CoNtact ME

University of Zurich

Department of Business Administration

Plattenstrasse 14

8032 Zurich, Switzerland

E-mail: Lauren.howe at business.uzh.ch

As rapid advances in technology and forces like the COVID-19 pandemic transform the world of work, people are not just passive recipients of this future of work, but play a fundamental role in proactively shaping it.

In my research as an Assistant Professor in Management at the University of Zurich, I focus on studying this 'human side' of the future of work. I ask questions such as: How do human beliefs shape our approach to the future of work? How does showing one's human sides make leaders more effective?

Previously, I investigated how human connection matters for leaders and organizations as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Zurich Chair of HRM and Leadership working with Jochen Menges, and how human connection matters in healthcare as a postdoctoral scholar in the Stanford University Mind & Body Lab working with Alia Crum.

I earned my PhD in Social Psychology from Stanford University, where I was the Shaper Family Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow, supervised by Benoît Monin. At Stanford, I explored aspects of social relationships and trust in experts. Click here to read my speech on embracing your own expertise from the Stanford Psychology Department's graduation ceremony!

As an undergraduate, I double majored in Psychology and German Language and Literature at the University of Virginia, working with Jon Haidt and Tim Wilson. After graduating, I spent a year abroad on a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Reutlingen, Germany.

Beyond research and teaching, I love to spend my time writing about science for the popular press, reading fiction, swimming, and learning about local history. Hiking in the Swiss mountains and watching so-bad-they're-good-again movies are two of my favorite pastimes.

LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS

March 2023. My innovative teaching focused on students tackling human challenges in the future of work is featured in the University of Zurich news.

September 2022. My paper on how exposing flaws can sometimes help entrepreneurs win over investors is covered in The Times.

August 2022. Can a doctor's race and gender shape how their patients respond to treatment? Find out in my new publication in PNAS and also covered in Vice.

June 2022. I'm honored to have been selected for the OB Division AOM Meeting "Best Paper with Entrepreneurship Implications Award!"

March 2022. To attract and retain talent, leaders can create "passion opportunities" to help employees pursue out-of-work passions. To find out how, see my Harvard Business Review article.

November 2021. Is remote working something that people are simply good at or not, or is it a skill that anyone can learn? My article in Human-Computer Interaction explores how these mindsets relate to employees' adjustment to home office during the pandemic.

September 2021. How can we encourage people to work together to solve grand challenges? My research in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology shows how social norms can play a role.