Best 40-Under-40 Professor Nina Mažar

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“