Prof. Dr. Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch is a Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, specializing in Behavioral Economics and Empirical Economic Research. She serves as Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods and leads the Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE). Her research spans self-control, socio-emotional skills, economic preferences, affirmative action, and behavioral interventions, often using experimental methods and longitudinal data. Education: PhD in Economics (University of Munich, 2008), MSc in Economics (University of Mannheim, 2004), Studies in Economics, Political Sciences, and Environmental Science (University of Heidelberg, 2001). Positions: Professor (DICE, HHU Düsseldorf, 2016–present), Senior Research Fellow (Max Planck Institute, 2021–present), Postdoctoral Researcher (University of Bonn, 2009–2016), Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Berlin, 2008–2009), Research Assistant (University of Munich, 2004–2008). Her research combines behavioral economics, psychology, and public policy, focusing on self-control stability, socio-economic disparities in child development, and the effectiveness of affirmative action. Recent work examines spatial patterns in preference formation, parenting impacts on skills, and behavioral interventions during public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. Key contributions include: Identifying sensitive periods for socio-emotional skill development. Analyzing self-control’s predictive power for life outcomes. Evaluating the interplay between surveillance and behavioral compliance. Investigating fairness perceptions of affirmative action policies.





