Research Funds

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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.

Swiss National Science Foundation

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is the leading Swiss organisation for the promotion of scientific research. More information on this funding agency.

The funds mentioned are organized by year of allocation.

2025

• Albrecher H.\ Optimal capital allocation and dividend strategies for an insurer under timing risk and climate change\ 212'249 CHF, 24 months\ Project partner:
• University of Copenhaguen\
• Brülhart M.\ The Economics of Inheritance and Inter-Vivos Gifts\ 827'832 CHF, 48 months\ Project partner:
• ETH Zürich\
• Lalive R.\ Creating a Path to Work for Refugees in Switzerland\ 586'026 CHF, 48 months\ Project partner:
• University of St-Gallen\
• Maurer J.\ Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)\ 3'600'000 CHF, 48 months\ Project partner:
• FORS, Switzerland\
• Melloni G.\ The Impact of Western Sustainability Regulations on the Global South\ 418'430 CHF, 36 months\ Project partner:
• University of Neuchâtel
• University of Pennsylvania\
• Peukert C.\ From Tops to Tails: Decoding the Hidden Patterns in Cultural Consumption\ 289'480 CHF, 48 months\ Project partner:
• University of Warsaw\
• Santos-Pinto L.\ Overconfidence and Strategic Behavior in Contests\ 435'000 CHF, 36 months\

• Schlager T.\ Beneath the Skin: Consumers Adption of Insideables\ 617'620 CHF, 48 months

• Shrestha Y. R.\ Bridging Justice: Accessible, Reliable and Collaborative AI for Law (ARCL)\ 1'324'200 CHF, 48 months\ Project partners:

• University of St. Gallen
• Caritas\
• Shrestha Y. R.\ How is GenAI reshaping knowledge collaboration in online communities? Impact on knowledge creation, coordiation and sharing\ 618'400 CHF, 48 months \ \ \

2024

• Albrecher H.\ Optimal capital allocation and dividend strategies for an insurer under timing risk and climate change\ 212'249 CHF, 24 months
• 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.\ Creating a Path to Work for Refugees in Switzerland\ 586'026 CHF, 48 months

• 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
• Schlager T.\ Luxury Consumers & Technological Innovations: An Empirical Investigation of NFTs\ CHF 495'323, 48 months\ Project partners: University of Neuchatel

• 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

2023

• 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
• Efferson C.\ The Strategy Space Problem in Gene-Culture Coevolution\ CHF 783'056, 48 months

• Houde S.\ Multidimensional climate risks and internal migrations\ CHF 448'716, 36 months\ Project partners:

• Centre of Economy and Sociology Applied to Agriculture and Rural Spaces

• Economic research group Meilleurs Agents AVIV Group

• 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:

• Service de soins palliatifs et de support Département de médecine Université de Lausanne

• FORS, Université de Lausanne

• Unité de génétique forensique Centre Univ. Romand de Médecine Légale CHUV et Université de Lausanne

• Nigmatulina D.\ Military Conflicts, Sanctions, and International Trade: Evidence from Russia\ CHF 377'895, 30 months\ Project partners:

• MIT Sloan School of Management

• Leibniz Instit. for Financial Research SAFE

• Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute

• Peukert C. & Zanarone G.\ The Lausanne Management & Economics Workshop (scientific event)\ CHF 10'000, 3 months

• Rudolf N.\ The Role of Shareholder Voting and Disclosures in Corporate Governance\ CHF 285'600, 24 months\ Project partners:

• Swiss Finance Institute EPFL - CDM - SFI

• Norges Bank Investment Management

• Shrestha Y. R.\ Managing Artificial-Intelligence-Augmented Decision Making in Organizations: Designing, Adopting and Evaluating\ CHF 475'882, 42 months

• Vogt S.\ Can talking to machines improve financial decision making?\ CHF 1'257'987, 48 months\ Co-PI: Raymond Duch, Centre for Experimental Social Sciences, Nuffield College, University of Oxford

2022

• 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

2021

• 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)

2020

In 2020, the SNSF granted research funds to 8 promising projects elaborated by our researchers.

