Miriam Mezger Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests:
Miriam Mezger
Curriculum Vitae
(October 2010)
Postal address
Corporate Development and Business Ethics
University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923 Cologne, Germany
miriam.mezger@uni-koeln.de
+49 (0)221 470 1847 (phone)
+49 (0) 221 470 1849 (fax)
www.codebe.uni-koeln.de
Visitor address
Venloer Str. 151-153, room 914, 50672 Cologne
Behavioural Business Ethics, Consumer Recommendations, Experimental Economics, Online-Marketing
Academic Career:
Since 2010-10 Research Assistant, Department of Corporate Development and Business
Ethics, University of Cologne
2008-01 – 2010-09 Research Assistant, Chair in E-Business, Faculty of Economics and
Management, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
2006-10 – 2007-12 Student Research Assistant, Chair in E-Business and Chair in Economic
Policy, Faculty of Economics and Management, Otto-von-Guericke
University Magdeburg
2005-09 – 2005-10 Student Research Assistant, Chair in E-Business, Faculty of Economics and
Management, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
2005-06 – 2005-07 Student Assistant, Chair in E-Business, Faculty of Economics and
Management, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
2004-09 – 2005-07 Student Research Assistant, Chair in E-Business, Faculty of Economics and
Management, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Education:
2007-07 – 2007-07 Summer school participant “Success Strategies for Female Junior Scientists”,
Universiy of Graz, Austria
2006-07 – 2006-07 Summer school participant “Economics of Information: Incentives and
Contracts“ and “Applied Time Series Econometrics“, Instituto Superior de
Economia e Gestão, Lissabon, Portugal
Since 2005-10-21 Ph. D. Student, working title of the dissertation: “Recommendation
Behaviour of Consumers and Experts as Design Instruments in Online-
Marketing”
2005-10-21 Degree as Diplom-Kauffrau
2004-11 – 2005-03 Diploma thesis: “Randomized and Auctioned Placements in Eelectronic
Hotel-Listings”, Grade: 1,0
2004-04 – 2005-10 Studies of International Management with specialization in Marketing,
Faculty of Economics and Management, Otto-von-Guericke University
Magdeburg

2003-09 – 2004-03 Exchange semester at the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of
Humanities, Universidad Central de Las Villas Marta Abreu, Santa Clara,
Cuba
2000-10 – 2003-08 Studies of Business Administration with specialization in International
Management, Faculty of Economics and Management, Otto-von-Guericke
University Magdeburg
1990-09 – 1999-06 Abitur, Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium Reutlingen
Publications and Presentations:
Working paper „Recommendation Behavior and Product Choice“
Working paper „Randomized Display Positions in Internet Hotel Directories“
2008-07-15 Presentation at the “Third World Congress of the Game Theory Society -
Games 2008“, Center for Game Theory and Economic Behavior, Kellogg
School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
2007-12-12 Presentation at the “Alhambra Experimental Workshop“, Universidad de
Granada, Spain
2007-10-27 Presentation at the “First Conference of the International Association for
Tourism Economics“, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
2007-06-15 Presentation at the annual conference of the German Society for
Experimental Economics (GfeW), Goslar
2007-06 “Proaktive und reaktive Markenpflege im Internet“ with Abdolkarim Sadrieh
in: Interactive Marketing im Web 2.0+ - Konzepte und Anwendungen für ein
erfolgreiches Marketingmanagement im Internet, Bauer, H. H. / Große-
Leege, D. / Rösger, J. (Ed.), 2007, Munic, p. 73-92
2006-01-25 Presentation at the Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting of the Economic Science
Association, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, HKUST
Business School, Hong Kong
2005-10 “Hotelsuche im Internet: Erkenntnisse zur Positionierung in elektronischen
Verzeichnissen“ in: Modernes Geschäftsreise-Management 2006, Otto-Rieke,
G. (Ed.), 2005, p. 118-123
2005-05-27 Presentation at the annual conference of the German Society for
Experimental Economics (GfeW), Cologne
Awards and scholarships:
2006-01 – 2007-12 Post-graduate scholarship by Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
2005-07-05 Special award in the „AirPlus Travel Management Award 2005“ for
innovative diploma theses in business travel management, Lufthansa AirPlus
Servicekarten GmbH
2005-05-27 “Heinz-Sauermann-Preis zur experimentellen Wirtschaftsforschung“ for the
best German diploma thesis in experimental economics in the years 2004 and
2005, German Society for Experimental Economics (GfeW), Cologne
Professional Services and Affiliations:
Since 2006-05 Member of the German Society for Experimental Economics (GfeW)
2006-06 – 2010-06 Secretary of the German Society for Experimental Economics (GfeW),
Magdeburg