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. et al. (2025) Was wäre, wenn…? Sechs Drachenkönig-Szenarien für die öffentliche Finanzen der Zukunft. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-35282.
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
Fuchs, S., Sinelli, P. and Schwarz, M. (2025) 'How to design successful strategic planning at the local level? A case study from Switzerland', in EGPA Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 26-29 August 2025.
Other publications
- Schwarz, M. and Meier, M. (2025) 'Umgang mit Risiken und Trends', Next Gen. Available at: https://nextgen-publicfinance.ch/umgang-mit-risiken-und-trends/.
- Ramsden, A. and Schwarz, M. (2025) Schlussbericht : Evaluation des neuen Finanzierungsmodells FIZ Opferschutz Menschenhandel. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
- Pleger, L., Ramsden, A. and Schwarz, M. (2024) Ergebnisbericht : Befragung von Einwohnerinnen und Einwohnern der Gemeinde Salenstein 2024. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-35607.
- Fuchs, S. et al. (2024) Das Resilienz-Playbook : Finanzstrategien für Städte und Gemeinden in unsicheren Zeiten. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-31864.
- Fuchs, S. et al. (2023) Die Finanzielle Führung der Zukunft : Whitepaper. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-30090.