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Dr. Julia Braun

Dr. Julia Braun

Dr. Julia Braun

ZHAW School of Management and Law
Institute for Risk & Insurance
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur

+41 58 934 74 71
julia.braun2@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Position

Lecturer, Risk and Insurance

Focus

Risk management, sustainable insurance, climate risk, financial stability, empirical asset pricing, household finance

Teaching

CAS Compliance, Regulation and Risk Management in Insurance Companies

Experience

  • Lecturer, Risk and Insurance
    ZHAW
    05 / 2026 - today
  • Risk Manager
    Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
    10 / 2024 - 04 / 2026
  • Project Manager and Research Associate
    Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen
    10 / 2018 - 09 / 2024
  • Pension Funds Strategist
    Credit Suisse
    03 / 2017 - 05 / 2018
  • Macroeconomic Research Economist
    Credit Suisse
    02 / 2010 - 02 / 2017

Education and Continuing education

Education

  • PhD / Finance
    University St. Gallen
    09 / 2018 - 09 / 2024
  • Master / Economics
    University Zurich
    09 / 2011 - 12 / 2013
  • Master / Economics
    University Zurich
    09 / 2007 - 08 / 2010

Network

Awards

Swiss Finance Institute Best Paper Doctoral Award
Swiss Finance Insitute
08 / 2024

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Braun, A., Braun, J., & Weigert, F. (2026). Extreme‐weather risk and the cross‐section of stock returns. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 93(1), 163-198.

Other publications

Auswirkungen von Naturkatastrophen auf Aktienmärkte, mit Alexander Braun und Florian Weigert (2022). [I.VW Management-Informationen]