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From foundational undergraduate courses to cutting-edge PhD seminars — market design at every level.
Our members teach across the full academic range, combining rigorous theory with real-world application — preparing students to take on complex economic challenges and to design the markets that address them.
Fundamentals of matching markets, resource allocation without monetary transfers, and auction theory — through models and real-world case studies.
Advanced topics in matching theory, auction design, and boundedly rational mechanism design, with current research perspectives.
An interactive seminar featuring participant research presentations and analysis of cutting-edge papers in microeconomics and market design.
Cognitive biases, reference-dependent preferences, present bias, social preferences, and their implications for policy and business strategy.
Blockchain fundamentals combined with hands-on lab projects, featuring collaborative design challenges and industry feedback sessions.
Market imperfections and strategic behavior, with practical applications to competition policy and regulatory frameworks.
How trading mechanisms influence market liquidity and price formation, with emphasis on market design and regulatory implications.
An interdisciplinary exploration of market behavior and social norms, bridging economic theory with sociological insights.
Preference aggregation and voting systems — classic results, impossibility theorems, strategic manipulation, and potential solutions.
Intensive analysis of recent theoretical developments, student research presentations, and guidance in developing original research papers.
Ready to dive into market design research? Browse our faculty profiles to find researchers whose work matches your interests. Many of our faculty supervise Bachelor's and Master's theses, and we welcome students interested in research-assistant opportunities.
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Join us at our next events and workshops, where you'll meet fellow students, faculty, and visiting researchers in a relaxed setting. Whether you're just curious about market design or deep into your own research, we'd love to have you in our community.
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We're glad to answer questions about our courses, discuss thesis opportunities, or help you find the right way to get involved — whether that's course enrolment, a research-assistant position, or exploring potential thesis topics.
Prof. Dr. Marek Pycia · marek.pycia@econ.uzh.ch