Dr. Matthias Sahli

• Management of intellectual property (EPFL)

• Matthias Sahli is a postdoctoral researcher at Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) in the Department of Business. Previously, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) of the United Nations in Geneva. Matthias Sahli holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. In 2020, he was a visiting scholar at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS) in Denmark. He has worked as an intern and junior economist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI). His research and teaching interests lie in the areas of intellectual property, innovation, digitalization, sustainability, applied econometrics and creative industries. His research approach is interdisciplinary and he collaborates with scientists from the fields of cultural industries, data science, law and economics, among others. His research has been published in international journals such as the Journal of Cultural Economics and Industry and Innovation.

• 2025 - External Lecturer École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
• 2024 - Postdoc Bern University of Applied Sciences - Business Department
• 2019 - 2024 Research Fellow World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), United Nations Organization (UNO)
• 2017 - 2019 Intern & Junior Economist Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI)

• 2019 - 2023 PhD Economics University of Neuchâtel
• 2016 - 2019 MSc Economics University of Bern
• 2012 - 2016 BSc Economics University of Bern

Young Researchers Workshop Best Paper Award. 21th International Conference on Cultural Economics