Florian Zimmermann

Florian Zimmermann is Research Director at IZA and Professor at the University of Bonn. Previously, he served as Professor and Research Director at the briq Institute on Behavior & Inequality (2019–2023). His affiliations include the University of Zurich, University of Mannheim, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and Harvard University.

Education:

• PhD in Economics, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (2013)
• Bachelor/Master in Economics, University of Mannheim and UCLA

Research Interests: A leading expert in behavioral and experimental economics, his work focuses on motivated cognition, belief formation, information processing, and their implications for financial markets, labor economics, and social behavior. Key themes include discrimination, climate change denial, trust, and self-assessment mechanisms.

Publications: His research appears in top journals like the American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Management Science, and Nature Climate Change, with recurring themes of cognitive biases, decision-making under uncertainty, and market psychology.

Editorial Roles: He serves as Associate Editor at the Quarterly Journal of Economics and Journal of the European Economic Association, and is on the editorial board of the Review of Economic Studies.