Benjamin Riva
Associate Fellow
Short biography
Benjamin Riva is Associate Fellow at Avenir Suisse. In parallel, he is pursuing a Ph.D at the University of Zurich, where he conducts research in education, labor market, environmental, and financial economics. He previously worked as a Research & Teaching Assistant at the Department of Management, Economics and Technology at ETH Zurich. He studied economics at the Universities of Zurich and St. Gallen. He undertook research and study stays at the University of Oxford, Università Bocconi, and Singapore Management University.
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Zurich (since 2022; supervised by Prof. Ulf Zölitz and Prof. Armin Schmutzler), with a research stay at the Department of Economics at the University of Oxford (2025); Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Zurich with a focus on Economic Policy (2019–22, summa cum laude), with an exchange semester at Bocconi University (2020); Bachelor’s degree in Economics (2015–19) and Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen (2015–18), with an exchange semester at Singapore Management University (2017).
Professional Experience:
Research & Teaching Assistant at the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich (since 2020); Research & Teaching Assistant to Prof. Dr. Michael Ambühl at ETH Zurich (2021–22).