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SDG Impact Awards

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For the second time, the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics honors scholarly work at the Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral levels that contributes science to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)* and thus has an impact on society, the environment, and the economy. The awards will be presented at the Faculty's graduation ceremony on 13 May 2023. Here an overview of all nominees of 2023.

Doctoral level

 

Maria Alsina Pujols

With her outstanding dissertation entitled «Essays on Macroeconomics and the Environment», Maria Alsina Pujols makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal SDG 13 «Climate Action».

 

Ramona Demasi

With her outstanding dissertation entitled «Bridging Corporate Social Responsibility and Individual Well- and Ill-Being: A Micro-Level Perspective», Ramona Demasi makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal SDG 3 «Good Health and Well-being».

                                             

Florian Heeb

With his outstanding dissertation entitled «Three Essays on the Impact of Sustainable Investing.», Florian Heeb makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals SDG 5 «Gender Equality», SDG 7 «Affordable and Clean Energy», SDG 14 «Life Below Water» and SDG 15 «Life on Land».

 

Petra Tipaldi

With her outstanding dissertation entitled «Pricing and the Relationship Between Consumer and Firm», Petra Tipaldi makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals SDG 3 «Good Health and Well-being», SDG 11 «Sustainable Cities and Communities» and SDG 16 «Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions».

 

Claudia Wenzel

With her outstanding dissertation entitled «The social dilemma of personal data – Understanding people's inconsistency in sharing data for social versus personal good and how to overcome it», Claudia Wenzel makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals SDG 3 «Good Health and Well-being», SDG 6 «Clean Water and Sanitation» and SDG 9 «Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure».

 

Dorothee Maria Winkler

With her outstanding dissertation entitled «Nonmarket Strategies in an Ideologically Polarized World: Essays on Corporate Legitimacy vis-à-vis Media, Politics, and Society», Dorothee Maria Winkler makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal SDG 16 «Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions».

 

Master's level

                                             

Cesarina Criscione

With her outstanding Master’s thesis entitled «A scalable e-learning solution for large data science classes», Cesarina Criscione makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal SDG 4 «Quality Education».

 

Nina Reiser

With her outstanding Master's thesis entitled «An application of machine learning techniques: predict-ing corporate carbon footprints», Nina Reiser makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal SDG 13 «Climate Action».

 

Yves Rutishauser

With his outstanding Master's thesis entitled «Interactive Visual Exploration of Temporal Activity Pat-terns», Yves Rutishauser makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal SDG 3 «Good Health and Well-being». 

 

Damaris Schmid

With her outstanding Master's thesis entitled «Empowerment and Practices of Community Care Workers in Lesotho», Damaris Schmid makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals SDG 3 «Good Health and Well-being» and SDG 8 «Decent Work and Economic Growth».

 

Seline Spillmann

With her outstanding Master's thesis entitled «Breastfeeding in Developing Countries: Selection and Effects», Seline Spillmann makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals SDG 2 «Zero Hunger» and SDG 3 « Good Health and Well-being».

 

Marc Zwimpfer

With his outstanding Master's thesis entitled «Diffusion of Innovation among Smallholder Farmer Households in Tanzania: An Agent-based Modeling Approach», Marc Zwimpfer makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals SDG 1 «No Poverty» and SDG 2 «Zero Hunger».

 

Bachelor's level

 

Fabienne Céline Allenspach

With her outstanding Bachelor’s thesis entitled «Accruals earnings management during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from U.S. companies», Fabienne Céline Allenspach makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal SDG 3 «Good Health and Well-being».

 

Carolina Boss

With her outstanding Bachelor’s thesis entitled «A Gender Equity Index», Carolina Boss makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal SDG 5 «Gender Equality».

 

Fabiano Crivelli

With his outstanding Bachelor’s thesis entitled «Stock-market Appraisal to Emissions Reduction / Net-Zero Target Announcements: “The Climate Pledge” Case», Fabiano Crivelli makes a decisive con-tribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals SDG 9 «Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure» and SDG 13 «Climate Action».

 

Nadine Fässler

With her outstanding Bachelor’s thesis entitled «The Mechanisms Behind the Governance of Hate Speech Online by Online Platform Providers: A Case Study on Twitter's Hate Speech Policy», Nadine Fässler makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal SDG 16 «Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions».

 

Naomi Gerber

With her outstanding Bachelor’s thesis entitled «Gender diversity on the board of directors and ESG performance in banking - an analysis of European banks», Naomi Gerber makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals SDG 5 «Gender Equality» and SDG 12 «Responsible Consumption and Production».

 

Tim Graber

With his outstanding Bachelor’s thesis entitled « Nachhaltigkeitsvergleich bedeutender Zentralbanken», Tim Graber makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal SDG 13 «Climate Action».

 

Pierrette Lamezan

With her outstanding Bachelor’s thesis entitled «Beyond Happiness: Exploring the Role of Employees' Emotional Fit at Work», Pierrette Lamezan makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal SDG 8 «Decent Work and Economic Growth».

 

Nicolas Marti

With his outstanding Bachelor’s thesis entitled «Impact of the Employment Status on Domestic and Family Work – an Empirical Analysis of the Short-run Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Switzerland», Nicolas Marti makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals SDG 5 «Gender Equality» and SDG 8 «Decent Work and Economic Growth».

 

Christian Skorski

With his outstanding Bachelor’s thesis entitled «Predicting Ride-Hailing Demand: A Potential Solution For Decreasing the Income Inequality of Drivers», Christian Skorski makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals SDG 8 «Decent Work and Economic Growth», SDG 10 «Reduced Inequalities» and SDG 13 «Climate Action».

 

AWARD FOR SPECIAL COMMITMENT ALONGSIDE STUDIES

With the Award for Special Commitment, the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics UZH recognizes students of all levels who distinguish themselves through their achievements, commitment or innovation alongside their studies. Here an overview of the nominees of 2023. The winner will be voted by the audience at the graduation ceremony on 13 May 2023.

                                             

Cornelius Hummel

Cornelius Hummel was an important part of the board of the «Fachverein Ökonomie» during four semesters and was responsible for university politics for one and a half years. This included leading the second largest group in the council of the University of Zurich Students' Association (VSUZH) as well as being the official student representative of the students of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics. He has been exceptionally committed to the association and also very involved with his fellow students. In addition, he has been active in eight different appointment matters, from Sustainable Finance to Labor Markets.
 

Damaris Schmid

Damaris Schmid was president of the student association ICU for several semesters. She managed the work of the ICU with very well despite Covid 19 and was very supportive of the students during the difficult times. She was also engaged in «Women in Computer Science» and also laid the foundation for international students to have access to ICU by switching all communication to English.

 

Stanislav Zytynski

Stanislav Zytynski has served with great dedication as president of the EconClub, an association of students of economics at the University of Zurich. He has refocused the EconClub and organized events for students of economics with the get-together events. In addition, he has been very involved in helping to shape the teaching of Economics. He was a member of the student working group for the further development of teaching and planned further innovations with the UBS Center for Economics in Society at the University of Zurich.

 


* About the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with their 169 sub-goals are the core of the 2030 Agenda, taking into account the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development in a balanced way and bringing together poverty reduction and sustainable development in one agenda for the first time.

 

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are to be achieved globally and by all UN member states by 2030. This means that all states are equally called upon to solve the world's pressing challenges together. Switzerland is also called upon to implement the goals nationally. Incentives are also to be created so that non-state actors increasingly make an active contribution to sustainable development.

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