Daniel Schunk

Daniel Schunk serves as Professor and Chair of Public Economics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, while maintaining dual appointments as permanent research fellow at the University of Zurich and research professor at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). His interdisciplinary work spans economics, neuroscience, and psychology through active collaborations with geneticists and bioinformaticians.

His research centers on behavioral and experimental economics, with specialized focus on economics of education, neuroeconomics, and public policy. Schunk investigates fundamental questions about social preferences, competitive behavior in children, and biological-economic intersections, regularly teaching at international summer schools that bridge economics, education research, and neurobiology.

Recent publications reveal a methodological trend toward integrating experimental economics with neuroscientific approaches, particularly examining how health factors influence developmental economics. His work appears in premier journals including American Economic Review and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, demonstrating cross-disciplinary impact.

Schunk contributes to key research networks: Early Childhood Interventions (ECI), Health Inequality (HI), and Identity and Personality (IP), reflecting his commitment to studying socioeconomic determinants through collaborative, multi-institutional frameworks.