Dr. Julia Braun

Work at ZHAW

Position

Lecturer, Risk and Insurance

Focus

Climate risk, financial stability, empirical asset pricing, household finance

Experience

• Lecturer, Risk and Insurance
  ZHAW
  05 / 2026 - today
• Risk Manager
  FINMA
  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]

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