Sustainability
Sustainability and Responsibility in Banking and Finance
The Department of Banking and Finance (DBF) at the University of Zurich is a leading research center that covers a wide range of topics and research interests in the domains of Banking, Corporate Finance, Financial Economics & Quantitative Finance. In line with the DBF mission statement, we strive to foster value-oriented reflective capabilities, global consciousness, social responsibility, and ethical awareness in research, teaching, and executive education.
Research
The DBF is responsible for three research centres that promote specific and interdisciplinary research and teaching on the broad field of sustainability in finance:
Center for Financial Networks and Sustainability
University Teaching and Executive Education
The DBF is continuously expanding its university teaching offer for students as well as its executive education program, leading eventually to a comprehensive teaching offer covering the broad field of sustainable finance.
The following courses provide in-depth teaching on selected aspects of sustainability and responsibility in banking and finance:
Bachelor
Essential courses:
- Die (Dys-) Funktionen der Finanzmärkte und die Frage der Verantwortung - interdisziplinäre Sichtweisen (Cheney, Tanner, Krakow, Maranghino-Singer)
- Sustainability and the Finance Sector (Favier)
- Behavioral Ethics (Tanner)
The following courses deal with aspects of sustainability and responsability in selected classes:
- Asset Pricing (Chesney)
- Banking and Finance II (Chesney, Farkas)
- Corporate Finance I (Wagner)
- Unternehmensberichterstattung und Corporate Governance (Wagner)
Master
You can find a detailed overview of the Master's courses, which deepen aspects of sustainability and responsibility, here.
Essential courses:
- Environmental and Financial Sustainability (Chesney, Vargas, Zheng)
- Sustainable Investing (Utz, Busch, Kölbel)
- Microfinance and Impact Investing (Krauss)
- Sustainable Finance and Networks (Battiston)
The following courses cover selected aspects of sustainability and responsibility in depth:
- Corporate Governance (Wagner, Wenk)
- Climate Change and Finance: Risks and Opportunities (Battiston)
- Modern Crime in Financial Markets (Coculescu)
- Serious Games in Banking: Training Sustainability and Behavioral Ethics (Schmocker)
- Literatur, Wirtschaft und Geschichte: Illiteratus Homo Oeconomicus? (Chesney, Labarthe, Jorge de Oliveira)
The following courses deal with aspects of sustainability and responsability in selected classes:
- Advanced Corporate Finance I (Habib)
- Continuous Time Quantitative Finance (Chesney)
PhD
Essential courses:
- Climate Change and Finance: Risks and Opportunities (Battiston)
- Research Seminar in Sustainable Finance (Chesney, Kölbel)
The following courses deal with aspects of sustainability and responsability in selected classes:
- Mathematical Finance: Mathematical Finance and Derivatives (Chesney)
- Research Seminar in Contract Theory, Banking and Money (Ongena, Rochet)
Executive Education
- Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) UZH in Sustainable Finance