We welcome our new colleague Lisa Windsteiger at the PLUS Department of Economics. Lisa joins our department as an assistant professor (tenure track) after international positions at the London School of Economics and the renowned Ifo Institute. Her research focuses on inequality and redistribution, public attitudes toward economic policies, and people’s fairness perceptions. A native of Upper Austria, she is the first woman in the team of professors at our department. Welcome Lisa!

Sebastian Forster will visiting Google Zurich for one month in June as part of Google’s visiting researcher program.

6 June at 6:00PM | on-site: Heiner Schumacher (University of Innsbruck & KU Leuven) will present his paper “Search Costs and Context Effects”. Note that the research seminar will take place on-site in room HS 302 (FRA1OG4.420). Looking forward to seeing you in the seminar!