Research Assistant (all genders) – PhD Programme

At the Chair of Managerial Economics (Prof. Dr. Kai Barron) at ESCP Business School,
Campus Berlin, a position is to be filled starting September 1, 2026.

Research Assistant (all genders) – PhD Programme
75% of the regular weekly working hours | initially limited for 3 years

Responsibilities:
• Research: You will work closely with Prof. Dr. Kai Barron on research related to behavioral
economics (e.g., beliefs, narratives, mental models, inequality, gender gaps). The research is
expected to be published in leading journals.

• Service to the chair/school: You will participate in activities aimed at raising the profile of the

chair and ESCP Business School.

Requirements
• Completed or are about to complete a master‘s degree in economics, finance, management,

or data science with outstanding performance.

• Some experience in statistical programming (for example, MATLAB, Python, R, or Stata).
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Interest in research and academic work, especially experimental or behavioral economics.
• Very good English language skills.
• A strong sense of responsibility and commitment.

Benefits
• You will be admitted to the Berlin PhD Program at ESCP Business School if hired on the PhD

track.

• You will be part of a large international research community that includes six European ESCP
campuses with many professors and other PhD students. Inter-campus mobility is possible.

• There is a large and active behavioral economics network in Berlin.

Please send your complete application (CV, grade certificates, motivating cover letter, reference
letters are a plus) via our application form (in one complete PDF) to:

ESCP Business School, Campus Berlin
Prof. Dr. Kai Barron
Chair of Managerial Economics
Heubnerweg 8-10, 14059 Berlin
www.escp.eu/berlin

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About ESCP Business School: ESCP Business School is an international business school with campuses in 6
major European cities. Founded in 1819, ESCP is the first business school in the world. To this day, ESCP regularly
occupies top positions in the rankings of
the Financial Times. The academic focus of ESCP Berlin is on
entrepreneurship, sustainability and digitalization.

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