Best 40-Under-40 Professor Nina Mažar by: Andrea Carter on February 12, 2014 | | 4,310 Views February 12, 2014 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Nina Mazar of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management Nina Mažar Associate Professor of Marketing Age: 38 Institution:University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management Since: 2007 Before current institution: MIT Sloan School of Management Hometown: Wiesbaden/Germany Marital status: Single Children: 0 Education: Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, Ph.D. equivalent (Dr. rer. pol.), Management Science (concentration: Marketing) Courses currently teaching: Behavioral Economics; Judgment and Decision Making Fun fact: I am terrible at understanding jokes–I hear that’s a German thing Professor I most admire: Professor Dan Ariely (Duke Fuqua) and Professor Drazen Prelec (MIT Sloan) Most memorable moment as a professor: When in the first week of teaching, an undergraduate student asked if I had any idea when the professor would show up to start class When I got invited to speak to the EU Commission “If I weren’t a b-school professor…” I would have loved to be a fashion director or film producer Professor Nina Mažar, a leading researcher and teacher in behavioral economics, is a recipient of numerous awards in both Canada and internationally. She investigates consumer behavior and is best known for her work on dishonesty and moral decision-making. When she’s not teaching behavioral economics in the Rotman MBA and Rotman Commerce programs or presenting research to international government and non-governmental agencies, she fills her time coordinating the school’s Behavioral Economics in Action group—a research cluster that partners with non-profit organizations, companies, and governmental agencies to use research findings to solve social problems such as financial literacy, obesity, and fraud. Nina Mažar is among “The World’s 40 Best B-School Profs Under the Age of 40“ Questions about this article? Email us or leave a comment below. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.