John Körtner

About

I am a PhD student at the IDHEAP of the University of Lausanne. In my thesis projects, I study the interplay of algorithms and bureaucratic discretion. During Fall 2024, I visited the Wilf Family Department of Politics at New York University.

My research is/was supported by a Mobi.Doc grant and by the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy.

Research

Bureaucrats' Beliefs and Disparities in Service Provision,
presented at PolMeth Europe 2025, scheduled at EPSA 2025
Algorithms, Beliefs, and Behavior Adjustment: A Field Experiment with Caseworkers (with Patrick Arni), presented at SIOE 2024

Book Chapters, Policy Reports

Évaluation du Programme FORJAD (with Giuliano Bonoli, Rafael Lalive, and Jeremy Zuchuat), in progress
Évaluation de l’Impact des Unités communes ORP - CSR dans le Canton de Vaud (with Giuliano Bonoli and Rafael Lalive), 2024.

Teaching

Algorithmic Fairness
21/22, 22/23, 23/24, Master (PMP), IDHEAP, University of Lausanne
AI, ML, ADM: Technical Aspects
22/23, 23/24, Master (PMP), IDHEAP, University of Lausanne