2023

Malte Schlosser wins Master's Thesis Award 2023

Mon, 27 Nov 2023 23:00:00 GMT

Malte Schlosser wins “Best Quantitative Finance Master's Thesis Award 2023 – sponsored by Robeco”.

Stefan Zeisberger receives Netspar Theme Grant

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 23:00:00 GMT

For the project “Understanding, measuring, and applying sustainability preferences”

2023 DBF Award for Excellence in Teaching

PhD Program News — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:00:00 GMT

This year's "DBF Award for Excellence in Teaching" for extraordinary teaching efforts by our PhD students goes to Vincent Wolff for the spring term 23 and Thea Kolasa for the fall term 22.

Thomas Puschmann wins Innovation Booster for Sustainable Finance

Sun, 01 Oct 2023 22:00:00 GMT

Thomas Puschmann secures the Innovation Booster for "Sustainable Digital Finance," accelerating radical innovations at the intersection of sustainability and digitalization in the financial industry to address current challenges with innovative solutions.

Glen Gostlow wins GRASFI Best Paper Award

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 22:00:00 GMT

Our Senior Researcher Glen Gostlow wins the Best Paper Award at GRASFI conference for his paper "Impacts of climate litigation on firm value".

Markus Leippold wins Best Academic Paper at MAIAs 2023

Tue, 04 Jul 2023 22:00:00 GMT

Markus Leippold has been honored with the Best Academic Paper award at MAIAs 2023 for his exceptional research titled "Sustainable Finance Literacy and the Determinants of Sustainable Investing."

Candoc Grants for Emanuela Benincasa and Winta Beyene

PhD Program News — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 22:00:00 GMT

Emanuela Benincasa, with her research on "The Consequences of Carbon Pricing Policy for Supply Chain Relationships," and Winta Beyene, exploring "Location-based lending heterogeneity post natural disasters," have been awarded UZH Candoc Grants by the University of Zurich.

Ana Mão de Ferro wins SFI PhD Doctoral Award 2023

PhD Program News — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 22:00:00 GMT

Our PhD Student Ana Mão de Ferro wins the Best Discussant Doctoral Award, which is awarded to PhD students for an outstanding discussion of a paper presented at the SFI Research Days. She discussed the paper "ESG and bond market resilience: Evidence from the Covid crisis".

Annette Krauss wins EMN Research Award 2023

Wed, 24 May 2023 22:00:00 GMT

The research paper "Performance of microfinance institutions in Europe—Does social capital matter?" authored by Annette Krauss, along with two co-authors, has been awarded the EMN Research Award 2023. The award-winning paper, published in Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, was recognized for its contributions to the field of microfinance.

PLEXUS Award for Dr. Urban Ulrych

Sun, 30 Apr 2023 22:00:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Urban Ulrych has been awarded the PLEXUS Advancement Award for Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Sector. The recognition is based on his doctoral thesis titled "Applications of Statistical Learning in Quantitative Finance."

Felix von Meyerinck wins Prize for Research on Investor Behavior during Hyperinflation

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 22:00:00 GMT

Inquire Europe has announced that the prize for the best paper presented at its Joint Spring Seminar 2023 has been awarded to Dr. Felix von Meyerinck for his paper "Inflation and Individual Investors’ Behavior: Evidence from the German Hyperinflation."

How sustainable is sustainable finance? Impact evaluation and automated greenwashing detection.

Sat, 31 Dec 2022 23:00:00 GMT

Researchers Obtain SNSF Grant to Assess Sustainable Finance