Christoph Schuler

Christoph Schuler
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Public Sector Financial Management
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur
Personal profile
Management role
dep. Head, Center for Public Financial Management
Position at the ZHAW
Research Associate
Institute of Public Management IPM
Center for Public Financial Management
www.zhaw.ch/ivm
Expertise and research interests
Public Financial Management
International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS)
Public Financial Management Reforms
Financial Communication & Data Storytelling
Budgeting and Financial Planning
Fiscal Decentralization and Fiscal Equalization Systems
Financial Governance
Educational background
2012 - 2014: MSc in Business Administration with a Major in Public & Nonprofit Management, Zurich University of Applied Sciences & Lucerne University of Applied Sciences
2009: Visiting Student Toursim & Economics, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
2007 - 2010: BSc in Tourism Management, University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur
Membership of networks
Projects
- Partnership Public Financial Management / Team member / Project ongoing
- Digital and interactive annual reporting for Swiss cities and municipalities / Project leader / Project completed
- A Guide to Data Storytelling in the Public Sector / Project co-leader / Project completed
- PULSE - Public Sector Accounting Assessment / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- Economic Impact of COVID Interventions / Team member / Project completed
- Überarbeitung der Fachempfehlung 13 "Konsolidierung" des Harmonisierten Rechnungslegungsmodell 2 (HRM2) / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- Stocktaking of Public Sector Accounting and Reporting Environment in PULSAR Countries / Project leader / Project completed
- Analysis of Service Delivery of Albaniane Municipalities (Scoping Mission) / Team member / Project completed
- The Future of Swiss Hydropower: Distributional Effects of Water Fee Reform Options / Team member / Project completed
- Analysis and Evaluation of Public Financial Management Systems in Ecuador / Team member / Project completed
- Analysis on integrated financial management systems in Ecuador / Team member / Project completed
- Rechnungslegung und Eigentümerrolle von öffentlich-rechtlichen Körperschaften bei Energieversorgungsunternehmen / Team member / Project completed
- Discount rate for post-employment benefits according to IPSAS 25 / Team member / Project completed
- Public Financial Management Reforms in Colombia / Team member / Project completed
Publications
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Ramsden, Alma; Schuler, Christoph; Zehnder, Joëlle; Ponta, Oriana,
2021.
Devisenreserven der SNB zur Finanzierung der AHV?.
Swiss Yearbook of Administrative Sciences.
12(1), pp. 31-44.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.5334/ssas.155
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Bergmann, Andreas; Fuchs, Sandro; Schuler, Christoph,
2019.
A theoretical basis for public sector accrual accounting research : current state and perspectives.
Public Money & Management.
39(8), pp. 560-570.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2019.1654319
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Schuler, Christoph; Fuchs, Sandro; Bergmann, Andreas,
2015.
Yearbook of Swiss Administrative Science.
pp. 197-211.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4663
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Bergmann, Andreas; Schuler, Christoph,
2017.
Rechnungslegung und Berichterstattung
.
In:
Jaag, Tobias; Rüssli, Markus; Jenni, Vittorio, eds.,
GG - Kommentar zum Zürcher Gemeindegesetz : und zu den politischen Rechten in den Gemeinden.
Zürich:
Schulthess.
pp. 617-685.
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Grafl, Antonia; Schuler, Christoph,
2022.
A guide to data storytelling in the public sector : communicating public finances effectively.
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank.
Available from: https://cfrr.worldbank.org/publications/data-guide#download
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Grafl, Antonia; Schuler, Christoph; Fuchs, Sandro; Bergmann, Andreas; Horni, Pascal; Warzecha, Iwona; Boyce, Daniel,
2020.
Stocktaking of public sector accounting and reporting environment in PULSAR beneficiary countries.
World Bank Group.
Available from: https://cfrr.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/pulsar_stock_pages_0.pdf
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Schuler, Christoph; Trinkler, Gabriel; Fuchs, Sandro,
2017.
Energy Governance Working Paper
; 11.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1236
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Cometta, Claudio; Kobe, Carmen, eds.,
2017.
Umsetzung der Energiestrategie 2050 - Band II : Neue Ansätze für Staat und Wirtschaft.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1233
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Bergmann, Andreas; Fuchs, Sandro; Gut, Madeleine; Nagel, Gabriela; Schuler, Christoph; Streiff, Gheorghita; Trinkler, Gabriel,
2016.
Energy Governance Working Paper
; 3.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1048
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Cometta, Claudio; Kobe, Carmen; Benz, Astrid, eds.,
2016.
Umsetzung der Energiestrategie 2050: Herausforderungen und Chancen für Staat und Wirtschaft.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
ISBN 978-3-03870-001-2.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1053
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Fuchs, Sandro; Horni, Pascal; Schuler, Christoph; Bergmann, Andreas,
2016.
In:
20th Annual International Research Society on Public Management IRSPM Conference, Hong Kong, 13-15 April 2016.
Available from: http://programme.exordo.com/irspm2016/delegates/presentation/92/
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Bergmann, Andreas; Fuchs, Sandro; Schuler, Christoph,
2015.
Staatliche Defizite und Schulden : volkswirtschaftliche vs. betriebswirtschaftliche Realitäten.
Ökonomenstimme.
Available from: http://www.oekonomenstimme.org/artikel/2015/08/staatliche-defizite-und-schulden-volkswirtschaftliche-vs-betriebswirtschaftliche-realitaeten/
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Schuler, Christoph; Grossi, Giuseppe; Fuchs, Sandro,
2021.
In:
CIGAR 18th Biennial Conference 2021, Online, 24-25 June 2021.
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Schuler, Christoph; Fuchs, Sandro; Horni, Pascal,
2019.
In:
IIAS Congress 2019, Singapore, 18-21 June 2019.
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Schuler, Christoph; Fuchs, Sandro; Bergmann, Andreas,
2018.
Does the theory of change deliver new insights how to overcome the limits of PFM reforms?.
In:
14th CIGAR Workshop 2018, Zagreb, Croatia, 5-6 July 2018.
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Schuler, Christoph; Fuchs, Sandro; Bergmann, Andreas,
2017.
What can PEFA tell us about the efforts made towards better performance in PFM systems?.
In:
21st Annual International Research Society on Public Management IRSPM Conference, Budapest, 19-21 April 2017.
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Fuchs, Sandro; Horni, Pascal; Schuler, Christoph; Bergmann, Andreas,
2016.
In:
EGPA PSG XII Spring Workshop, Modena, Italy, 5-6 May 2016.