• Albrecher H.\ Risk Modelling with Matrix Distributions\ CHF 282'000, 36 months\
• Benhima K.\ The consequences of corporate liquidity constraints - theory and evidence from Morocco\ CHF 172'099, 24 mois\
• Brülhart M.\ Tax Competition and Tax Equalisation\ CHF 674'000, 48 months\
• Conti A., Peukert C., Bechtold S. (ETHZ), Buss P. (WU), Godinho de Matos M. (CLSBE)\ Data Economy; Organization, Innovation and Regulation\ CHF 774'164, 48 months\
• Hashorva E.\ Asymptotic Constants in Stochastic Models\ CHF 424'182, 36 months\
• Klaus B.\ Understanding Group Interactions for Social Allocation Problems\ CHF 646'177, 48 months\
• Lalive R.\ What Workers Want: Determinants and Implications of Job Search Strategies on an Online Job Platform\ CHF 581'926, 48 months\
• Schürhoff N.\ Sustainable Financial Market Infrastructure: Towards Optimal Design and Regulation\ CHF 381'964, 48 months

2019

In the course of 2019, 15 projects from HEC Lausanne researchers were selected to receive funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF):

• Conti A.\ Understanding the determinants of startup financial and innovative performance outcomes\ CHF 382'936, 48 months\
• Dong, M., Rockinger, M.\ Text Mining Banks' Pillar 3 Reports: Dictionary, Topic Analysis, and Prediction\ CHF 178'418, 36 months\
• Efferson C., Vogt S. (UNIBE)\ The Power and the Peril of Applied Cultural Evolution: Social Learning and Its Consequences in Heterogeneous Population\ CHF 1'238'967 CHF, 48 months\
• Esposito E.\ Reconciliation Narratives, the Birth of a Nation after the US Civil War\ CHF 400'405, 36 months\ Project partners: Saia A., Thoenig M.\
• Hakimov R.\ Behavioral considerations in market design: Dynamic matching mechanisms\ CHF 622’446, 48 months\
• Huguenin K., Cherubini M.\ Dissuasive Techniques against Online Privacy Violations by Individuals\ CHF 99'800, 12 months\
• Krings F.\ Fighting discrimination at employment: Can applicants help reduce bias?\ CHF 618’150, 48 months\
• Maurer J.\ Inclusive social protection for chronic health problems\ CHF 1'141'459, 36 mois\
• Rossier J. (co-PI, UNIL), Freund A. (co-PI, UZH), Berchtold A. (UNIL), Krings F., Masdonati J. (UNIL), Ruch W. (UZH), Maggiori C. (HES-SO FR)\ NCCR Lives Program. Project title: Career paths\ ChF 1'100'000, 36 months\
• Scheidegger S., Kübler F., Schenk O., Folini D.\ Can Economic Policy Mitigate Climate-Change?\ CHF 1'500'000, 48 months\
• Schlager T.\ How Virtual Reality Affects Consumer Choice \ CHF 453'309, 48 months\
• Schmid Mast M., Sandi, C. (EPFL)\ Go Where No-One Has Gone: Virtual Reality for Interpersonal Skills Training\ CHF 1'594'190, 48 months\
• Schmid Mast M.\ Behavioral Adaptability\ CHF 591'754, 48 months\
• Tischbirek A.\ Evaluating Macro Policies with Micro Data - The Effects of Monetary Policy at the Household Level\ CHF 89'629, 18 months\
• Marti, J. (CHUV-UNIL), Peytremann-Bridevaux, I. (UNIL), Wagner, J., Perraudin, C. (Polyclinique Médicale Universitaire, Lausanne), Bugnon, O. (Polyclinique Médicale Universitaire, Lausanne)\ How to improve care integration, coordination and continuity? Designing policy from population needs and preferences\ CHF 337'060, 36 months

2018

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:

