF). Admission to PiF is based on Programme Committee's evaluation of your submitted application documents ('sur dossier'). Admitted candidates will start their coursework in September. Admitted candidates may also be hired as research...

PhD Position (m/w/d)80 % (limited, by or mutual agreement)Your tasksProject OverviewWe use the "ignorance equivalent" approach [Müller-Itten et al, 2025] to model learning ability, and seek to better understand the interplay between personal preference traits and learning behavior. The main objectives of the project are: Develop numeric algorithms that...

SHSS Insa Koch Two fully funded 4-year PhD positions on SNF Project on 'moral economies of racial reckoning' (m/w/d) % (limited by until Project description: In 2020, the police murder of George Floyd sparked a significant moment of racial reckoning. Under the banner of Black Lives Matter, activists around the globe highlighted how contemporary racial...

70 % (unlimited by 01.11.2025) **Your tasks**: Are you looking for an exciting PhD position in the field of economics? At the chair of Prof. Reto Föllmi we conduct high quality research on the issues of international trade, macroeconomics, distribution and economic growth. You will be integrated in a young and strongly research oriented team while writing...

PhD Position on Anti-Money Laundering regulation in Latin America (m/w/d)100 % (start date or upon arrangement, limited to 4 years)Your tasksWe are inviting applications for a fully funded 4-year PhD Position in the context of the SNF-funded Project "Illegal transactions in the digital age: emerging practices and regulatory intermediaries in Latin America"...

**PhD Position “Big Data Infrastructures” (M/F/d)**: 100 % (limited, by 01.09.2025) **Your tasks**: - You will work on your doctoral thesis in Big Data and its role in Data Science and Machine Learning - You design and conduct research in the field of big data and its infrastructure - You support the group in knowledge transfer with the industry in...

Your tasks You will conduct research in decision theory and behavioral finance. Work in the overlap of behavioral finance/economics with AI is also possible. Furthermore, you will assist in teaching activities and possibly in outreach activities to make a bridge from academic research to applications. If you take up the position at the level of a postdoc or...

Your tasks This position is part of the research project “Swiss hospital capacity planning: An empirical evaluation of its impact on hospital service delivery, quality and costs”, funded by the Swiss National Fund (SNF). As a working student, you will: Conduct analyses with empirical methods using large datasets from the Swiss Federal Statistics Office...

Postdoctoral Position on Digital Payments and Platforms in Illegal Markets in Latin America (m/w/d)100 % (limited by until Your tasksConduct postdoctoral research on how digital platforms and electronic payment services (digital wallets and cryptocurrencies) are shaping illegal or informal economies in Latin America. Focus on Argentina, Brazil and Mexico is...

Your tasks The Institute of Insurance Economics at the University of St. Gallen seeks to hire a PhD Position (Research Associate) in the Team on Financial Economics of Insurance. This position provides excellent opportunities to develop valuable analytic skills and gain deep insights into diverse areas of financial economics of insurance that are applicable...