| Swiss National Science Foundation
| European funds
| Other Swiss and international funds
| HEC Research Fund
The quality of projects run by our researchers is rewarded by several external funds granted by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the European research programs, and other Swiss and international funds. Addtionally, we support the promising research projects of our junior researchers with the annual call for projects of the HEC Research Fund.
For funding opportunities, please refer to the webpage "Appels à projets" ("Calls for projects).
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is the leading Swiss organisation for the promotion of scientific research. More information on this funding agency.
Engeler I.
Mobile Financial Decision Making: Risk-taking and overconfidence in mobile-based investment decisions
393'970 CHF, 48 months
Hakimov R.
AIgoritmic Assistance in Market Design
CHF 830'230, 48 months
Huguenin K.
Security and Privacy with Second-Hand Storage Devices: User-Centric and Legal Perspectives
CHF 711'569, 48 months
Project partner:
Faculty of Law, University of Lausanne
Klaus B.
Object Allocation and Matching Problems with Complex Constraints
682'555 CHF, 48 months
Project partner: Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, China
Lalive R.
Improving Job Search and Occupational Matching in a Turbulent Labor Market in Ukraine
CHF 388'516, 36 months
Project partners:
University of Economics, Ukraine
UNIGE, Suisse
San Francisco Fed, USA
Ivan Franko Lviv National University, Ukraine
GSEM, UNIGE, Suisse
Nigmatulina D.
Trade, Trans-national Infrastructure Investments and Economic Development: Evidence from the New Silk Road
CHF 487'434, 30 months
Peukert C.
Digital Market Regulation: Monitoring Enforcement and Evaluating Outcomes
1'147'468 CHF, 48 months
Project partner: Center for Law and Economics DGESS ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Rubolino E.
Gender Inequalities and Public Policy
CHF 685'690, 48 months
Zanarone G.
Sustaining Credible Promises in Collaborative Relationships: The Interaction of Formal and Relational Enforcement Mechanisms
CHF 523'200, 48 months
Project partners:
ECARES SBS-EM Université libre de Bruxelles
Queen's University, Canada
University of Rochester, USA
Tuft University, USA
Arnold S.
Forecasting Mortality: Leveraging Cause-of-Death Data through Neural Network Techniques
CHF 319'364, 48 months
Project partners: School of Business The University of New South Wales
Benhima K.
Expectations and capital flows
CHF 267'918, 36 months
Project partner: King's Business School King's College London
Houde S.
Multidimensional climate risks and internal migrations
CHF 448'716, 36 months
Project partners:
Maurer J.
How did COVID-19 reframe end-of-life planning of older adults in Switzerland? Preferences, Communication, Knowledge, and Behaviors Regarding End of Life and End-of-life Planning before and during the COVID-19 crisis
CHF 591'840, 36 months
Project partners:
Nigmatulina D.
Military Conflicts, Sanctions, and International Trade: Evidence from Russia
CHF 377'895, 30 months
Project partners:
Rudolf N.
The Role of Shareholder Voting and Disclosures in Corporate Governance
CHF 285'600, 24 months
Project partners:
Shrestha Y. R.
Managing Artificial-Intelligence-Augmented Decision Making in Organizations: Designing, Adopting and Evaluating
CHF 475'882, 42 months
Bretscher L.
Debt Markets and the Real Economy
CHF 320 964, 48 months
Czellar S.
A Multi-Identity Perspective on Sustainable Consumer Behavior
CHF 360'964, 48 months
Klaus B.
Probabilistic Matching Markets: Is there a Fairest Mechanism of them All?
CHF 655'704, 24 months
Lalive R.
Helpline Calls, Job Finding, and Interview Training in the Covid-19 Crisis
CHF 600'000, 36 months
Project partners: Brülhart M., Cherubini M., and Benghalem Hélène (HEC Lausanne); Kliegel M. (UNIGE), Pellizzari M. (UNIGE)
Palazzo G., Villeneuve J.-P. (Università della Svizzera Italiana)
Assessing the nature and impact of transnational corruption through the lens of Swiss businesses
CHF 557'075, 48 months
Project Partners: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Universität St.Gallen; Physics Section International Atomic Energy Agency
Schlager T., de Bellis E. (Universität St.Gallen)
Autonomous Products & Consumer Well-Being
CHF 540'814, 48 months
Shrestha Y. R., von Krogh G. (ETHZ)
Sustaining Knowledge Creation in Online Communities: Enabling, Creating, and Maintaining
CHF 569'754, 36 months
Thoenig M.
