Prof. Dr. Wasserka-Zhurakhovska holds a degree in economics (University of Bonn), completed her doctorate as a scholarship holder of the Max Planck Society at the University of Cologne and is currently working at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Furthermore, she is a member of the Junior Faculty of the Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS Econ). In her research, she deals with questions of behavioural economics with a focus on individual and group behaviour.