Research Centers
DF Centers
The Department of Finance at the University of Zurich hosts several centers that foster research collaboration and/or outreach activities within specific finance-related fields. These centers include:
Center for Finance and Insurance (CFI)
The Center for Finance and Insurance, founded in 2013, is engaged in research and teaching in the application of financial market theory and mathematics to insurance topics. The CFI forms a bridge between the financial and insurance sectors.
Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab
The Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab is a cross-disciplinary research program on the global phenomenon of innovation in the financial industry induced by "Financial Technology” (FinTech). It involves researchers from banking and finance, business informatics, innovation management, strategic management, marketing, social sciences, economics, and many other disciplines.
UZH Centers of Competence
Competence centers are interdisciplinary, interfaculty scientific networks in which researchers and research groups at the University of Zurich (UZH) coordinate their work under strategic objectives.
UZH Center of Crisis Competence (CCC)
The UZH Center for Crisis Competence researches the causes, progression and consequences of crises and the success of solutions. It does this on an interdisciplinary basis: it is the only competence center at UZH to bring together researchers from all seven faculties.
UZH Center of Crisis Competence (Available in German only)