I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ_uzh at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
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Florian Scheuer
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Florian Scheuer
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- Fun story just told by today's #NobelPrize laureate and my former @Stanford colleague Guido Imbens: He and Josh Angrist lived in Harvard University housing as young Assistant Professors, and because their apartments didn't have laundry machines... 1/3
- So much to celebrate at our department @econ_uzh today! @DinaPomeranz successfully passed our vote for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. @Todd_A_Hare and @jakub_steiner will be promoted to Full Professor.
- 🎉 We are thrilled to share that @DinaPomeranz has been promoted to Associate Professor. Congratulations, Dina, very much deserved! Dina is UBS Foundation Associate Professor of Applied Microeconomics in our department. Her research focuses on public policies in developing
- This year´s Hermann H. Gossen award-winner is @Florian_Scheuer. The award is given out to an outstanding researcher in an effort to reward research that is internationally visible and makes a prominent connection between our local research institutions and the worldwide community
- Replying to @Florian_ScheuerAs pioneers in development economics, they have profoundly shaped the field through their experimental and evidence-based approach to understanding poverty, inequality, and policy effectiveness, recognized by the Nobel Prize in 2019. 2/7
- Couldn’t be happier for my PhD advisor and @MITEcon today—congratulations @DAcemogluMIT on a richly deserved prize!BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”
- We @econ_uzh will be on the job market this year with 4 tenure-track and open-rank searches, with a focus on applied micro, international economics, inequality, and macro. Links to apply: aeaweb.org/joe/listings?q… #JobSearch #EconTwitter
- Replying to @Florian_ScheuerWe will continue to work hard on attracting outstanding economists from around the world to Zurich, including from the U.S., and on raising the resources needed to support them—especially during the current, special times in the international higher education landscape. 7/7
- My paper "Taxation and the Superrich" with Joel Slemrod is out now in this year's Annual Review of Economics: annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.114… It provides an overview of recent research on what the tax situation of the superrich looks like and how it could be reformed.
- Replying to @Florian_ScheuerThis transformational hire has been made possible through a CHF 26 million (USD 32 million) donation from the Lemann Foundation, and we are deeply grateful for this generous support. You can read the official University of Zurich announcement here: news.uzh.ch/en/articles/me… 5/7
- Replying to @Florian_ScheuerBeyond their groundbreaking research, they are equally known for their exceptional commitment to student and faculty mentoring and to institution building—something I had the privilege to experience firsthand as a student at MIT. 3/7
- Replying to @Florian_ScheuerThey have supported our department for many years as members of the @ubscenter advisory board. At the University of Zurich, Esther and Abhijit will co-lead the newly established Lemann Center for Development, Education, and Public Policy. 4/7
- Happy to report that Timo Boppart @IIES_Sthlm @HSGStGallen will join our Department @econ_uzh next summer as Professor of Macroeconomics and Political Economy. Looking forward to welcoming you as a colleague, Timo!
