You will conduct rigorous research in one of the following topic areas:

1.       Machine learning in taxation

2.       Understanding preferences on taxation

3.       Decision theory and behavioral finance

Your profile

· Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., economics, econometrics or finance), to be completed by summer 2024

· Strong interest in (at least) one of the mentioned research areas

· Strong interest in conducting academic research

· Strong interest in the application of machine learning methods to real-world data and in the refinement of such methods [topic area 1], in conducting surveys and experiments and in empirical work [topic area 2] or in theoretical modeling in economics and finance and in running experiments [topic area 3]

Please apply with a CV, transcript of records, and a cover letter in which you clearly describe which of the topic areas you are interested in (if more than one, please state your order of preference). For more information, please contact Prof. Dr. Matthias Weber (matthias.weber@unisg.ch).

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.