News and events

The future of transportation: at the crossroads of ridesharing, multimodality and...
Insights from research at HEC Lausanne-UNIL - Like most sectors, transportation is going through a period of major upheaval. Economic models and social trends are transforming the way that passengers travel and freight is organised. Through his research, Olivier Gallay, Assistant Professor at HEC Lausanne, is leading us along the route to the transportation of tomorrow.

Eduniversal Rankings 2019 - HEC Lausanne’s Master in Accounting, Control and Finance...
For the eighth consecutive year, Eduniversal has ranked HEC Lausanne's (UNIL) Master in Accounting, Control and Finance as the best master’s degree in accounting in Western Europe. The Executive MBA with a focus on Healthcare Management is second in the world rankings for healthcare management, while the Executive MBA with a focus on Management and Corporate Finance is in third position among Executive MBAs in Western Europe.

HEC Lausanne in the top positions at the Swiss level according to the Shanghai Ranking
HEC Lausanne has just been ranked in the top positions at the Swiss level for the quality and impact of its academic research, as well as for its many international collaborations.

PIB vaudois : croissance robuste malgré l’environnement international
Juillet 2019 I Les dernières prévisions de croissance pour l’économie vaudoise témoignent toujours des effets sur le canton du ralentissement de l’économie mondiale

Baromètre conjoncturel (conjoncture romande et suisse) - n°94
Juillet 2019 | Évolution jusqu'au troisième trimestre 2019

New exchange agreement in Australia with University of Wollongong
The University of Lausanne (UNIL) has just signed a new agreement with University of Wollongong. This adds to the more than 150 destinations open to students from HEC Lausanne who wish to participate in an exchange program.

Socially responsible investment: what is the potential profitability compared with...
Insights from research at HEC Lausanne-UNIL – Is including environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in an investment strategy more or less profitable than a standard approach to investment? That’s the question researchers Prof. Fabio Alessandrini and Prof. Eric Jondeau at HEC Lausanne (UNIL) have examined in their latest study.

Peace policies: Prof. Dominic Rohner appointed head of a new research network dedicated...
Recognised as one of the world’s leading research centres for economics, the Centre for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) has just launched a research network dedicated to conflict prevention and peace policies. The head of the new centre of competence, Prof. Dominic Rohner, from HEC Lausanne (UNIL), manages a group of around 30 experts, whose task is to increase the visibility of research in this field among a wide audience.

The corporate tax reform in Switzerland: what impact will the May 19th vote have?
Insights from research at HEC Lausanne-UNIL - As an academic at HEC Lausanne (UNIL) and a lawyer specializing in taxation, Prof. Pierre-Marie Glauser sheds light on the consequences of approving the corporate tax reform voted in on May 19th.