Staff
Fabian Dvorak


About Me
Scientist
Department of Environmental Social Sciences
Environmental Economics cluster (EnvEco)
I’m a scientist at the Department of Environmental Social Sciences at Eawag, the Swiss Center of Excellence on Net Zero Emissions (SCENE), and the Chair of Applied Research in Economics of the University of Konstanz. I’m also affiliated to the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour and the Thurgau Institute of Economics.
My research is in behavioral and experimental economics with an applied focus on environmental problems and human-algorithm interaction. I combine data from laboratory, online, and survey experiments with computational modeling and advanced statistical methods to understand human decision-making.
You can find more information about my work on my personal website.
Projects
Publications
Dvorak, F., Stumpf, R., Fehrler, S., and Fischacher, U. (forthcoming). Adverse Reactions to the Use of Large Language Models in Social Interactions. PNAS Nexus.
Dvorak, F., Fischbacher, U., and Schmelz, K. (2025). Strategic conformity or anticonformity to avoid punishment and attract reward. The Economic Journal, 135(666), 556–583.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueae085
Dvorak, F., Fehrler, S. (2024). Negotiating cooperation under uncertainty: communication in noisy, indefinitely repeated interactions. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 16(3), 232–258.
https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.20210117
Dvorak, F. (2023). stratEst: a software package for strategy frequency estimation. Journal of the Economic Science Association, 9, 337–349.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40881-023-00141-7
Chen, F. S., Kumsta, R., Dvorak, F., Domes, G., Yim, O.-S., Ebstein, R. P. & Heinrichs, M. (2015). Genetic modulation of oxytocin sensitivity: a pharmacogenetic approach. Translational Psychiatry, 5, e664.
https://doi.org/10.1038/tp.2015.163
Working Papers
Cognitive Models of Bayesian Anchoring in Discrete Choice Experiments
with Klaus Glenk, Ivana Logar and Jürgen Meyerhoff
Similarity and Consistency in Algorithm-Guided Exploration
with Yongpin Bao, Ludwig Danwitz, Sebastian Fehrler, Lars Hornuf, Hsuan Yu Lin and Bettina von Helversen
Social Learning with Intrinsic Preferences
with Urs Fischbacher
Curriculum Vitae
2022- |
Postdoc, Department of Environmental Social Sciences, Eawag, Switzerland |
2022- |
Postdoc, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Germany |
2018 |
Postdoc, Chair of Applied Research in Economics, University of Konstanz, Germany |
2018 |
PhD in Economics, University of Konstanz, Germany |
2013 |
BSc in Economics, University of Freiburg, Germany |
2012 |
MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Freiburg, Germany |
2010 |
BSc in Psychology, University of Freiburg, Germany |
Address
E-Mail: | fabian.dvorak@cluttereawag.ch |
Phone: | +41 58 765 5512 |
Fax: | +41 58 765 5802 |
Address: | Eawag
Überlandstrasse 133 8600 Dübendorf |
Office: | FC E30 |
Research Group
Environmental Economics