Associates & Co-Applicants

Mazen Hassan is a Professor of Politics at Cairo University, Egypt. His research investigates political and socio-economic behavior in the Middle East using experimental and survey methodology. His research topics include social norms, pro-social behavior, parliamentary politics, electoral and party systems. His publications have appeared in Democratization, Political Research Quarterly, Public Choice, European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Government and Opposition, Mediterranean Politics, Political Studies, and Electoral Studies. 

Melis Kartal holds a PhD in Economics from the New York University. She is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. She has expertise in applied economic theory, behavioral and experimental economics, and political economy. Her research focuses on policy-relevant applied topics. Her research is published in leading international journals, such as the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Economic Journal, Journal of Public Economics.

Stefan Traub holds a doctorate in economics. He is professor of behavioral economics at Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg. He works mainly experimentally and focuses in particular on the influence of inequality and fairness preferences on individual and group decision-making behavior. His research is published in leading international journals such as European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, and the Journal of Public Economics.

Sarah Mansour has a PhD in Economics and is an Associate Professor of Economics at Cairo University. She uses a combination of behavioral economics and experimental methods to investigate issues related to economic development and climate change, education, or political economy in Egypt. Her work has been published in highly ranked international journals such as European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Democratization, and Public Choice.