About

The Competence Center of Sustainability is one of the biggest university centers dedicated to the research in sustainability bringing together approximately 20 researchers from the departments of banking, finance, informatics, geography, history, mathematics, law, psychology, philosophy, and political sciences. The researchers associated with the CCSF collaborate to establish joint research projects and academic collaborations. Its Advisory Board consists of eight highly distinguished scientists and practitioners and is chaired by Joseph Stiglitz from Columbia University. Two of its board members are connected to the University of Geneva with which the University of Zurich has a strategic partnership.

The Competence Center of Sustainability was launched in January 2020 (then: Center of Competence for Sustainable Finance) and is dedicated to the following activities:

• The creation of scientific knowledge
• The strengthening scientific interdisciplinarity
• The development of education opportunities for students as well as professionals

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