Student Assistant (m/f/d)
Universität St. Gallen
St.Gallen
Key information
- Publication date:01 September 2025
- Workload:100%
- Place of work:St.Gallen
Job summary
The Chair of Corporate Finance focuses on corporate governance and household finance research. Join a dynamic research project with hands-on data work.
Tasks
- Assist in data collection for corporate governance research.
- Cross-check and manually collect data from various sources.
- Contribute to thesis writing alongside research assistant duties.
Skills
- Strong academic performance in finance, economics, or business.
- Ability to work independently with high motivation.
- Basic programming skills in Stata, R, or Python.
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The Chair of Corporate Finance specializes in research topics related to corporate finance and governance as well as household finance using empirical archival research designs. Student assistants will contribute to and be fully integrated in a larger research project on the measurement of corporate governance and data quality in corporate governance research. The data collected may also be used to write a bachelor or master thesis at the Chair of Corporate Finance subsequent to or overlapping with the research assistant position. The working period should begin as soon as possible and last for at least one semester.
Your tasks
- Research assistance with data collection that contributes to a corporate governance research project.
- Specifically, the research assistant will cross-check data from different data sources and manually collect data when databases disagree.
Your profile
- Excellent grades in your bachelor and, if applicable, master studies in finance, economics, or business
- High personal motivation
- Independent and responsible work ethics
- Excellent English language skills (all data sources exist in English only)
- Basic programming skills in Stata (preferred), R, or Python
Your application package should include:
- A motivation letter
- Curriculum Vitae
- All university certificates (including grades)
- Any reference letters from previous employers, internships etc.
"A place where knowledge is created" - As one of Europe's leading universities of economics and business administration, the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland, is committed to the education of over 10'000 students. The HSG is one of the largest employers in the region and provides an attractive and innovative environment for more than 3'500 researchers, educators and professional staff.
