After graduating from Ratsgymnasium in Bielefeld, I completed nearly my entire academic journey at Paderborn University. From 2006 to 2010, I earned my B.Sc. in Economics, followed by two M.Sc. degrees in 2010–2012: one in International Economics and another in Business Sciences, graduating as valedictorian in both. In 2012, I began my doctorate at the Chair of Institutional Economics and Economic Policy under Prof. Dr. Burkhard Hehenkamp, completing it summa cum laude in 2015. My dissertation, "Economics of Corruption and Crime – Interdisciplinary Approach to Behavioural Ethics," was recognized by the 'Gesellschaft für experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung' (GfeW) as the best German experimental dissertation of 2015/2016.

Today, I am an Associate Professor of Practice in Behavioral & Decision Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university. I am also a fellow in the Behavioral and Decision Sciences Program and at the Center for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics at Penn, a collaborator at the Wharton School’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative, and a Network Fellow at CESifo. In summer 2024 and 2025, I served as a visiting professor at Stanford University and have also held positions at Yale University and the University of Oxford.

My research focuses on experimental behavioral economics, particularly behavioral ethics and behavior change. I also study the dynamics of corruption, terrorism, and migration—topics that resonate personally as I emigrated to Germany from Moldova as a refugee after the collapse of the Soviet Union. From 2022 to 2023, I served as a behavioral economist in the White House under the Biden administration, focusing on opioid misuse among U.S. veterans. Despite my academic career, I have also gained professional experience at KPMG, SAP, Rödl & Partner, and KfW Bank.

Further information about Eugen Dimant’s research can be found here.