Quantitative spatial Models of Violence and Migration
CHF 688'906, 48 months
Wagner J., Zeier A. (ZHAW School of Management and Law)
Risk perception, mitigation preferences, and value of prevention in smart homes: implications for insurance and risk management
CHF 263'464, 48 months
Bangerter A. (UNINE), Garner P. (IDIAP), Schmid Mast M.
Storytelling and first impressions in face-to-face and algorithm-powered digital interviews
CHF 700'325, 48 months
Bacchetta P.
Persistent Liquidity Traps and Macroeconomic Policies in Open Economies
CHF 212'918, 36 months
Chavez V.
Predicting patient flow congestion using extreme value theory
Excellence grant
CHF 314'892, 24 months
Maurer J.
Healthy Ageing in the Face of Death: Preferences, Communication, Knowledge and Behaviors Regarding End of Life and End-of-life Planning Among Older Adults in Switzerland
CHF 420'340, 36 months
Maurer J., Lutz G. (FORS), Wernli B. (FORS)
Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - Switzerland - 2021-2024
CHF 3'600'000, 48 months
Nikolov B.
Managerial Beliefs and the Cross-Section of Incentives and Compensation
CHF 217'290, 36 months
Project partners: Roberto Steri (Luxembourg University); Lukas Schmid (University of Southern California)
Zehnder C.
Organizational culture: A Behavioral Perspective
CHF 468'824, 48 months
Project partners: Oliver D. Steri (Harvard University); Robert Gibbons (MIT Sloan School of Management); W. Bentley MacLeod (Columbia University); Holger Herz (UNIFR); Manuel Grieder (ZHAW); Julien Senn (UZH); Cirio (Law Firm)
In 2020, the SNSF granted research funds to 8 promising projects elaborated by our researchers.
In the course of 2019, 15 projects from HEC Lausanne researchers were selected to receive funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF):
From January to December 2018, projects from 18 HEC Lausanne researchers were selected to receive funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), amounting to a total of more than 9 million swiss francs:
In 2017, projects from 11 HEC Lausanne researchers were selected to receive funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), amounting to a total of more than 6 million swiss francs:
Albrecher, H.
High precision approximations in risk theory with heavy tails
CHF 199’600, 24 months
André, P.
Silent Changes in Financial Disclosure: The Case of Segment Reporting
CHF 82'930, 36 months
de Treville, S.
Using a Volatility Portfolio to Manufacture Competitively in a High-Cost Economy
CHF 180'798, 36 months
Hameri, A.-P.
Analysing delayed and geospatial effects in a supply chain
CHF 250'286, 12 months
Maurer, J., Lutz, G.
A Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - Switzerland - 2017-2020
CHF 3’760’000, 47 months
Missonier, S.
Collaboration challenges in cross-boundary teaming
CHF 341'999, 36 months
Montez, J.
The role of information on inventories and early licensing on market outcomes
CHF 115'886, 24 months
Santos-Pinto, L.
Overconfidence, Dishonesty, and Economic Behavior
CHF 169'000, 24 months
Schuerhoff, N.
The Empirics of Banking
CHF 180'000, 12 months
Courbage, C., Wagner, J.
Public-private interactions and intergenerational phenomena in long-term care financing
CHF 334'000, 36 months
Zehnder, C., Antonakis, J.
