Michael Messerli, Prof. Dr.
- SNF-Professor / SNSF professorship
- Phone
- +41 44 634 85 01
- Address
- UZH Philosophisches Seminar, Zollikerstrasse 117, CH-8008 Zürich
- Room number
- ZOA-2-211
Research
- Value Theory
- Rationality
- Decision Theory
- Philosophy of Economics
- Ethics
- Experimental Philosophy
- Philosophy of Action
Current research project: Motivational Change
Curriculum vitae
| 2024 – 2029 | SNSF-professorship (Starting Grant), University of Zurich |
| 2019 – 2023 | Ambizione (Swiss National Science Foundation) at the Ethics Research Institute (Chair: Prof. Schaber), University of Zurich |
| 2018 – 2019 | Post-Doc SNSF at the University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Dr. Luca Barlassina), UK |
| 2018 | Assistant at the Chair of Theoretical Philosophy (Prof. Beisbart), University of Bern |
| 2018 | Adam Smith Guest Professor at the University of Bayreuth in the "Philosophy and Economics" programme, Germany |
| 2017 – 2018 | Post-Doc SNSF at the University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Dr. Luca Barlassina), UK |
| 2017 |
PhD in Philosophy (Major) and Economics (Minor), LMU Munich, Germany |
| 2013 – 2016 | PhD Candidate SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) at the Chair of Practical Philosophy (Prof. Monika Betzler), University of Bern |
| 2012 | Assistant at the Chair of Practical Philosophy (Prof. Monika Betzler), University of Bern |
| 2011 |
Master in Philosophy (Major) and Economics (Minor), University of Bern |
| 2009 |
Bachelor in Philosophy (Major) and Economics (Minor), University of Bern, Switzerland |
Teaching
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06ST160-013f
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from 18.09.2026
to 18.12.2026
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
| 2308 |
06ST160-014i
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from 18.09.2026
to 18.12.2026
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
| 2448 |
06ST160-015i
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from 18.09.2026
to 18.12.2026
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
| 2312 |
06ST160-508h
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from 18.09.2026
to 18.12.2026
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
| 2323 |
06ST160-509c
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to 18.12.2026
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
| 2454 |
06ST160-510c
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
| 2352 |
06ST160-512f
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from 18.09.2026
to 18.12.2026
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
| 2372 |
06ST163-502h
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from 18.09.2026
to 18.12.2026
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
| 2377 |
06ST163-503c
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from 18.09.2026
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
| 0260 |
06ST160-013c
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from 01.08.2026
to 31.01.2027
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
| 0239 |
06ST160-014c
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from 01.08.2026
to 31.01.2027
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
| 2214 |
06ST160-015c
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to 31.01.2027
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
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06ST163-503e
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
| 1538 |
06ST163-502c
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to 31.01.2027
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
| 0244 |
06ST160-508c
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from 01.08.2026
to 31.01.2027
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
| 2217 |
06ST160-510h
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from 01.08.2026
to 31.01.2027
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
| 0264 |
06ST160-509f
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from 01.08.2026
to 31.01.2027
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Michael Messerli | |
| 3979 |
06SE160p009a
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from 15.09.2026
to 15.12.2026
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Di 14:00-15:45 | Michael Messerli |
Publications
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Publications
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2025
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Journal Article
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A Corpus Study on the Normativity of Rationality in advance Thought: A Journal of Philosophy, 12, 72–81. https://doi.org/10.5840/tht20253442
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2024
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Transformative experiences, cognitive modelling and affective forecasting Erkenntnis, 89, 65–87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-022-00523-z
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Rationality meets facts Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 46, 3623–3629. https://escholarship.org/content/qt09j1s4jd/qt09j1s4jd_noSplash_260ab49eda626754846abeb39318f8d0.pdf?t=sgrhj
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Monograph
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Preference change Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009181860
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2023
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Can commitments cause counterpreferential choices? Journal of Economic Methodology, 30, 94–106. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178X.2022.2077407
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2022
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Not more than a feeling: An experimental investigation into the folk concept of happiness Thought: A Journal of Philosophy, 11, 41–50. https://doi.org/10.5840/tht20229206
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The varying rationality of weakness of the will: an empirical investigation and its challenges for a unified theory of rationality Synthese, 200, 365. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03807-7
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2020
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Monograph
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Unvergleichbarkeit. Dürfen wir Entscheidungen dem Würfel überlassen? Vol. IV. Colmena. http://colmena.ch/userdata/filemanager/data/e-book_978-3-906896-11-3_messerli.pdf
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2019
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Conference or Workshop item
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Decisions against preferences 2345–2350. https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/past-conferences/
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2018
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Transformative decisions Journal of Philosophy, 115, 313–335. https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil2018115620
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2017
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How not to characterise a hard choice Ratio, 30, 494–521. https://doi.org/10.1111/rati.12169
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Hard cases of comparison Philosophical Studies, 174, 2227–2250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-016-0796-y
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2016
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Scientific Publication in Electronic Form
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Schwierige Entscheidungen im Alltag https://www.philosophie.ch/2016-12-26-messerli
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2013
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Newspaper Article
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Gedanken zum Projekt Pumpipumpe Konsumentenforum kf, 1–2. https://www.yumpu.com/de/document/read/21287595/michael-messerli-philosophie-doktorand-universitat-bern-
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