Johannes Binswanger

Prof. Dr.

Professor

SIAW-HSG
83-4221
Rosenbergstrasse 22
9000 St. Gallen

Publications

Fields of research

Macroeconomics

Behavior under uncertainty

Subjective expectations, beliefs, and models

Education

Doctoral Degree in Economics, University of Zurich, June 2004.

Master in Economics (“Lizenziat”), University of Zurich, 2000.

Professional Career

Managing Director of the Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research (SIAW-HSG), since 2024 (Director since 2019)
Full Professor for Business Economics and Public Policy, School of Economics and Political Science, University of St. Gallen, since 2015
Associate professor, Department of Economics, Tilburg University, 2014 – August 2015.
Assistant professor, Department of Economics, Tilburg University, 2006 - 2014.
Postdoctoral Fellowship, European Network for the Advancement of Behavioural Economics (ENABLE), Toulouse School of Economics, 2005 – 2006.
Doctoral student and assistant at the Chair for Public Finance and Macroeconomics (Head: Prof. Josef Falkinger), University of Zurich, 2000 - 2005.

Teaching Activities

Course "Ökonomie", Executive MBA, University of St.Gallen
Course"Kritisches Denken und datenbasiertes Entscheiden", Executive MBA, University of St.Gallen
Course"Datenbasierte Wertschöpfung und KI", Executive MBA, University of St.Gallen
Course"Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence – Impact on Business, MBA, University of St.Gallen
Course "Workshop in Data Science Fundamentals", for certificate program Data Science Fundamentals, University of St.Gallen

Projects

Research on expectation and belief formation when agents do not fully understand how the economy works
Executive education in economics, data literacy, data science, and AI
Certificate program Data Science Fundamentals for Bachelor students at the University of St. Gallen
Data literacy for high school students

Additional Information

Please find further information in my CV.