Academic Placements of PhD Students since 2012

Dr. Vera Zabrodina (PhD Basel 2022, Postdoc Basel 2022-2024)
Advisors: Conny Wunsch (U Basel), Andrea Weber (CEU)
SNF Mobility Postdoc, University of California Berkeley (since 2024)
 

Dr. Bich Diep Nguyen (PhD Basel, 2021)
Advisors: Aya Kachi (U Basel), Christopher Hilbert (JHU) and Günther Fink (U Basel)
Lecturer in Economics, Vietnam National University (since 2022)
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Prof. Lukas Altermatt (PhD Basel, 2019)
Advisors: Aleksander Berentsen (U Basel) and Cyril Monnet (U Bern)
Lecturer in Economics, University of Essex (2020-2026)
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Bern (since 2026)
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Prof. Mohammed Ait Lahcen (PhD Basel, 2019)
Advisors: Aleksander Berentsen (U Basel) and Pedro Gomis-Porqueras (Queensland U)
Assistant Professor, Qatar University (since 2020)
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Dr. Armando Meier (PhD Basel, 2018)
Advisors: Alois Stutzer (U Basel) and Roland Hodler (U St. Gallen)
University of Lausanne, Senior Research Fellow (2020 - 2024)
Tenure-track Assistant Professor, University of Basel (2024 - 2026)
Associate Professor, University of Basel (since 2026)
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Dr. Renate Strobl (PhD Basel 2017, Postdoc Basel 2017-2022)
Advisors: Stefan Felder, Conny Wunsch
Senior lecturer and researcher, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine at the University of Lucerne (since 2022)
Senior lecturer and researcher, Institute of Economic Research at the University of Neuchâtel (since 2025)
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Prof. Florian Madison (PhD Basel, 2017)
Advisors: Aleksander Berentsen (U Basel) and Guillaume Rocheteau (UCI)
Assistant Professor, Claremont McKenna College (since 2019)
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Prof. Andrea Sticha (PhD Basel, 2017)
Advisors: Heinz Zimmermann (U Basel) and Alexandre Ziegler (U Zurich)
Assistant Research Professor, The George Washington University School of Business (2017-2023)
Research Director, Stanford Graduate School of Business (since 2023)
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Prof. Elena Shvartsman (PhD Basel, 2016)
Advisors: Michael Beckmann (U Basel) and George Sheldon (U Basel)
Juniorprofessorin, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (since 2020)
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Dr. Michaela Slotwinski (PhD Basel, 2016)
Advisors: Alois Stutzer (U Basel) and Kurt Schmidheiny (U Basel).
Postdoctoral Researcher, ZEW Mannheim (2019 - 2023)
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zurich (since 2022)
Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Université de Neuchâtel (starting August 2024)
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Dr. Tsvetana Spasova (PhD Basel, 2016)
Advisors: Christian Kleiber (U Basel) and Kurt Schmidheiny (U Basel)
Lecturer, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (since 2020)
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Prof. Ulrich Matter (PhD Basel, 2015)
Advisors: Alois Stutzer (U Basel) and Dietmar Maringer (U Basel)
Assistant Professor, University of St. Gallen (since 2017)
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Prof. Kristyna Ters (PhD Basel, 2015)
Advisors: Heinz Zimmermann (U Basel) and Peter Kugler (U Basel)
Lecturer, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
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Dr. Verena Schoenmueller (PhD Basel, 2014)
Advisors: Manfred Brun (U Basel), Dominik Georgi (HSLU) and Florian Stahl (U Mannheim)
Lecturer, esade Ramon Llull University
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Prof. Samuel Häfner (PhD Basel, 2014)
Advisors: Yvan Lengwiler (U Basel) and Georg Nöldeke (U Basel)
Assistant Professor, University of St. Gallen (since 2023)
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Prof. Markus Hertrich (PhD Basel, 2014)
Advisors: Christian Kleiber (U Basel) und Heinz Zimmermann (U Basel)
Professor of International Economics, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes (since 2023)
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Prof. Markus Ludwig (PhD Basel, 2014)
Advisors: Frank Christian Krysiak (U Basel) and Rolf Weder (U Basel)
Professor of Economics, TU Braunschweig (since 2019)
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Dr. Matthias Flueckiger (PhD Basel, 2013)
Advisors: Jürg H. Sommer (U Basel) and Rolf Weder (U Basel)
Senior Lecturer, University of York
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Prof. Verena Batt (PhD Basel, 2012)
Advisors: Manfred Brun (U Basel) and Karsten Hadwich (U Hohenheim)
Juniorprofessorin, Leuphana Universität (2017 - 2019)
Dozentin, Hochschule Luzern (since 2019)
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Academic Placements of Postdocs since 2012

Edouard Mattille, Ph.D. (Postdoc Basel, 2025 - 2026)
Postdoc Mentor: Angelo Ranaldo (U Basel, SFI)
Lecturer (tenure-track assistant professor), University of New South Wales (since 2026)
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Prof. Özgün Atasoy (Postdoc Basel, 2016 - 2023)
Postdoc Mentor: C. Miguel Brendl (U Basel)
Associate Professor (with tenure), Warwick Business School (since 2023)
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Prof. Gwendolin Sajons (Postdoc Basel, 2016 - 2019)
Postdoc Mentor: Michael Beckmann (U Basel)
Assistant Professor, ESCP Business School Berlin (since 2019)
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Prof. Raphaël Parchet (Postdoc Basel, 2012 - 2013)
Postdoc Mentor: Kurt Schmidheiny (U Basel)
Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Università della Svizzera italiana (2013-2019)
Full Professor, Università della Svizzera italiana (since 2023)
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Prof. Jorge Pena (Postdoc Basel, 2012 - 2013)
Postdoc Mentor: Georg Nöldeke (U Basel)
Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (2013 - 2016)
Assistant Professor, Toulouse School of Economics (2017-2024)
Full Professor, Toulouse School of Economics (since 2024)
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Dr. Marco Archetti (Postdoc Basel, 2010 - 2012)
Postdoc Mentor: Georg Nöldeke (U Basel)
Lecturer, University of East Anglia
Associate Professor, Penn State University
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