Research
The Competence Center of Sustainability: Finance, Law, Science and the Humanities drives high-impact academic research that explores the fundamental questions in sustainable finance, such as, climate risk, financial imbalances, and linkages between natural sciences and finance.
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Our members, associates, and senior fellows are leading and contributing to research projects that advance social and environmental sustainability. Explore our ongoing projects by our members.
Impact Investing and Financial Inclusion for Development
More about Impact Investing and Financial Inclusion for DevelopmentA sequence of interdisciplinary applied research projects at CCS has been focusing on results and policy implications of impact investing. Financial inclusion as it is considered a pioneer in impact investing and a contributor to a range of sustainable development goals. Current projects focus on sustainability strategies of Swiss banks, on socially motivated self-regulations, and on capital structure choices of sustainability-oriented investors and service providers.
Past projects ranged from establishing non-financial metrics for financial inclusion markets from both macro and impact investment perspectives, the role of framework conditions for sustainable economic growth of microcredit clients, investor motivations for social impact to de-biasing lending algorithms of microfinance lenders, while balancing social and environmental with financial objectives.
Published Research
Our researchers regularly publish innovative studies, articles, and books on social and environmental sustainability, advancing interdisciplinary scholarship and contributing to academic and societal debates. Explore our recent publications via the links below.
Calls for Research Proposals
Our Calls for Research Proposals support innovative research addressing pressing challenges in social and environmental sustainability. Learn more about current and past opportunities via the link below.
Our annual selection highlights outstanding Bachelor's and Master's theses addressing key issues in social and environmental sustainability.
Funding Opportunities
Explore funding opportunities from organizations supporting interdisciplinary research or research on social and environmental sustainability. Access further information via the links below.
Explore our archive of completed research projects on social and environmental sustainability. These initiatives reflect the breadth of our interdisciplinary research and collaborations over the years.