Curriculum

Prof. Dr. Mario Mechtel is Professor of Economics, in particular Empirical Microeconomics, at the Institute of Economics (IVWL) and Vice-Dean for Research of the School of Public Affairs at Leuphana University. His research focuses on Applied Microeconomics, Behavioral Economics, Social Identity, Environmental and Sustainability Economics, Digitalization, and Labor and Personnel Economics.

Mario Mechtel is the spokesperson (lead-PI) of the research cluster “Behavioral Economics and Societal Transformation”, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation and the Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony.

 Academic Positions

• Since 11/2018: Professor of Empirical Microeconomics, Leuphana University Lüneburg.
• 06/2015–11/2018: Assistant Professor of Microeconomics, Leuphana University Lüneburg.
• 03/2015–05/2015: Visiting scholar, Department of Economics and Business (Markets, Organization and Behaviour Group), Aarhus University.
• 01/2012–05/2015: Research Associate, Institute for Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU) and at the Chair of Personnel Economics, University of Trier.
• 10/2007–12/2011: Research Associate, Chair of Public Finance, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen.

 Education

• 10/2007-01/2012: Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, PhD student, Dissertation "Essays on Political Economy and Social Preferences" (summa cum laude)
• 04/2003-09/2007: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Student in Economics, Degree: Diplom-Volkswirt

 Prizes/Awards (Selected)

• 2016: Leuphana University Teaching Award
• 2014: Joseph-A.-Schumpeter-Preis, funded by Deutschen Bundesbank
• 2014: Best Paper Award: Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE), Vienna

Third-party funding

• Research Cluster “Behavioral Economics and Societal Transformation“ (spokesperson, proposal submitted jointly with Gerald Eisenkopf, Fabian Paetzel et al.), funding amount €2,435,496, project period 2024-2028
• DFG individual research grant “Enhancing cooperation and investigating peer effects on human capital formation – A randomized-controlled field study with primary school children” (together with Florian Hett and Daniel Schunk), funding amount €147,900, project period 2017–2020

Editorial positions

• Co-Editor Journal of Comments and Replications in Economics (JCRE), 2019-2023
• Guest Editor Special Issue on “Health and Labor Markets” of Schmollers Jahrbuch (with Christian Pfeifer), 2015/2016

Reviewer (Selected)

European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Health Economics, Management Science, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (“Outstanding Reviewer”), Labour Economics, Public Choice, European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Journal of Sports Economics,  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Israel Science Foundation, Czech Science Foundation

For more information, please see: www.mario-mechtel.de