Universität St. Gallen
St.Gallen
Student Assistant – Strategic Management & AI Forecasting (m/w/d)
- 14 July 2026
- 100%
- St.Gallen
Job summary
Join the Chair of Prof. Dr. Peter Murmann at Universität St.Gallen, focusing on AI and strategic management. This role offers an innovative environment to shape the future of forecasting in Africa.
Tasks
- Build an AI-powered forecasting platform for Africa's economy.
- Scrape prediction markets for relevant economic questions.
- Evaluate AI accuracy and develop autonomous forecasting agents.
Skills
- Must be an advanced student in Management, Economics, or related fields.
- Strong interest in strategic management and artificial intelligence.
- Experience with programming and data analysis (Python preferred).
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About the job
The Chair of Prof. Dr. Peter Murmann at the Institute of Management & Strategy works at the intersection of strategic management, competitive advantage, and artificial intelligence, studying how firms can anticipate and shape a quickly evolving and uncertain future. With this role, we bring that research to a new frontier: using AI to forecast economic and political development across Africa.
You can find more information about us and our institute on our website: www.ifb.unisg.ch
Universität St.Gallen | Institut of Management & Strategy | Dufourstrasse 40a | 9000 St.Gallen | www.ifb.unisg.ch
Your tasks
Every strategy is, at its core, a forecast of the future - and AI has become remarkably good at forecasting. Yet this has mostly been tested in Western markets, on Western questions, with models trained on Western data. That's why we're building the first interactive, AI-powered forecasting platform focused entirely on African economic and political development. You'll work hands-on with frontier large language models and autonomous forecasting agents, benchmark them against real prediction markets, and help shape a project with the potential to develop ties with Wharton Business School.
- Build an interactive, AI-powered forecasting platform using our existing tools
- Scrape prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi for relevant questions on African economic and political development
- Develop and test autonomous forecasting agents
- Evaluate AI forecasting accuracy and benchmark it against prediction markets
- Conduct data analysis and supporting research
- Maintain and update the website and dashboard
Your profile
The ideal candidate should have a combination of the following qualities:
- Advanced Bachelor's or Master's student in Management, Economics, Data Science, Computer Science, AI, or a related field
- Strong interest in strategic management, forecasting, and artificial intelligence
- Experience with large language models and AI agents
- Independent and proactive, with a strong sense of ownership
- Can work collaboratively in a team environment
- Excellent English communication skills (Level C1 or higher)
- Analytical, structured, and detail-oriented way of working
- Some programming and data-analysis skills (e.g. Python) are a plus
"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.
