Dr. Alwine Mohnen

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Biography

Alwine Mohnen is a professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) specializing in Corporate Management with a focus on personnel economics, incentives, performance measurement, and compensation. She heads the experimental laboratory at the TUM School of Management, which investigates questions in the fields of behavioral and experimental economics. After studying economics at the University of Bonn, she obtained her PhD from the University of Cologne in 2002, graduating with the highest honor, summa cum laude. She acquired her postdoctoral teaching qualification (habilitation) in 2006. Before joining TUM as a professor in 2011, she was a full professor at RWTH Aachen University and served as a visiting scholar at Stanford University. Additionally, she has taught as an adjunct professor at the CEU Business School in Budapest, Hungary. Mohnen's research work has led to recognition through multiple awards and grants, including the Walther-Rathenau Award from the German Economic Association in 2006 and a DFG research scholarship at Stanford. Her key publications emphasize the dynamics of team behavior under conditions of inequity and the implications for performance in economic settings.

Research Interests

Experience

Full Professor

2011-01-01 — Present

Technical University of Munich • Munich, Germany

Visits and teaches at the TUM School of Management, focusing on corporate management.

Full Professor

2008-01-01 — 2011-01-01

RWTH Aachen University • Aachen, Germany

Led the Department of Business and Economics.

Adjunct Professor

2011-01-01 — Present

CEU Business School • Budapest, Hungary

Taught corporate management related courses.

Visiting Scholar

2005-01-01 — 2006-01-01

Stanford University • Stanford, USA

Conducted research under a DFG scholarship.

Awards

#2006

Walther-Rathenau Award

2006-01-01
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DFG Research Scholarship

2005-01-01
#2002

Dissertation Award

2002-01-01