Laura Archer-Svoboda
Laura Archer-Svoboda
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Fachstelle für Asset Management
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Research Associate
Focus
Sustainable Finance, Real Estate, Portfolio Management, Innosuisse Innovation Projects
Teaching
Lecturer: MSc. Banking & Finance, MSc. Real Estate & Facility Management
Experience
- Member of the Board of Directors
Baugenossenschaft Sonnengarten, Zürich
04 / 2022 - today - Key Account Consultant
CBRE (Zürich) AG, Zürich
02 / 2010 - 07 / 2016 - Structural Engineer
Henauer Gugler AG / Ingenieurbureau Heierli AG / Emch & Berger, Zürich
01 / 2005 - 12 / 2009
Education and Continuing education
Education
- Master of Science (MSc) Banking & Finance / Capital Markets & Data Science
ZHAW School of Management and Law, Winterthur
09 / 2021 - 06 / 2023 - Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Betriebsökonomie / Banking & Finance
ZHAW School of Management and Law, Winterthur
09 / 2017 - 06 / 2021 - Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil Engineering / Structural Engineering
Queen's University, Kingston, Kanada
09 / 1998 - 05 / 2003
Network
Membership of networks
Awards
A Lifetime Member of Beta Gamma Sigma
ZHAW School of Management and Law
09 / 2023
Projects
- Assessing Climate Risks for Real Estate and Infrastructure Portfolios / Deputy project leader / completed
- Risk Management and Analysis Tool for Lease-to-Purchase Homeownership / Deputy project leader / completed
- Decision Based Tools for the Climate Resilience of Real Estate / Co-project leader / completed
- Climate Rating for Real Estate Portfolios / Project leader / completed
- Satellite and Network-Analysis based Climate Impact Measurement Tool for Real Estate / Deputy project leader / completed
- ERREP - ESG Rating for Real Estate Portfolios / Co-project leader / completed
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
Orpiszewski, T., Thompson, M. J., & Archer-Svoboda, L. (2025). Geographic diversification, proximity bias and performance of Swiss real estate funds. Journal of European Real Estate Research, 18(3), 441–462. https://doi.org/10.1108/jerer-11-2024-0081
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
- Orpiszewski, T., Thompson, M. J., & Archer-Svoboda, L. (2025, July 3). Geographic diversification, proximity bias, and performance of Swiss real estate funds. 31st Annual Conference of the European Real Estate Society (ERES), Athen, Greece, 2-5 July 2025.
- Archer-Svoboda, L., Orpiszewski, T., & Thompson, M. (2025, July 2). Property energy efficiency and financial performance : evidence from Swiss real estate fund portfolios. 31st Annual Conference of the European Real Estate Society (ERES), Athens, Greece, 2-5 July 2025.
- Orpiszewski, T., Archer-Svoboda, L., Thompson, M. J., Lunsford, D., & Croci, C. (2025, July 2). Swiss real estate funds and climate-related flood exposure : is diversification the key? 31st Annual Conference of the European Real Estate Society (ERES), Athen, Greece, 2-5 July 2025.
Other publications
Archer-Svoboda, L., & Kimmerle, H. (2023). Sustainable real estate investments : insights for direct real estate investors. Swiss Sustainable Finance. https://www.sustainablefinance.ch/api/rm/33DYR5T92XPH3G4/ssf-pub-report-real-estate-en-final.pdf
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- Archer-Svoboda, L. (2024, October 3). Innosuisse project Climate Rating for Real Estate Portfolios. AI+X Summit, Zurich, Switzerland, 3-4 October 2024.
- Archer-Svoboda, L., & Schnauss, M. (2024, June 28). Climate rating for real estate portfolios. 30th Annual Conference of the European Real Estate Society (ERES), Gdańsk, Poland, 26-29 June 2024.