Patricia Palffy

Patricia Palffy is a Researcher at the University of Zurich's Department of Business Administration. She holds a PhD from the University of Zurich, where she studied under Prof. Backes-Gellner, and completed a Visiting Student Researcher position at Stanford University (2022). Her research focuses on decision-making processes in individuals and firms, diversity and inclusion, digitalization impacts, personnel economics, and organizational behavior.

Palffy earned a Bachelor's and Master's in Psychology with a Business Administration minor at the University of Zurich, gaining early experience through internships in business consultancy and roles at the Chair for Empirical Research in Business and the Chair for Work and Organizational Psychology. Her work bridges social, organizational, and economic disciplines to address gender norms in occupational choices and labor market dynamics.

Her recent research explores interventions to counteract gender-typical career decisions among adolescents, leveraging field experiments and policy analysis. While no specific grants or labs are mentioned, her interdisciplinary approach reflects collaboration between psychology, economics, and organizational studies.