Postdoctoral researcher SNSF in technology and financial decision making

Introduction

UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution, with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, individual recognition and responsibility.

Presentation

HEC Lausanne, UNIL’s Faculty of Business and Economics, is recognized as one of the top management and economics schools due to its high-quality education and excellence in research. Among our core values are rigor, integrity, and collaboration.
 

Are you passionate about behavioral science, consumer-technology interactions, and financial decision making? In this postdoc position, you will conduct cutting-edge research on the most pressing topics in technology-supported investment decision making.

Job information

Expected start date for position: 1st September 2025, or mutually agreed date

Contract length: 1 year, renewable up to 3 years.

Activity rate: 80%

Workplace: UNIL Lausanne-Dorigny

Salary at 100%: Gross salary starting at CHF 85'819.- (see here "Chercheurs FNS senior")

The open position is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The successful candidate will get the opportunity to attend international conferences to present their work and to travel and learn from leading experts through our academic and industry collaborations.
 

Your responsibilities

The successful candidate will work 100% of their time on the SNSF-funded project in the area of technology financial decision making with a focus on understanding mobile-based retail investment decisions through experimental research and secondary data analysis.

The postdoc will be supervised by Prof. Isabelle Engeler (University of Lausanne). The project is joint work with Stephanie Tully (University of Southern California, Marshall Business School) and Johannes Müller-Trede (IESE Business School).

Your qualifications

• PhD that focused on (Behavioral) Economics, Judgment and Decision Making, Marketing, (Behavioral) Finance, and/or Psychology;


• Excellent English proficiency;


• Advanced quantitative and programming skills;


• Experience with designing and running behavioral studies;


• Strong motivation and dedication to quantitative and experimental consumer research bridging behavioral science, consumer-technology interaction, finance, and decision making.

What the position offers you

We offer a nice working place in a multicultural, diverse and dynamic academic environment. Opportunities for professional training, a lot of activities and other benefits to discover.

Contact for further information

Professor Isabelle Engeler, E-Mail schreiben

Your application

Deadline: 2nd March 2025

Please submit the following documents in Word or PDF :

• Curriculum vitae;
• Motivation letter: personal areas of interest in research, motivation to pursue a postdoc, future career plans;
• Sample of published and/or working papers, dissertation papers;
• Copy of diplomas and transcript of course grades for bachelor, master, and PhD;
• 1-2 Reference Letters.

Only applications through this website will be taken into account : https://www.unil.ch/carrieres .
We thank you for your understanding.

Seeking to promote an equitable representation of men and women among its staff, the University encourages applications from women.

Additional information

UNIL is committed to:
•    equality, diversity and inclusion within its community;
•    ensuring an open and respectful environment that is conducive to personal development;
•    offering working conditions that facilitate work-life balance;
•    supporting early career researchers.

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