Jules van Binsbergen is the Lauder Professor and Anthony L. Davis Director of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute for Management and International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds the Nippon Life Professorship in Finance at the Wharton School.
 
He conducts both theoretical and empirical research in finance. His current work focuses on the relationship between financial markets and the macro economy, as well as the organization, skill and performance of financial intermediaries. 
 
He joined the Wharton School in 2014 and previously taught at the Graduate School of Business of Stanford University and at the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University. He is a research associate at the NBER and a research fellow at the CEPR and he is a co-host of the podcast series All Else Equal: Making Better Decisions.

The Engelbert-Dockner-Fellowship are sponsored by the POK Pühringer Privatstiftung and enable WU to invite renowned professors to spend an extended period at WU. With this initiative, we are also preserving the memory of Professor Engelbert Dockner, who passed away in 2017. Professor Dockner continuously fostered cutting-edge research and universities' educational mission in the field of capital markets.