Nils Merz

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Research associate
• Program director CAS AI and Organization – from knowledge to impact

Teaching

• CAS AI and Organization – from knowledge to impact
• CAS HR-Marketing
• CAS Performance and Compensation Management
• MAS Human Capital Management
• MSc Business Administration - Major Enterprise Development
• BSc in Business Administration
• BSc in Business Law

Experience

• Initiative Manager Agile Transformation and Agile Coach
  UBS AG
  03 / 2022 - 08 / 2023
• Business Manager HR Chief of Staff, Strategy and Business Development
  UBS AG
  05 / 2019 - 02 / 2022
• Project Officer in Personal & Corporate Banking
  UBS AG
  05 / 2018 - 04 / 2019
• HR Graduate Talent Program
  UBS AG
  08 / 2016 - 04 / 2018
• Sales Consultant
  Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd.
  08 / 2004 - 07 / 2016

Education and Continuing education

Education

• MBA - Master of Business Administration
  Politecnico di Milano - Graduate School of Management
  09 / 2020 - 07 / 2022
• MSc - Master of Science / Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Differential Psychology, Personality Psychology and Diagnostics
  University of Bern
  09 / 2014 - 07 / 2016
• BSc - Bachelor of Science / Psychology
  University of Bern
  09 / 2011 - 07 / 2014
• Vocational baccalaureate and supplementary exam "vocational baccalaureate – universities"
  High school Neufeld
  02 / 2009 - 08 / 2011
• Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training / Sales Consultant
  Vocational School Thun
  08 / 2004 - 07 / 2007

Continuing Education

CAS Higher & Professional Education
ZHAW School of Management and Law
12 / 2024

Network

Membership of networks

Longo's Artificial Intelligence & Cognitive Load Research Lab

Media presence

• Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ - Wirtschaft
• Handelszeitung Specials - Succession Planning

Projects

• Pre-study on Fair Competence Assessment in AI Video Interviews / Team member / ongoing
• Healthy Career Development in an AI-Driven Work Environment: A Pilot Study on the Development of an AI-Adapted Counseling Approach / Deputy project leader / ongoing

Publications

Other publications

Gerber, M., Merz, N. and Probst, J. (2026) '«Sowohl-als-auch» : das KI-Paradox in HR Analytics', personalSCHWEIZ, 2026(8), pp. 36–37.

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