• Thorsten Hens
    Prof. Dr.
    Director of Department of Banking and Finance, Professor of Financial Economics

    thorsten.hens[at]bf.uzh.ch
    +41 44 634 37 06
    Plattenstr. 32(PLD);  Room H04

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  • Education

    • 1996: Habilitation, Bonn University.
    • 1992: PhD, Bonn University (European Doctoral Programme).
    • 1988: Diploma in Economics, Bonn University.
    • 1984: Pre-Diploma (Vordiplom) in Computer Science, Bonn University.
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  • Research Interest

    1. Evolutionary Finance
    2. Behavioral Finance
    3. Aggregation

  • Teaching

    • Behavioral Finance and Wealth Management
    • Evolutionary Finance
    • Fixed Income Markets
    • Advanced Portfolio Theory
    • Introduction to Financial Economics

  • Other professional activities
    Research Networks:

    • NCCR-Finrisk Project on Behavioral and Evolutionary Finance
    • URPP-Finance and Financial Markets Project on Behavioral Finance
    • Research Fellow of CEPR
       

    Administrative Positions

    • Vice-Dean of the Faculty
    • Scientific Coordinator of NCCR-Finrisk
       

    Consulting

    • Pension Fund of the City of Zurich
    • Vita Pension Fund