Christoph Schuler

Christoph Schuler
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Public Sector Financial Management
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
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
Education and Continuing education
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
- 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
- Partnership Public Financial Management / 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.