ARNA WOEMMEL

Hi, I'm Arna. I'm an incoming Postdoctoral Researcher at the Data Science Institute at the University of Chicago, working on the Data Ecology initiative with Raul Castro Fernandez. 

My research is at the intersection of Behavioral Economics and Computer Science. Much of it deals with behavioral biases in technology adoption.  Methodologically, I use behavioral lab experiments, NLP, and household data. 

I completed my PhD in Economics at the University of Hamburg, where I was supervised by Gerd Muehlheusser (Economics) and Judith Simon (Ethics in IT). During my PhD, I was a fellow of the German Research Foundation (DFG) as a member of the Research Training Group (RTG) in Philosophy, Politics & Economics. 

Feel free to reach out at: arnawoemmel@gmail.com

Research Visits:

• Columbia University, Data Science Institute (Spring 2023)

• Columbia Law School (Spring 2024)

• ETH Zürich, Center for Law & Economics (Fall 2024)

Research Groups:

• Privacy Research Group, NYU School of Law

News:

• Truly honored to receive the 2024 Theodore Eisenberg Prize at the Conference on Empirical Legal Studies in Atlanta. Many thanks to the CELS committee and organizers!

• I'm excited to teach a course on "Behavioral Law and Economics" at the Law and Technology Centre at the University of Hong Kong in March 2025.