• Psychology and economics and Experimental Research in Insurance
• Decision-making under risk and uncertainty
• Normative and behavioral insurance economics
• Health Insurance
• Inclusive insurance

Current:  

• Decision Making under Risk and Uncertainty (MA, University of St.Gallen)
• History of Finance (MA, University of St.Gallen)
• Impact and Welfare Consequences of Insurance (MA, University of St.Gallen)
• Topics in Behavioral and Experimental Research (PhD, University of St.Gallen)
• Psychology of Risk (BC, University of St.Gallen)
• CAS Customer and Sales Excellence in Insurance (executive, academic director)
• St.Galler AssekuranzForum (executive, University of St.Gallen, academic director)
• DAS Insurance Management (executive, University of St.Gallen, module lead)
• Executive Master HSG Insurance and Financial Services (executive, University of St.Gallen)
• CAS Management for the Legal Profession (executive, University of St.Gallen)
• Various inhouse executive programs (executive, University of St.Gallen)

Past:

• Experimental Research in Risk and Insurance (PhD, University of St.Gallen), guest lecturer
• Value Based Management in Insurance (MA, University of St.Gallen)
• Vulnerability of Financial Systems (MA, University of St.Gallen), guest lecturer

Basic research projects:

• Insuring Health: Individual Decision-Making and Insurer Competition (funded by Swiss National Science Foundation)
• The Role of the Intestinal Microbiome in Explaining Economic Preferences (funded by Swiss National Science Foundation)
• Identifying Risk and Ambiguity Preferences Free from Context (funded by Swiss National Science Foundation)
• Identifying Risk and Ambiguity Preferences Free from Context (funded by University of St. Gallen Research Fund)
• Experimental Studies in Microinsurance Markets (funded by Swiss National Science Foundation)
• Driving Growth: The Role of Insurance in Poverty Reduction and the Impact of Regulation on Insurance Market Development (funded by Swiss National Science Foundation)
• Microinsurance and Efficiency in the Insurance Industry (funded by German Research Foundation)
• Risky Choice in a Non-WEIRD Sample: A Model Comparison Study 
• Risk Premium Project (funded by Casualty Actuarial Society)
• Productivity and Efficiency in the Swiss Insurance Industry (funded by University of St. Gallen Research Fund)

Practice-based projects:

• The Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health utilization, commissioned for Santésuisse
• «Skills der Zukunft» für die Assekuranz, commissioned for Swiss Insurance Association (SIA)
• Heterogeneity in Behavioral Biases - A Review of the Literature (for Swiss Re)
• An Earth obseRvation Model based ricE smart information Service (ERMES) (within European Union FP7)
• Strategic Outcome Monitoring Concept for the RIICE Programme (for Allianz Re, SDC, and GIZ)
• Cyber Risk: Risikomanagement und Versicherbarkeit (for  Kessler & Co. AG)
• Generationensolidarität in der Krankenversicherung: Die Auswirkungen der demografischen Entwicklung auf die Krankenversicherung in der Schweiz (for  Swiss Insurance Association)
• Der Generationenvertrag in Gefahr: Eine Analyse der Transfers von Jung nach Alt in der Schweiz (for Swiss Insurance Association) 

• 2016 Inclusion in 40-Years Anniversary Collection of most relevant publications in the Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance (paper: Insurability in Microinsurance Markets: An Analysis of Problems and Potential Solutions, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, 37(1): 77–107).  
• 2014 Shin Research Excellence Award, awarded by the Geneva Association and the International Insurance Society (IIS) for “Insurability of Cyber Risk: An Empirical Analysis” (with Martin Eling and Jan Wirfs)
• 2012 Dissertation Award, awarded by University of Ulm Society (UUG) 
  for “Essays on Microinsurance: Efficiency, Insurability, and Pricing”

Referee activity:

• European Journal of Finance
• European Journal of Law and Economics
• European Journal of Operational Research
• Experimental Economics
• Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance
• Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
• Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
• Journal of the Economics of Ageing
• Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
• Journal of the European Economic Association
• Journal of Insurance Issues
• Journal of Public Economics
• Journal of Risk and Insurance
• Risk Management and Insurance Review
• Transactions on Internet Technology

Program committees:

• World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress (WRIEC)
• Annual Conference of the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research

Third-party funding:

• 2023-2026: Insuring Health: Individual Decision-Making and Insurer Competition, fundamental research project funding of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
• 2022: Social Norms and Insurance Fraud, fundamental research project funding of the University of St. Gallen Research Fund (GFF)
• 2019-2023: Identifying Risk and Ambiguity Preferences Free from Context, fundamental research project funding of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), with Thomas Epper
• 2018: Identifying Risk and Ambiguity Preferences Free from Context, fundamental research project funding of the University of St. Gallen Research Fund (GFF), with Thomas Epper
• 2015: Driving Growth: The Role of Insurance in Poverty Reduction and the Impact of Regulation on Insurance Market Development, scholarship for research visit funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
• 2012-2015: Experimental Studies in Microinsurance Markets, fundamental research project funding of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), with Martin Eling
• 2012-2013: Productivity and Efficiency in the Swiss Insurance Industry, fundamental research project funding of the University of St. Gallen Research Fund (GFF), with Martin Eling