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Prof. Dr. Christine Eckert
Professor of Marketing Analytics
Area Of Interest
  • Marketing analytics
  • Choice modelling
  • Services marketing
  • Financial decision-making
  • Tobacco control
Awards
  • Runner Up, Best Academic Paper, Maia Awards
  • Best Paper Award, Center for Financial Planning
  • Top 20 Postgraduate Teachers, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
  • Paul E Samuelson Award Finalist, TIIA Institute
  • Best Paper Award in the Category Emerging Researchers, Verband deutscher Hochschullehrer
  • Emerging Researcher of the Year Award, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy
  • Dissertation Award, Industrie- und Handelskammer Hessen
Editorship

Associate Editor, Big Data and Business Analytics, Journal of Business Research

Curriculum vitae

Christine Eckert received her PhD from Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main in 2008. She worked for several years at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and the EBS University of Business and Law, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany, before joining the TUM School of Management as Professor of Marketing Analytics in March 2025.  She was a member of the Executive Committee of the Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC) and a member of the New Zealand Performance Based Research Fund Evaluation Panel. Christine is also an Adjunct Professor at UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Associate Editor, Big Data and Business Analytics, at the Journal of Business Research, and a member of the Advisory Board of consumer advocacy group Super Consumers Australia.

Selected current research projects / Research Areas

Christine Eckert's primary research interest is in the field of quantitative modelling, with a particular focus on the behaviour of market participants, broadly defined. This interest has led to interdisciplinary collaborations with colleagues in finance, management, strategy and public policy. Her current work focuses on consumer financial decision making, technology-enabled service personalisation, and digital co-creation.

Key Publications

Carrillat, F. A., Mazodier, M., & Eckert, C. (2024). Why advertisers should embrace event typicality and maximize leveraging of major events. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science52(6), 1585-1607.

Eckert, C., & Hohberger, J. (2023). Addressing endogeneity without instrumental variables: An evaluation of the gaussian copula approach for management research. Journal of Management49(4), 1460-1495.

Eckert, C., van Heerde, H. J., Wetzel, H. A., & Hattula, S. (2022). Spotlight personnel: how hiring and turnover drive service performance versus demand. Journal of Marketing Research59(4), 797-820.

Hoek, J., Gendall, P., Eckert, C., Louviere, J., Ling, P., & Popova, L. (2022). Analysis of on-pack messages for e-liquids: a discrete choice study. Tobacco Control31(4), 534-542.

Burke, P. F., Eckert, C., & Sethi, S. (2020). A multiattribute benefits-based choice model with multiple mediators: New insights for positioning. Journal of Marketing Research57(1), 35-54.

Agnew, J. R., Bateman, H., Eckert, C., Iskhakov, F., Louviere, J., & Thorp, S. (2018). First impressions matter: An experimental investigation of online financial advice. Management Science64(1), 288-307.

Bateman, H., Eckert, C., Geweke, J., Louviere, J., Satchell, S., & Thorp, S. (2016). Risk presentation and portfolio choice. Review of Finance20(1), 201-229.

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