Annette Krauss

Annette Krauss, Dr.

Senior Academic Associate

Phone: +41 44 634 51 68
Address: Plattenstr. 14, 8032 Zürich
Room number: PLR-H-108

Short biography

Annette is responsible for the for-credit consecutive and executive teaching programs on sustainable finance at the Department, on behalf of the Competence Center for Sustainable Finance and the Executive Education unit. Her research focuses on empirical research on financial inclusion and sustainable banking.

Before returning to academia in 2007, Annette worked nine years as a microfinance specialist in development agencies in Germany and at the United Nations, where she was mainly engaged with partners in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. Back in academia, Annette founded the Center for Microfinance at the University of Zurich in 2009, which became a founding partner of the Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth in 2017 and, subsequently, of the overarching Competence Center for Sustainable Finance in 2020.

Education

Diploma in Economics, University of Trier, Germany, 1995
Ph.D. in Economics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, 1999
Exchange student, Université des Sciences Sociales, Toulouse, France, 1991-1992
Research fellow at University of California at Berkeley, USA, 1994-1995

Professional experience

Program Manager, North-South Dialogue/Exposure-and Dialogue Programme, Bonn, Germany, 1998-2000
Training Manager, United Nations Capital Development Fund, New York, 2000-2005
Senior Lecturer, Kellogg School of Management, Evanston, USA, 2007-2009
Founder and Managing Director, University of Zurich, Department for Banking and Finance / Center for Microfinance 2009-2017
Co-founder, Management Team Member and Director of Teaching, University of Zurich, Department for Banking and Finance / Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth, 2017-2020
Studiengangleitung MAS / DAS / CAS Sustainable Finance (UZH), Director of Teaching at the Competence Center for Sustainable Finance at the University of Zurich

Research interests

Microfinance / financial inclusion and financial sector development in developing economies
Sustainable banking, sustainable and impact investing

Teaching

Microfinance / financial inclusion and impact investing
Sustainable finance, sustainable banking, sustainable investing

Vorlesungsverzeichnis

V-Nr	Course	Start / End	Date	Lecturers	Room
1659	Impact Investing and Financial Inclusion (L) 03VL22MO0055	from 18 Sep 2024 to 18 Dec 2024	We 12:15-13:45	Annette Krauss	see details

ZORA Publication List

Publications

2023
- Fu, Jonathan; Krauss, Annette (2023). Preparing fertile ground: how does the quality of business environments affect MSE growth?. Small Business Economics:online.

2022
- Fu, Jonathan; Krauss, Annette (2022). Preparing fertile ground: How does the quality of business environments affect MSE growth?. SSRN 3532466, University of Zurich.

2021
- Chmelikova, Gabriela; Krauss, Annette; Lategan, François (2021). Microfinance as a Mechanism against Financial Exclusion in the European Rural Areas – an Inspiration for the Czech Republic. AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, 13(4):61-69.
- Hummel, Katrin; Laun, Ute; Krauss, Annette (2021). Management of environmental and social risks and topics in the banking sector - An empirical investigation. The British Accounting Review, 53(1):100921.
- Meyer, Julia; Krauss, Annette (2021). The social performance of microfinance investment vehicles. Journal of Sustainable Finance, 11(2):163-186.

2020
- Fu, Jonathan; Krauss, Annette (2020). Preparing fertile ground: How does the business environment affect outcomes from microfinance?. SSRN 3532466, University of Zurich.

2019
- Krauss, Annette; Chmelikova, Gabriela; Dvoulety, Ondrej (2019). Performance of Microfinance Institutions in Europe - Does Social Capital Matter?. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 68:100670- 100670.
- Meyer, Julia; Krauss, Annette; Bachmann, Kremena (2019). Drivers of Investor Motivations for Impact Investments: The Case of Microfinance. SSRN 3395275, University of Zurich.
- Hummel, Katrin; Laun, Ute; Krauss, Annette (2019). Integration ökologischer und sozialer Aspekte in das Kerngeschäft Europäischer Banken. In: Eberle, Reto; Oesch, David; Pfaff, Dieter. Jahrbuch für Finanz- und Rechnungswesen 2019. Zürich: WEKA, 247-274.

2017
- Krauss, Annette; Landolt, Simone (2017). Investieren in Mikrofinanz. Erträge und Risiken aus einer Perspektive der Verantwortung. In: Stüttgen, Manfred. Ethik von Banken und Finanzen. Zürich und Baden-Baden: Pano Verlag, 141-164.

2015
- Meyer, Julia; Krauss, Annette (2015). Measuring and aggregating social performance of microfinance investment vehicles. CMF Working Paper Series 3-2015, University of Zurich.

2011
- Krauss, Annette (2011). Mikrokredite. In: Staub-Bisang, Mirjam. Nachhaltige Anlagen für institutionelle Investoren. Einführung und Überblick mit Fachbeiträgen und Praxisbeispielen. Zürich: Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 133-138.
- Krauss, Annette (2011). Mikrofinanzierung – mehr als ein Steckenpferd für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler. SGG Revue, 150(1):12-15.

2010
- Krauss, Annette; Stewart, Kearsley A; Diermeier, Daniel; Kelso, David; Palamountain, Kara M (2010). University Leadership for Innovation in Global Health and HIV/AIDS Diagnostics. Global public health, 5(2):189-196.
- Kappel, Vivien; Krauss, Annette; Lontzek, Laura (2010). Over-indebtedness and microfinance: Constructing an early warning index. Zürich: University of Zurich-Center for Microfinance.

2001
- Krauss, Annette; Joussen, Birgit; Verhagen, Koenraad (2001). Finanzsystementwicklung: Spar- und Kreditinstitutionen für die Armen. Münster: LIT Verlag.

2000
- Del Conte, Alessandra (2000). Roundtable on Microinsurance Services in the Informal Economy: The Role of Microfinance Institutions. In: Roundtable on microinsurance services in the informal economy: the role of microfinance institutions, New York, 21 July 2000. The Ford Foundation, 1-30.
- Krauss, Annette (2000). Wandel wirtschaftspolitischer Institutionen bei Aussenwirtschaftsreformen: Tunesiens Öffnungspolitik seit 1986. Saarbrücken: Verlag für Entwicklungspolitik.

1998
- Krauss, Annette (1998). Credibilità delle riforme economiche: il caso della Tunisia. Relazioni internazionali : settimanale di politica estera, 45:48-54.
- Krauss, Annette (1998). L'ajustement de l´économie tunisienne au libre-échange euro-maghrébin: implications institutionnelles. In: Biegel, Reiner. Politique economique vers l´an 2010 : association Europe-Maghreb. Tunis: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 65-84.

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