Exchanging & Inspiring with International & Interedisciplinary Scholars

We were delighted to share some of our research in the prestigous and selective “Organization Science Winter Conference” in Zurich (below). We discussed the work-in-progress with a range of scholars from Switzerland, the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, and the U.S.

Thanks again to the organizers from ETH Zurich and to all of the participants for the warm welcome of our more micro-research in this historically more macro research community. We’re integrating the feedback and hoping to submit our paper soon.

Our core PLAID lab team were also delighted to share a new paper (funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation) on how playfulness can facilitate interactions and networking across diversity (e.g., men and women, lower and higher-status persons) in organizations. In total, 31 research groups from across HSG shared their sustainability-related insights. See here for more information.

Latsis Prize

Together with HSG President Bernhard Ehrenzeller and the Latsis Award certificate at the Dies Academicus ceremony on May 21, 2022, in St. Gallen.

I am honored and humbled to receive the 2022 Latsis Prize for the top scholar under age 40 at HSG.

Thank you to the HSG Research Committee for the selection, to the Latsis Foundation for the generous financial award, to my nominator (Judith Walls) for her kind words, to my coauthors and mentors, my family and friends for their support and encouragement.

Just the few words I can muster, because I’m truly beyond words to have received such a big award…

Top photo credit: Universität St.Gallen (HSG)/Hannes Thalmann

A new year, a new Uni!

After 7 lucky years at University of Zurich, I'm delighted to start the new year with an SNSF Swiss National Science Foundation grant at the top-ranked Competence Centre for Diversity & Inclusion (CCDI-FIM) - University of St.Gallen (HSG).

Big thanks to everyone who helped make this happen-particularly Prof. Dr. Gudrun Sander-and to UZH Digitalization, who sponsored my most recent–and very digital–research fellowship at University of Zurich. 🙏

Project updates can be found here.

My 1st FINT in snowy St. Gallen

Earlier this month, I attended my first FINT (First International Network on Trust) conference, which was conveniently located in the nearby Swiss city of St. Gallen. The conference included a fantastic line-up of speakers from academia, banking, and non-profit organizations, including UZH’s own Prof. Roberto Weber and St. Gallen’s Prof. Antoinette Weibel (she and her team seamlessly organized/hosted this fantastic event this year). I presented a “first cut” paper on humor as a trust cue as part of our current Swiss National Science Foundation project. I also actively participated in the many social events and Swiss experiences, including an Apéro with alphorn, Swiss fondue in a cheese factory, and yodeling with Appenzellers.

Attendees were encouraging and inclusive, even for me–a diversity researcher “outsider” who is merely beginning to dabble in trust research. Indeed, my first FINT was a cool experience (both metaphorically and literally). I’m delighted to have started the year off right with such inspiring presentations, interactions, and discussions.

For more information about FINT, see here. All photos credited to the official FINT photographer, Altius Media.