Biography

I am an Associate Professor of Strategy and Behavioral Decision Making at UCLA Anderson. I study incentives, organizational design and social relationship structures – with a special emphasis on collaborative knowledge work. Much of my past work has focused on studying the causal effects of non-financial incentives, such as awards and social recognition. My methodological focus on field experiments has allowed me to collaborate with organizations such as Wikipedia, NASA, Coursera, and many other private sector firms (mostly in tech), as well as the American Red Cross, hospitals, schools, and universities.

At UCLA Anderson, I teach Business Strategy, Field Experiments in Strategy (FEiSty) – a course I designed where my students run field experiments, as well as courses in different Executive Education programs.

I joined UCLA from Harvard, where I was a postdoctoral fellow. I received my Ph.D. in economics from the University of Zurich, with the distinction summa cum laude, and I hold two master’s degrees, from Sciences Po Paris in France and the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. 

At home, my four children keep me on my toes and smiling. Click here for a photo of 3/4 (it’s hard to get them all on one shot these days). I’m also a runner and founded the RunTheWorld community during the pandemic.