Sebastian O. Schneider

Dr. Sebastian O. Schneider is a Max Planck Research Group Leader (non-tenured) at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, leading the Behavioral Economics research group. His work bridges behavioral and experimental economics, behavioral finance, and data science for causal behavioral research.

• PhD in Economics (2017), University of Goettingen
• MSc & BSc in Mathematics in Business and Economics (2014 & 2011), University of Mannheim

His research focuses on behavioral economics, experimental design, and household finance, with applications in health economics, development economics, and environmental economics. Recent publications explore social norms, political polarization, behavioral interventions during the Covid-19 pandemic, and higher-order risk preferences. He has developed the minMSE and MinMSE software packages for treatment assignment in experiments. Collaborations include institutions like the University of Amsterdam and Jinan University.