• Bangerter, A., Gatica-Perez, D., Schmid Mast, M.\ Automatic analysis of verbal and non-verbal behavior and provision of feedback in video selection interviews\ CHF 250'000, 18 months \
• Bonardi, J.-P.\ Towards a better understanding of competitive intensity and inter-firm rivalry: a study of mergers, acquisitions and joint-ventures in Europe\ CHF 194'363, 24 months\
• Benhima, K.\ Capital flows and information frictions\ CHF 289'676, 36 mois\
• Chavez, V.\ Predicting Patient Flow Congestion Using Extreme Value Theory\ CHF 479'190, 36 months\
• Czellar, S.\ The Influence of Environmental Identities on Sustainable Market Behaviors\ CHF 561'327, 48 months\
• Goyal, A.\ The Perils and Prospects of Big Data in Finance\ CHF 310'464, 48 months \
• Haack, P.\ Legitimacy as a Multi-level Judgment: Experimental Evidence\ CHF 304'658, 48 months\
• Hashorva, E.\ Rare Events & Extremes of Multi-Valued Random Fields\ CHF 193'719, 36 months\
• Huguenin, K., Hubaux, J.-P.\ Pervasive Protection for Lifestyle Tracking Devices and Applications\ CHF 563'257, 36 months\
• Junod, V., Simon, O., Broers, B., Pautex, S.\ Narcotic medicine, how to define and regulate them in Switzerland\ CHF 643’523, 48 months\
• Lalive, R., Pellizzari, M., Cherubini, M., Kliegel, M., Benghalem, H.\ Unemployment Exit and Entry: Cognition, Nudges, Information, and Eligibility Screening\ (HEC & NCCR Lives project)\ CHF 774'600, 44 months\
• Panese, F., Wagner, J., Sprumont, D., Strasser B.\ Project partner: Legner, C.\ Development of Personalized Health in Switzerland: Social Sciences Perpectives\ (Sinergia project)\ CHF 2'764'048, 48 months\
• Philippe, D., Swaton, S.\ The influence of ecological criticism on capitalism: A crossed theoretical perspective between pragmatic sociology and instutitional logics\ CHF 323'787, 36 months\
• Renne, J.-P.\ Fiscal limits and the pricing of Sovereign debt\ CHF 173'952, 24 months\
• Thoenig, M.\ The Refugee’s Dilemma: Uncertain Threat at Home or Costly Asylum Abroad? Evidence from Jewish Emigration in Nazi Germany\ CHF 367'945, 24 months

European funds

Several researchers from our Faculty have received funding from the European Commission over the past years. The list below includes those obtained in recent 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

Other Swiss and international funds

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.

The list below represents a selection of projects.

2025

CYD ArmaSuisse - Cyber Defense Campus

• Mihet R.\ Cyberrisk and AI Firms\ 100'000 CHF, 37 months\ Project partner:
• University of Basel

Sandoz Family Philantropic Foundation

• Mihet R.\ AI & The Digital Economy: Quantifying the Value of Data\ 600'000 CHF, 17 months

SBB Research Fund

• Engeler I.\ Leveraging Synthetic Data for Market Insights: Applications and Potential in the Swiss Public Transport Sector\ 95'000 CHF, 12 months

Swiss Insurance Association

• Wagner J.\ Research in Risk Management and Insurance\ 65'000 CHF, 12 months

Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and and Innovation

• Shrestha Y.R.\ Inclusive AI for Cancer Care: Model Adaptation and Human-AI Integration in Low-Resource Settings\ 25'000 CHF, 12 months\ Project partner:
• Arab Academy for Science and Technology\
• Shrestha Y.R.\ Swiss–South Asia Symposium on Secure and Equitable Health AI for Resource-Limited Environments\ 15'000 CHF, 12 months\ Project partner:
• Nepal Applied Mathematics and Informatics Institute for Research (NAAMII)
• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT)

2024

armasuisse Sciences+Technologies, Swiss Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sports (DDPS), Swiss Federal Administration

• Humbert M.\ Estimating the cost of cyberattacks and information security market trends in Switzerland: a financial approach\ CHF 150'000, 12 months

Competence Center Corporate Data Quality

• Legner C.\ Competence Center Corporate Data Quality (CCCDQ)\ CHF 835'000, 12 months

Congressi Stefano Franscini

• Peukert C.\ Grant for Conference: Mapping and Governing the Online World\ CHF 17'000, 12 months\ Project partners :