The Economic Value of Charismatic Leadership
CHF 439’608, 36 months
In 2016, projects from 16 HEC Lausanne researchers were selected to receive funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), amounting to a total of more than 6 million Swiss francs:
In 2015, projects from 11 HEC Lausanne researchers were selected to receive funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), amounting to a total of more than 1.5 million swiss francs:
In 2014, projects from 13 HEC Lausanne researchers were selected to receive funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), amounting to a total of more than 3 million swiss francs:
In 2013, projects from 11 HEC Lausanne researchers were selected to receive funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), amounting to a total of more than 1.6 million swiss francs:
In 2012, projects from 7 HEC Lausanne researchers were selected to receive funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), amounting to a total of more than 2.4 million swiss francs:
Several researchers from our Faculty have received funding from the European Commission over the past years.
Hameri, A.-P. & Consortium
Border Control Agencies for Interlinked and Interoperable Future (ID number: 101167589)
CHF 372'130 (funded by Swiss authorities due to Switzerland's non-associated status in the program), 36 months, 2024-2027
Klaus, B.
School choice under transferable capacities
Program: H2020 - EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
€191'149, September 2020 - August 2022
Hameri, A.-P. & Consortium
Coordinator: Cross-border Research Association (CBRA)
Pan-European Network of Customs Practitioners (PEN-CP)
€ 3'496'366.25, 60 months, 2018 - 2023
Hameri, A.-P. & Consortium
Coordinator: Cross-border Research Association (CBRA)
Data Analytics, Data Sources, and Architecture for Upgraded European Customs Risk Management
Program: H2020 - EU.3.7.3 - Strengthen security through border management
€ 4'999'991.25, 2018 - 2021
Rohner, D.
The economics of lasting peace: The role of policies and institutions
Program: H2020 - EU.2.1.1 - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - ERC
€ 1'013'720, August 2016 - July 2021
Ghernaouti, S. & Consortium
Privacy and security maintaining services in the cloud (PRISMACLOUD)
Program: H2020 - EU.2.1.1 - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP
€ 8'381'952, 2015-2018
Ghernaouti, S. & Consortium
E-Crime: the economic impact of cybercrime
Program: FP7 - SECURITY
€ 3'759'113, April 2014- March 2017
Thoenig, M.
The Economics of Grievances and Ethnic Conflicts
Program: FP7 - IDEAS - ERC
€ 1'031'370, January 2013 - December 2017
Enkelejd, A. & Consortium
Risk Analysis, Ruin and Extremes
Program: FP7-PEOPLE
€ 783'000, December 2012 - November 2016
Bacchetta, P.
Liquidity and Risk in Macroeconomic Models
Program: FP7 - IDEAS - ERC
€ 2'070'570, August 2011 - July 2016
Hansjoerg, A. & Consortium
Quantifying projected impacts under 2°C warming
Program: FP7-ENVIRONMENT
€ 8'447'372, October 2011 - September 2015
In addition to the projects selected by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the European Commission, our researchers receive fundings from other Swiss and international organizations. Furthermore, they also run applied research projects mandated by companies or public administrations regularly.
On this webpage, a selection of projects is presented.
Congressi Stefano Franscini
Peukert C.
Grant for Conference: Mapping and Governing the Online World
CHF 17'000
Project partners :
Innosuisse
Krings F.
“Inter-G”: Des interactions intergénerationnelles durables pour des entreprises apprenantes
CHF 206'655, 18 months
Project partners :
Swiss Insurance Association
Wagner J.
Research in Risk Management and Insurance
CHF 65'000, 12 months, yearly renewable
US Air Force
Chavez-Demoulin V.
Satellite conjunction Assessment
USD 325'356, 48 months
Armasuisse
Estimating the costs of cyberattacks: An asset pricing approach
100'000 CHF
Banque Cantonale Vaudoise & University of Lausanne
Research on sustainable finance
400'000 CHF
CIFAR-SNSF
Cooperative AI for Climate Action Coordination
160'000 CAD
Co-applicants: Prof. Guillaume Dumas (University og Montréal); Prof. Benjamin Rosman (University of the Witwatersrand); Prof. Elise Devoie (Queen's University); Prof. Christof Brandtner (emlyon business school)
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)
Robustness of Human and Artificial Intelligence Ensembling in Project Evaluation
25'000 CHF
Project partner: Prof. Vivek Choudhary, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Swiss Insurance Association
Research in Risk Management and Insurance
65'000 CHF
University of Lausanne
Arnold S.
