Robin Schnider

• Postdoc in management science at the University of Zurich
• Behavioral economist, specialized in experimental design and data analysis
• Teaching students about corporate social responsibility and entrepreneurship
• Passionate and creative problem-solver, quick learner, and committed team player

July 2019 – present

Postdoctoral Researcher

Chair of Prof. Andreas Georg Scherer, University of Zurich,

Foundations of Business Administration and Theories of the Firm

• Led a research project on social innovation with 4 team members. 
• Designed and conducted 2 behavioral experiments with Qualtrics, analyzed the data with Stata, and wrote a scientific paper with 3 coauthors.
• Planned, coordinated, and graded the online exams for the course BWL I with more than 1,000 first-year students, leading a group of 10 assistants.
• Taught entrepreneurship to online and on-site classes of 100-200 first-year students. [ student evaluations: ∅5.2 of 6.0 ]
• Advised a total of 23 bachelor’s and master’s theses featuring experiments and surveys on CSR, sustainability, and consumer behavior.
• Obtained funding of CHF 20,000 from the Foundation for Research in Science and the Humanities at UZH for additional data collection.

Research and Teaching Assistant

Chair of Prof. Andreas Georg Scherer, University of Zurich,

Foundations of Business Administration and Theories of the Firm

• Designed and conducted 3 innovative experiments on legitimacy perceptions, social media, and consumer behavior: 2 online and 1 on-site at UZH. 
• Orchestrated a complex on-site experiment with 293 participants, including group discussions with Big Four tax consultants and NGO representatives.
• Handled and analyzed complex data sets using Stata. 
• Wrote a cumulative dissertation consisting of 3 scientific papers. [ received the Annual Dissertation Award of UZH in 2020 ] 
• Taught and assisted a bachelor’s course on globalization and corporate social responsibility with 80-90 students. [ student evaluations: ∅5.5 of 6.0 ] 
• Managed the submission and review process for a conference on organization research with 100 participants in 2015 and 2016.
• Presented regularly at international conferences, workshops, and seminars with audiences of 5-20 people. [ reached the finalists for the Best Student Paper Award at the Academy of Management’s annual meeting in 2018 and published in the Best Paper Proceedings as part of the top 10% of submissions ]
• Reviewed articles for leading journals in management. 

Aug 2014 – July 2019

University of Zurich, Switzerland

PhD in Management & Economics [ GPA: 5.60 of 6.00 ]

PhD thesis, supervised by Prof. A. G. Scherer and Prof. R. Weber:

Macro-, Meso-, and Micro-Level Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility and Pro-Social Behavior [ summa cum laude ]

Aug 2011 – Sep 2014

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Master of Arts in Economics [ GPA: 5.41 ]

Master’s thesis, supervised by Prof. Ernst Fehr:

Can Willingness to Pay Be Manipulated Outside of Awareness Using Subliminal Priming Methods? [ grade: 5.75 ]

July 2012 – Aug 2012

London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK

Summer School

Development Economics [ A- ], Advanced Econometrics [ A ]

Aug 2008 – Oct 2011

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Bachelor of Arts in Economics [ GPA: 5.16, first-year GPA: 5.54 ]

Bachelor’s thesis, supervised by Prof. A. G. Scherer:

The Legitimacy of Corporations as Political Actors: A Theoretical Analysis of the Justification and Efficacy of the Deliberative Democracy Model [ grade: 5.50 ]