Sören Harrs

Sören Harrs is an Assistant Professor in Experimental Economics (non-tenure track) at the University of Vienna. His research focuses on behavioral and experimental economics, particularly the effects of fairness, identity, and narratives on economic decision-making. He combines experimental methods, panel data, and large-scale surveys in representative samples.

Education: PhD from the University of Cologne (2024), YEP student at ECONtribute (cluster of excellence at Universities of Bonn/Cologne). Visiting scholar at FAIR (Bergen, 2023) and UC San Diego (2022).

Research explores: 1) Fairness preferences and redistribution support across political/wealth groups, 2) Beliefs about inequality causes influencing policy preferences, 3) Identity threats driving climate protection efforts. His work bridges microeconomic theory with field experiments.

Recent work examines narrative persuasion mechanisms affecting risk/time preferences and evaluates incentive structures to reduce noise in experimental data. His published research includes studies on climate policy identity effects and market transparency for social responsibility.

No scientific awards explicitly mentioned. No listed advisees/students. Collaborative projects include work with Maj-Britt Sterba, Jeffrey Yusof, and Bettina Rockenbach.