• Stefan Bechtold (ETH Zürich)

• Florencia Marotta-Wurgler (New York University)

Hasler Foundation

• Huguenin K.\ Addressing the Address Books’ (Interdependent) Privacy Issues\ CHF 46'550, 12 months

Innosuisse

• Krings F.\ “Inter-G”: Des interactions intergénerationnelles durables pour des entreprises apprenantes\ CHF 206'655, 18 months\ Project partners :

• HE-Arc Gestion

• HEIG-VD
• Fondation AAA

International Actuarial Association (IAA)

• Hieber P.\ Modern survivor funds\ CAD 20'450, 24 months

International Growth Center (IGC)

• Nigmatulina D.\ Trade, Trans-national Infrastructure Investments and Economic Development: Evidence from the New Silk Road.\ GBP 64'101, 28 months\ Project partners:
• University of Manchester
• University of Beijing

Joanneum research

• Hansjoerg A.\ Pluvial flood risk in Austria\ CHF 15'000, 6 months

Swiss Confederation, Federal Office for Defence Procurement, armasuisse, Science and Technology

• Mihet R.\ Firm AI-Intensity and Patent-Based NLP Exploration of AI-Intensive Firms’ Technological Capabilities\ CHF 100'000, 12 months

Swiss Federal Office of Energy

• Houde S.\ Fair renters\ CHF 685'000, 37 months\ Project partners :
• University of Zürich

Swiss Insurance Association

• Wagner J.\ Research in Risk Management and Insurance\ CHF 65'000, 12 months, yearly renewable

Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and and Innovation

• Shrestha Y.R.\ Cor-AI: A proof-of-concept study on coronary artery disease diagnostics from x-ray angiographyimages using AI\ CHF 35'000, 12 months\ Project partner: Nepal Applied Mathematics and Informatics Institute for Research (NAAMII)

UNIL-EPFL

• Schmid Mast M.\ Study on social perception of soft and rigid robots for assistive tasks\ CHF 60'000, 12 months\ Project partner: EPFL

US Air Force

• Chavez-Demoulin V.\ Satellite conjunction Assessment\ USD 325'356, 48 months

Vaudoise Assurances

• Hansjoerg A.\ Insurance pricing II\ CHF 90'000, 48 months

2023

Armasuisse

• Humbert M.

Estimating the costs of cyberattacks: An asset pricing approach\ 100'000 CHF\

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise &University of Lausanne

• Jondeau E.

Research on sustainable finance\ 400'000 CHF\

CIFAR-SNSF

• Haack P.

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)\

Competence Center Corporate Data Quality

• Legner C.\ Competence Center Corporate Data Quality (CCCDQ)\ CHF 835'000, 12 months\

Hasler Foundation

• Humbert M.\ Understanding the YouTube News Channels Ecosystem: A Data-Driven Analysis\ CHF 49'800

State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)

• Shrestha Y.

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

• Wagner J.

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

• Maurer J.

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 380,000 in funds for projects led by our researchers:

A consortium comprising 14 partners including Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, Minergie, PwC and Romande Energie

• Jondeau E.

Research on the green value in the Swiss real-estate market\ 280'000 CHF

E4S

• Shrestha Y.\ Enhancing fairness in digital health by improving representation in healthcare data\ 80'000 CHF\ Project Partners: Prof. Öykü Isik, IMD and Prof. Dr. Zeynep Erden Özkol, ZHAW School of Management and Law

Unisanté

• Antonakis J.

The effect of charismatic communication on blood donation\ 20'000 CHF

2022

Competence Center Corporate Data Quality

• Legner C.\ Competence Center Corporate Data Quality (CCCDQ)\ CHF 835'000, 12 months\

NCCR Lives

• Terrier C.

