Werdegang:
2023 – Director at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in Bonn
2003 – Full Professor (C4/W3) of Economics at the University of Cologne
2023 Visiting Professor at the University of California San Diego, Rady School of Management
2015 Visiting Professor at Stanford University, Economics Department
2002 – 2003 Associate Professor (C3) at Max Planck Institute for Economics, Jena
1999 – 2001 Assistant Professor at the University of Magdeburg, Faculty of Economics and Management
1999 – 2000 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University, Harvard Business School
1996 – 1997 Visiting Scholar at Penn State University, Smeal College of Business
1995 – 1998 Doctoral Studies, University of Magdeburg, Ph.D. in Economics
1989 – 1994 Studies in Economics at the University of Bonn (Diploma) TA and RA for microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics

Forschungsschwerpunkte:
Behavioral Economic Engineering, Market Design, Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Game Theory

Mitgliedschaften und Funktionen:
2025 – Director of the Adenauer School of Government (ASG) at the University of Cologne
2025 Brazil COP30 Working Group on Climate Coalitions
2025 – High-Level Expert Group of the Climate Club (climate-club.org)
2024 – Behavioural Insights Connect (Bundeskanzleramt)
2024 – Specialist Group for Regulatory Issues at the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur)
2023 – University of Tokyo Market Design Center (UTMD) Visiting Researcher
2023 – 2025 Climate Economists’ Roundtable at the Federal Chancellery (Bundeskanzleramt)
2022 – 2025 Economists’ Roundtable at the Federal Chancellery (Bundeskanzleramt)
2022 – 2025 Energy experts’ roundtable at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
2022 – Team Scientist at the Behavior Change for Good Initiative (U Penn)
2021 – 2022 Scientific Advisory Board of the University of Cologne on Sustainability
2021 – 2023 Co-Editor Management Science SI “The Human-Algorithm Connection”
2021 – Sozialwissenschaftlicher Ausschuss des Vereins für Socialpolitik
2021 – 2022 Advisor to the Federal Government’s Taskforce on Vaccine Production
2021 – 2022 Economists’ Roundtable at the Federal Ministry of Finance
2020 – 2024 Board Member, Cologne Center for Ethics, Rights, Economics, and Social Sciences of Health (CERES)
2019 – Advisory Board of “Leaders for Climate Action”
2019 – Advisory Board of the “Walter-Siegenthaler-Gesellschaft”
2018 – Coordinator of the Research Area “Market Design & Behavior” in the Excellence Cluster ECONtribute
2018 – 2023 Department Editor at Management Science
2017 – 2025 Scientific Advisory Council of the ZEW in Mannheim
2016 – 2018 Board of the “Verein für Socialpolitik”
2015 – 2023 Speaker of the “Excellence Center for Social and Economic Behavior” of the University of Cologne
2012 – 2014 Contributing Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), AR5
2011 – 2012 Speaker of the Department of Economics at the University of Cologne
2011 – 2017 Coordinator of the DFG Research Unit FOR 1371 “Design & Behavior”
2010 – Academic Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)
2010 – 2014 Board of the “Verein für Socialpolitik”
2007 – 2023 Scientific Advisory Board of the University of Cologne
2004 – Founding Director of the Cologne Laboratory for Economic Research
2004 – Board of Trustees of the student-run Organisationsforum Wirtschaft
2004 – 2006 President of the Association of Experimental Economics (GEW)
2003 – 2007 Director of the Institute of Energy Economics, University of Cologne