International Hybrid Academia-Industry Internships via Virtual Engagement (IHAIIvVE)
10'000 CHF
Velux Stiftung
Identifying Priorities for Future Social Science Aging Research During the Decade of Healthy Aging 2021-2030
248'850 CHF
The Entreprise for Society (E4S) center, a partnership between the University of Lausanne, EPFL and IMD has been awarded a total of CHF 300,000 in funds for projects led by our researchers:
A consortium comprising 14 partners including Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, Minergie, PwC and Romande Energie
Research on the green value in the Swiss real-estate market
280'000 CHF
Unisanté
The effect of charismatic communication on blood donation
20'000 CHF
Diversifying Children Social Networks: Evidence from a Peer-Learning program in French Primary Schools
25'265 CHF
National Research Program NRP 80: Covid in Society
Lalive R., Colella F. (Università della Svizzera italiana)
Impacts of Covid-19 and policy measures on trade, labor demand, and job finding
CHF 462'435, 36 months
European Parliament (Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs)
Fondation Philantrophique Famille Sandoz (CH)
Innosuisse
National Institutes for Health (USA)
armasuisse Sciences+Technnologies, DDPS, federal administration
Competence Center Corporate Data Quality
Diligentia Foundation
Schmid Mast, M.
To invest or not invest
EUR 39'300, 48 months
Innosuisse
Swiss Insurance Association
Swiss National Supercomputing Centre
Adidas
Legner, C.
Machine learning for data management
CHF 385'000, 48 months
Competence Center Corporate Data Quality
Lalive, R., Floreano, D. (EPFL)
Resisting human obsolescence in a world disrupted by machines
CHF 30'000, 15 months
E4S - Enterprise for Society
Schmid Mast, M.
Automatic Detection of Leadership from Voice and Body
CHF 139'000, 12 months
Consortium: Antonakis J., Gatica-Perez D., Garner P., Meister A., Jordan J.
Hasler Foundation
State Secretariat for Economics Affairs (SECO)
Lalive, R.
Vorstudie zu einer Evaluation des Stellenmeldepflicht
CHF 39'000, 12 months
Swiss Insurance Association
Competence Center Corporate Data Quality
Innosuisse (previously known as Swiss Commission of Technology and Innovation-CTI)
Legner, C.
Open Data to Business – Data App Store for the discovery, integration and use of open data in business environments
CHF 322'191, 36 months
Schmid Mast, M., Gatica-Perez, P. (IDIAP Research Institute) & Vima Link SA
RISE: Rich Interpersonal Skill analytics for Recruitment
CHF 500'000, 41 months
Swiss Insurance Association
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
Vaudoise Assurances
Every year, HEC Lausanne makes available a research budget destined solely for funding research projects of its doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and assistant professors.
The call for projects is announced to eligible researchers each year in September. For any question on the HEC Research Fund, please send your inquiry to the HEC Research Office.
We extend our congratulations to the following researchers for their promising projects:
Amirsiavosh Bashardoust
Anthi Kiouka
Badis Khalfallah
Dorsa Abdolhamidi
Evrim Yanar
Liliane Keopraseuth
Luise Eisfeld
Maria Pykala
Matthieu Jost
Tiffany Kreutschy
Tolga Depecik
Yashraj Shrestha
Zitian Qiu
Alessandra Maria Gargiulo
Diana Duque
Farah Mejri
Hrvoje Kurtovic
Jiewei Li
Robin Schimmelpfennig
Simona Haasova
Yiming Li
We extend our congratulations to the following researchers for their promising projects:
Alessandro Silacci
Alissone Mendes
Badis Khalfallah
Diana Duque
Dorsa Abdolhamidi
Evrim Yanar
Fabian Mändli, Yasmin Schwegler, Janet Su
Ilia Azizi
James Tyler
Liliane Keopraseuth
Lisa Faessler
Luca Gemmi
Noé Zufferey
Renke Schmacker
Yiming Li
We extend our congratulations to the following researchers for their promising projects:
Professors:
Postdocs and PhD students:
We extend our congratulations to the following researchers for their promising projects:
Professors:
Postdocs and PhD students:
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