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

2021

Competence Center Corporate Data Quality

• Legner C.\ Competence Center Corporate Data Quality (CCCDQ)\ CHF 835'000, 12 months\

European Parliament (Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs)

• Dinh T., Husmann A., Melloni G.,\ The role of non-financial performance indicators and integrated reporting in achieving sustainable value creation (at a glance / full report)\ EUR 14'000\

Fondation Philantrophique Famille Sandoz (CH)

• Melloni G.\ Sustainability Accounting\ CHF 600'000, 24 months\

Innosuisse

• Estier T.\ Aroolla: une plateforme de formation "on the job" en entreprise réelle ou virtuelle\ CHF 42'073, 30 months\ Project partners :
• HES-SO HE Arc Neuchâtel - project lead Prof. Cédric Gaspoz\
• Villa A.\ Mobile environmental bioprocess data acquisition unit for artificial neural network model development\ CHF 113'379, 19 months\ Category: Energy & Environment\

National Institutes for Health (USA)

• Consortium of researchers from 11 countries\ P.I.: Lillard D.R. (Ohio State University). Professor from HEC Lausanne: Lalive R.\ The economic and social impact of COVID-19 mitigation policies: A cross-country analysis of macro events\ USD 4’401’156, 58 months

2020

armasuisse Sciences+Technnologies, DDPS, federal administration

• Huguenin, K.\ Privacy and Security Implications of the Use of Wearable Devices\ CHF 168'320, 36 months\

Competence Center Corporate Data Quality

• Legner, C.\ CHF 350'000, 12 months, renewable\

Diligentia Foundation

• Schmid Mast, M.\ To invest or not invest\ EUR 39'300, 48 months \

Innosuisse

• Villa, A.\ Data acquisition unit for deep neural network model development \ CHF 15'000, 12 months\

Swiss Insurance Association

• Wagner, J.\ Research in Risk Management and Insurance\ CHF 80'000, 12 months, renewable\

Swiss National Supercomputing Centre

• Scheidegger, S.\ Using deep equilibrium nets to solve large-scale dynamic stochastic overlapping generation models\ 49'600 node hours on Cray XC50 - Hybrid, 12 months

2019

Adidas

• Legner, C.\ Machine learning for data management\ CHF 385'000, 48 months\

Competence Center Corporate Data Quality

• Legner, C.\ CHF 350'000, 12 months, renewable\

CROSS (UNIL-EPFL)

• 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

• Huguenin, K.\ Improving Web security through integrity verifications\ CHF 48'000, 12 months\

State Secretariat for Economics Affairs (SECO)

• Lalive, R.\ Vorstudie zu einer Evaluation des Stellenmeldepflicht\ CHF 39'000, 12 months\

Swiss Insurance Association

• Wagner, J.\ Research in Risk Management and Insurance\ CHF 80'000, 12 months, renewable

2018

Competence Center Corporate Data Quality

• Legner, C.\ CHF 350'000, 12 months, renewable

CROSS (UNIL-EPFL)

• Schmid Mast, M.,Sandi, C. (EPFL)\ Self-imitation: How imitating the Virtual Self Can Overcome Social Anxiety and Accelerate Interpersonal Skills Development\ CHF 60'000, 12 months\

Fondation Leenaards

• Maurer, J., Borrat-Besson, C., Holly, A., Seiler, S., Vilpert, S.\ Vieillissement en bonne santé et participation sociale des seniors en Suisse: enjeux et opportunités\ CHF 170'000, 24 months\

Fondation Sandoz

• Esposito, E.\ Disease Outbreaks and Social Disruption in Low-Income Countries\ CHF 300'000, 12 months\

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
• Villa, A.\ Data analysis and optimisation concept study of a novel anaerobic digestor for food waste management \ CHF 10'000, 12 months\

Federal Office of Public Health

• Maurer, J.\ Studie zur Gesundheit des älteren Vevölkerung in der Schweiz\ CHF 96'280, 12 months

Swiss Insurance Association

• Wagner, J.

