Mirjam Schwarz
Mirjam Schwarz
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Public Sector Financial Management
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Focus
- Public Financial Management
- Financial Resilience in the Public Sector
- Data Storytelling in the Public Sector
- Strategic Management / Planning
Network
Membership of networks
Next Gen Swiss Public Finance Network
Projects
- Update of the Development Monitoring of the Canton of St. Gallen / Deputy project leader / completed
- Fiscal Strategy City of Burgdorf / Team member / completed
- Sustainability management in Swiss municipalities and cities / Project leader / completed
- Analysis of Context Developments of the City of Winterthur / Team member / completed
- Development of the Triesen 2030 plus strategy / Deputy project leader / completed
- Strategy Expert Monitoring Government Program Opfikon / Team member / completed
- Government Program 2022-2026 City Schlieren / Team member / completed
- A Guide to Data Storytelling in the Public Sector / Team member / completed
Publications
Books, peer-reviewed
Ramsden, A., Schwarz, M., Augustin, L., & Fuchs, S. (2025). Was wäre, wenn…? Sechs Drachenkönig-Szenarien für die öffentliche Finanzen der Zukunft. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-35282
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
Fuchs, S., Sinelli, P., & Schwarz, M. (2025, August 27). How to design successful strategic planning at the local level? A case study from Switzerland. EGPA Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 26-29 August 2025.
Other publications
- Schwarz, M., & Meier, M. (2025). Umgang mit Risiken und Trends. Next Gen. https://nextgen-publicfinance.ch/umgang-mit-risiken-und-trends/
- Ramsden, A., & Schwarz, M. (2025). Schlussbericht : Evaluation des neuen Finanzierungsmodells FIZ Opferschutz Menschenhandel. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
- Pleger, L., Ramsden, A., & Schwarz, M. (2024). Ergebnisbericht : Befragung von Einwohnerinnen und Einwohnern der Gemeinde Salenstein 2024. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-35607
- Fuchs, S., Ramsden, A., Horni, P., Augustin, L., & Schwarz, M. (2024). Das Resilienz-Playbook : Finanzstrategien für Städte und Gemeinden in unsicheren Zeiten. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31864
- Fuchs, S., Küng, O., Haueter, J., Banholzer, J., Augustin, L., van Rijswijk, J., Trinkler, G., & Schwarz, M. (2023). Die Finanzielle Führung der Zukunft : Whitepaper. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30090