Anne Ardila Brenøe joined our Faculty at the beginning of November 2018 as Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Zurich. Her primary research interests are in applied microeconomics.
You are warmly invited to the inaugural lecture of Prof. David Yanagizawa-Drott about "The political economy of culture and conflict". The lecture is public, no reservation is needed.
You are warmly invited to the inaugural lecture of PD Dr. Christian Vögtlin: "Verantwortungsvolle Führung in und von Unternehmen". The lecture is public, no reservation is needed.
You are warmly invited to the inaugural lecture of Prof. Stefan Zeisberger: "Investor Psychology and FinTech". The lecture is public, no reservation is needed.
You are warmly invited to the inaugural lecture of Prof. Anne Scherer: "Sara vs. Siri: The effects of digitalization and dehumanizing customer touchpoints". The lecture is public, no reservation is needed.
You are warmly invited to the inaugural lecture of Prof. Ulf Zölitz about "The Value of Peers in Education". The lecture is public, no reservation is needed.
You are warmly invited to the inaugural lecture of Prof. Dina Pomeranz "What Can Economics Contribute to Public Policy? Lessons from Developing Countries". The lecture is public, no reservation is needed.
This case study discusses the complex socio-cultural and political dynamics of the Tibetan Diaspora in Switzerland from a multilayer perspective of history, human rights, law, international business, social and developmental economics. We focus on the village Rikon in Tösstal, Canton Zurich as an example of social embeddedness for refugees driven by the Kuhn-Rikon industry and discuss the conditions under which the Tibetan Community has been embedded and is today considered as one of the most successful diaspora communities in Switzerland. We further discuss social embeddedness and sustainability in the industrial context taking into account controversies and the historic, socio-cultural and political dimensions. This is a desk research.
The past five decades have witnessed an unprecedented growth in population. This has led to an ever-growing housing demand. It has been proposed that the use of bio-based materials, and specifically bamboo, can help alleviate the housing demand in a sustainable manner. The present paper aims to assess the environmental impact caused by using four different construction materials (bamboo, brick, concrete hollow block, and engineered bamboo) in buildings. A comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) was carried out to measure the environmental impact of the different construction materials in the construction of single and multi-storey buildings. The LCA considered the extraction, production, transport, and use of the construction materials. The IPCC2013 evaluation method from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC2013 was used for the calculations of CO2 emissions. The assessment was geographically located in Colombia, South America, and estimates the transport distances of the construction materials. The results show that transportation and reinforcing materials significantly contribute to the environmental impact, whereas the engineered bamboo construction system has the lowest environmental impact. The adoption of bamboo-based construction systems has a significant potential to support the regenerative development of regions where they could be used and might lead to long-lasting improvements to economies, environments, and livelihoods.
