Research

The Department of Finance strives for the highest international quality in research and is one of Europe's leading departments in the research areas of Banking & Finance. Our research results are relevant for industry, politic and society as a whole.

Core areas

Research at the Department of Finance is thematically divided into four core areas and several research centers, some of which are interdisciplinary and cross-institutional. In addition, the department is embedded in various research networks, such as the University Research Priority Program (URPP) Financial Market Regulation or the Swiss Finance Institute together with five other Swiss universities.

• Asset Pricing
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Intermediation (Banking, Insurance)
• Quantitative Finance
• Real Estate Economics and Finance
• Sustainable Finance

Centers

DF Centers

• Center for Finance and Insurance (CFI)
• Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth (CSP)
• Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab

UZH Centers of Competence

• UZH Center of Competence for Sustainable Finance (CCSF)
• UZH Center of Crisis Competence (CCC), German only