Research Interests:
Household Finance, FinTech, Financial Literacy,
Thesis Supervision:
I am currently not accepting new thesis supervisions. Please refrain from sending thesis proposals by e-mail.
Short Bio
PhD Candidate at the Technical University of Munich in household finance. I work on how retail investors make financial decisions, and what part financial literacy and digital financial services play in those decisions. Before that: banking apprenticeship at UniCredit Bank, Bachelor's and Master's in Management & Technology at TUM, exchange semesters at ISEG Lisbon and NUS Singapore.
Educational Background:
- B.Sc. Management & Technology (TUM)
- M.Sc. Management & Technology (TUM)
Teaching:
- Advanced Seminar Marketing, Strategy, Leadership & Management (MGT001309S, deutsch, englisch): Design your life & career: Worauf es in Beruf, Karriere und Leben wirklich ankommt! (Limited places) (WS24/25, SoSe25, WiSe25/26, SoSe26, WiSe26/27)
- The Entrepreneur's Playbook - Fallstudien von VCs und Gründern (MGT001444, deutsch) (Limited places) (SoSe25)
- Smart Start: Financial, Tax, and Legal Fundamentals for Entrepreneurs and Everyone (MGT001486, englisch) (Limited places) (WiSe25/26, SoSe26, WiSe26/27)
- Applied Strategy and Organization (MGT001472, englisch): Strategies for international Corporations (SoSe26)
Involvement in the organization of conferences:
- AI@STRATEGY 2026 – How AI is Changing Leadership, Work & Value Chains. TUM School of Management, Munich, October 7–8, 2026 – Organization
- From Lab to Launch: Unleashing Academic Start-ups, TUM Campus Heilbronn, June 25, 2026. Organizing Team Member, Technical Coordination.
- Future of Computing | Quantum Connect 2026, Technical University of Munich, Munich, March 3, 2026. Organizing Team Member, Technical Coordination.
- AI@LAW: KI, Verwaltung und Justiz – Innovation im Rechtsstaat?, Technical University of Munich, Munich, January 29, 2026. Organizing Team Member, Technical Coordination.
- Breaking BAIS Conference, Technical University of Munich, Munich, March 18, 2025. Organizing Team Member, Technical Coordination.
- AI@WORK – How AI is changing leadership, work and collaboration. TUM School of Management Audimax, Munich, October 10, 2024 – Organization
Proceedings:
- Hochstrasser, S., & Ahrens, F. (2027). Close to Human, but Not Better: How Hybrid Human-AI Financial Advisory Mode Shapes Consumer Trust and Advice Taking. 60th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-60). (Conditionally accepted).
- Hochstrasser, S., & Ahrens, F. (2027). Relationship Banking in the Age of AI: Evidence from German Retail Banking Customers. 60th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-60). (Conditionally accepted).
Conference presentations:
- Hochstrasser, S. (2026). Closing the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy? The Effects of a Role Model-Based Financial Education Intervention. EURAM Annual Conference 2026.
- Hochstrasser, S. (2026). Closing the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy? The Effects of a Role Model-Based Financial Education Intervention. World Finance Conference 2026.
- Hochstrasser, S. (2026). Closing the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy? The Effects of a Role Model-Based Financial Education Intervention. Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM 2026).