News & Events 2025

Prof. Markus Leippold, Prof. Zacharias Sautner and Dr. Ario Saeid Vaghefi from our department presented at Climate Week Zurich on 7 May 2026

Initiative in Sustainable Finance: Research Highlight by Prof. Steven Ongena and Co-Author 

With Prof. Alexander Wagner on 8 April 2026

Initiative in Sustainable Finance: Research Highlight by Prof. Zacharias Sautner and Co-Authors

Mit Prof. Zacharias Sautner am 27. Februar 2026

Mit Prof. Zacharias Sautner am 25. Februar 2026

Initiative in Sustainable Finance: Research Highlight by Prof. Zacharias Sautner and Co-Authors

Initiative in Sustainable Finance: Research Highlight by Prof. Markus Leippold and Prof. Felix Matthys 

Hosted by SUREAL, affiliated with the University of Zurich Department of Finance, 10–11 August 2026 in Santiago, Chile

Initiative in Sustainable Finance: Research Highlight

Policy brief by Francisco Amaral, Assistant Professor of Real Estate Finance

Studies show that education is key to bridging sustainable investing knowledge gap for retail investors

Chiara is a Postdoc at the Department of Finance and now moving to NYC to further her academic career

Markus Leippold and his research team developed an innovative AI tool to address the problem of greenwashing

An interview with Steven Ongena, Markus Leippold, Falko Paetzold and Zacharias Sautner

Keynote speaker: Caroline Flammer, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics at Columbia University on 11 July 2024 at the University of Zurich

Initiative in Sustainable Finance: Prof. Stefano Battiston – Current climate risk assessments severely underestimate potential losses

Initiative in Sustainable Finance: New study reveals the strategies of biggest climate lobbyists

“Economic and financial consequences of water risks: The case of hydropower”

Initiative in Sustainable Finance: An interview with Prof. Alexander Wagner

Review article by Thea Kolasa and Prof. Zacharias Sautner

Initiative in Sustainable Finance: Research Highlight

This new initiative builds bridges between academia and industry, policymakers, and society

Research Highlight by Zacharias Sautner, Alexander Wagner et al. (Review of Finance)

Industry Seminar with Zacharias Sautner hosted by Swedish House of Finance

Research Highlight by Zacharias Sautner, Alexander Wagner et al. (Review of Finance)

Research Highlight by Markus Leippold, Chiara Colesanti Senni and Ario Saeid Vaghefi

Interview with Olimpia Carradori, PhD Student at our Department: How carbon underwriting policies are changing the financial landscape and what this means for climate-compliant investments

Mit Prof. Zacharias Sautner – einem führenden Experten im Bereich Sustainable Finance am 17. September 2025

Interview with Francisco Amaral on the intersection of urban economics, finance, and sustainability

10 July 2025 at the University of Zurich

Initiative in Sustainable Finance: Insights from Markus Leippold

Research Highlight by Olimpia Carradori, Felix von Meyerinck and Zacharias Sautner

Initiative in Sustainable Finance: What role plays market versus bank debt for climate transition? Study by Steven Ongena and Winta Beyene

Leveraging the potential of systems by shifting the investment focus from point-solution towards systems transformation

Die Bedeutung nachhaltiger Finanzmärkte und relevante Forschungsergebnisse von Zacharias Sautner

Initiative in Sustainable Finance: Research Highlight by Zacharias Sautner, Alexander Wagner, Alexandre Garel and Arthur Romec

Interview with PhD Candidate Thea Kolasa

Initiative in Sustainable Finance: Review article by Thea Kolasa and Zacharias Sautner