Auszeichnungen und Ehrungen:
2025 – Director of the Adenauer School of Government (ASG) at the University of Cologne
2025 – Brazil COP30 Working Group on Climate Coalitions
2025 – High-Level Expert Group of the Climate Club (climate-club.org)
2024 – Behavioural Insights Connect (Bundeskanzleramt)
2024 – Specialist Group for Regulatory Issues at the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur)
2023 – University of Tokyo Market Design Center (UTMD) Visiting Researcher
2023 – 2025 Climate Economists’ Roundtable at the Federal Chancellery (Bundeskanzleramt)
2022 – 2025 Economists’ Roundtable at the Federal Chancellery (Bundeskanzleramt)
2022 – 2025 Energy experts’ roundtable at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
2022 – Team Scientist at the Behavior Change for Good Initiative (U Penn)
2021 – 2022 Scientific Advisory Board of the University of Cologne on Sustainability
2021 – 2023 Co-Editor Management Science SI “The Human-Algorithm Connection”
2021 – Sozialwissenschaftlicher Ausschuss des Vereins für Socialpolitik
2021 – 2022 Advisor to the Federal Government’s Taskforce on Vaccine Production
2021 – 2022 Economists’ Roundtable at the Federal Ministry of Finance
2020 – 2024 Board Member, Cologne Center for Ethics, Rights, Economics, and Social Sciences of Health (CERES)
2019 – Advisory Board of “Leaders for Climate Action”
2019 – Advisory Board of the “Walter-Siegenthaler-Gesellschaft”
2018 – Coordinator of the Research Area “Market Design & Behavior” in the Excellence Cluster ECONtribute
2018 – 2023 Department Editor at Management Science
2017 – 2025 Scientific Advisory Council of the ZEW in Mannheim
2016 – 2018 Board of the “Verein für Socialpolitik”
2015 – 2023 Speaker of the “Excellence Center for Social and Economic Behavior” of the University of Cologne
2012 – 2014 Contributing Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), AR5
2011 – 2012 Speaker of the Department of Economics at the University of Cologne
2011 – 2017 Coordinator of the DFG Research Unit FOR 1371 “Design & Behavior”
2010 – Academic Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)
2010 – 2014 Board of the “Verein für Socialpolitik”
2007 – 2023 Scientific Advisory Board of the University of Cologne
2004 – Founding Director of the Cologne Laboratory for Economic Research
2004 – Board of Trustees of the student-run Organisationsforum Wirtschaft
2004 – 2006 President of the Association of Experimental Economics (GEW)
2003 – 2007 Director of the Institute of Energy Economics, University of Cologne

Ausgewählte Publikationen:
Bolton, G. E., & Ockenfels, A. (2000). ERC: A Theory of Equity, Reciprocity, and Competition. The American Economic Review, 90(1), 166-193. DOI/10.1257/aer.90.1.166
Ambuehl, S., Bernheim, B. D., & Ockenfels, A. (2021). What Motivates Paternalism? An Experimental Study. American Economic Review, 111(3), 787-830. DOI/10.1257/aer.20191039
Roth, A. E., & Ockenfels, A. (2002). Last-minute bidding and the rules for ending second-price auctions: Evidence from eBay and Amazon auctions on the Internet. American economic review, 92(4), 1093-1103. DOI/10.1257/00028280260344632
Bolton, G. E., Katok, E., & Ockenfels, A. (2004). How Effective Are Electronic Reputation Mechanisms? An Experimental Investigation. Management Science, 50(11), 1587-1602. DOI/10.1287/mnsc.1030.0199
Bolton, G. E., Brandts, J., & Ockenfels, A. (2005). Fair Procedures: Evidence from Games Involving Lotteries. The Economic Journal, 115(506), 1054-1076.  DOI/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2005.01032.x
Bolton, G. E., Greiner, B., & Ockenfels, A. (2013). Engineering Trust: Reciprocity in the Production of Reputation Information. Management Science, 59(2), iv-527. DOI/10.1287/mnsc.1120.1609
Selten, R., & Ockenfels, A. (1998). An experimental solidarity game. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 34(4), 517-539. DOI/10.1016/S0167-2681(97)00107-8
Cramton, P., Ockenfels, A., & Stoft, S. (2013). Capacity Market Fundamentals. Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, 2(2), 27-46. DOI/10.5547/2160-5890.2.2.2
Ockenfels, A., Sliwka, D., & Werner, P. (2015). Bonus Payments and Reference Point Violations. Management Science, 61(7), 1473–1740. DOI/10.1287/mnsc.2014.1949
Cramton, P., MacKay, D. J. C., Ockenfels, A., & Stoft, S. (2017). Global Carbon Pricing. The Path to Climate Cooperation. Cambridge, The MIT Press.

Link zur Liste der gesamten Publikationen:
https://ockenfels.uni-koeln.de/sites/stawi-ockenfels/pdf/publications/Publications_Axel_Ockenfels.pdf