Research in Risk Management and Insurance

CHF 80'000, 12 mois (renouvelable)\

Swiss National Science Foundation, EPFL Bernouilli Center, EPFL Mathematics Section, Foundation Compositio Mathematica, Stiftung zur Förderung der mathematischen Wissenschaften in der Schweiz

• Duparc, J.\ 11th young set theory workshop\ CHF 29'400\

State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation

• Hashorva, E.\ Enhanced PhD studies and Scientific Exchanges: DSA, HEC Lausanne & Probability  Dept. St. Petersburg State University\ CHF 25'000, 12 months\

Swiss National Supercomputing Centre

• Scheidegger, S.\ Solving large-scale overlapping generation models with stochastic fiscal policy\ 132'000 heures de noeud (node hours) pendant 12 mois sur le Cray XC50 - Hybrid (montant estimé entre CHF 200'000 - CHF 300'000)\

Vaudoise Assurances

• Albrecher, H.\ Insurance pricing\ CHF 115'000, 36 mois

Internal Funds

Interface

• Shrestha Y. R.\ Applied Legal AI within NGOs: Participatory Design and Evaluation of AI Tools for Legal Aid\ 50’000 CHF, 12 months\ Project partners:
• Caritas
• University of St. Gallen

SEAL - joint research funding between EPFL - HEIG-VD - UNIL

• Shrestha Y.R.
• FACESHIELD – Facial data management system to protect the privacy of individuals\ 99'000 CHF, 12 months\ Project partners:
• HEIG-VD
• RayShaper SA

HEC Research Fund

Twice a year, HEC Lausanne makes available a research budget destined solely for funding research projects of its doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and assistant professors.

The two calls for projects are announced to eligible researchers in February and October. For any question on the HEC Research Fund, please send your inquiry to the HEC Research Office).

2024-2025 :

We extend our congratulations to the following researchers for their promising projects:

• Adam Feher
• Adeepan Chakraborty
• Amirsiavosh Bashardoust
• Badis Khalfallah
• Diana Duque
• Dorsa Abdolhamidi
• Giuseppe Sorrenti
• Henri Jamet
• Ilia Azizi
• Jeremie Haese
• Jianlin Zhao
• Nicolas Rudolf
• Noah Bohren
• Sandra Dib
• Tiffany Kreutschy
• Yiran Guo
• Yuanjun Feng
• Yuxi Chen
• Zitian Adam
• Ziwei Zhao

2023-2024

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

2022-2023

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

2021-2022

We extend our congratulations to the following researchers for their promising projects:

Professors:

• Gaia Melloni
• Roxana Mihet
• Virginie Lurkin
• Ziwei Zhao

Postdocs and PhD students:

• Alessandro Silacci
• Alissone Mendes
• Anely Bekbergenova
• Behzad Rezaee
• Evrim Yanar
• James Tyler
• Jean-Charles Pillet
• Jeremy Fannin
• Kavous Salehzadeh Niksirat
• Laetitia Renier
• Moritz Gruban / Matthieu Légeret
• Noé Zufferey
• Oriana de Saint Priest
• Renke Schmacker
• Sönke Ehret
• Tyler Kleinbauer
• Yasmin Schwegler
• Yiming Li
• Yiran Guo
• Zitian Qiu

2020-2021

We extend our congratulations to the following researchers for their promising projects:

Professors:

• Gaia Melloni
• Ziwei Zhao

Postdocs and PhD students:

• Konstantinos Armaos
• Anely Bekbergenova
• Mauro Cherubini / James Tyler
• Oriana de Saint Priest
• Jeremy Fannin
• Moritz Gruban / Matthieu Légeret
• Yiran Guo
• Simona Haasova
• Anna Jasinenko
• Matthieu Jost
• Liliane Keopraseuth
• Matthieu Légeret
• Yiming Li
• Ron Rabi
• Renke Schmacker
• Yasmin Schwegler
• Janet Su

2019-2020

Professors:

• John Antonakis
• Mauro Cherubini / Gabriela Villalobos-Zúñiga
• Markus Christen
• Sandor Czellar
• Jörg Dietz
• Kévin Huguenin / Noé Zufferey
• Camille Terrier
• Gaia Melloni
• Michael Rockinger
• Tobias Schlager

Postdocs and PhD students:

• Anaïs Butera
• Anely Bekbergenova
• Fabrizio Colella
• Jeremy Fannin
• Moritz Gruban / Matthieu Légeret
• Emmanuelle Kleinlogel
• Laetitia Renier
• Natasa Tagasovska