Sven Fischer

Dr. Sven Fischer is a Lecturer in Economics at Brunel University London, serving as Director of Teaching and Learning for the Department of Economics, Finance, and Accounting since September 2024. Based in Marie Jahoda building (room 142), he maintains an active research profile while teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in behavioral economics and related fields.

His research critically examines the intersection of human behavior and economic theory, focusing on bargaining behavior, social preferences, cooperation dynamics, and biases in randomness perception. Fischer challenges traditional assumptions of perfect rationality, emphasizing humans' capacity for both cooperation and destructive behaviors. Current projects investigate communication strategies for fostering cooperation, voting majority impacts on group dynamics, wisdom-of-crowds phenomena, and efficiency comparisons between public and private good provision.

Fischer's publication record reveals consistent experimental methodology application across bargaining, auction theory, and financial contagion domains. His work demonstrates how laboratory experiments expose deviations from rational choice models, incorporating psychological and neuroscientific insights to explain cooperative failures and strategic behaviors in social dilemmas.

Notable recognition includes:

• Heinz Sauermann Prize for Experimental Economics (awarded by Gesellschaft für Experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung for doctoral dissertation)

He actively supervises PhD research in behavioral and experimental economics while teaching courses including Introduction to Behavioural Economics and Finance. His academic journey includes prior positions at Max Planck Institute of Economics, University College London, and Newcastle University, with visiting appointments at Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Ben Gurion University.