Dr. Siyana Gurova

Dr. Siyana Gurova
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Center for Geopolitics & Competitiveness
Theaterstrasse 17
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Research Associate & Lecturer
Education and Continuing education
Education
- PhD / Political Science
University of Zurich
2017 - 2021 - Master of Arts / Comparative and International Studies
ETH Zurich
2014 - 2016
Network
Membership of networks
Social media
Media presence
- Le Temps: Les entreprises suisses sont peu préparées pour fournir des rapports de durabilité
- Financial Times Ignites Europe: BlackRock bottom in ranking of sustainability voting records
- Le Temps: Credit Suisse est le gérant le plus engagé pour la durabilité, selon une étude zurichoise
- Responsible Investor: UK and German pension funds lag on voting transparency, study finds
- IPE: Ethos calls on asset managers to toughen stance on sustainability at AGMs
- Die Volkswirtschaft: USA-China-Entkopplung: Wie Schweizer Firmen ihre Geschäftsmodelle widerstandsfähiger machen können
Projects
- Harmony or Dissonance: A Quantitative Analysis of Asset Managers' Proxy Voting Behavior / Project leader / ongoing
- Geopolitical risks in a fragmented economy / Team member / completed
- Investor Impact / Project leader / completed
Publications
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Caramani, Daniele; Gurova, Siyana; Widmann, Tobias,
2024.
Comparative Political Studies.
58(7), pp. 1495-1532.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140241271085
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Gurova, Siyana,
2024.
The Review of International Organizations.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11558-023-09522-3
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Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt; Gurova, Siyana; Keller, Florian,
2025.
Geopolitical risks : differential impacts on domestic firms and MNEs.
In:
van Tulder, Rob; Fernandes Crespo, Nuno; Corado Simões, Vítor; Fernandes Crespo, Cátia, eds.,
The changing global power balance : challenges for European firms.
Emerald.
pp. 325-348.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1745-886220250000019016
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Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt; Gurova, Siyana; Keller, Florian,
2023.
Navigating change : managing firm risks in turbulent times[paper].
In:
49th Conference of the European International Business Academy (EIBA), Lisbon, Portugal, 15-17 December 2023.
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Gurova, Siyana,
2023.
Conceptualization and measurement of international competitiveness : the case of Swiss companies[paper].
In:
23rd EURAM Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 14-16 June 2023.
Other publications
- Voting for the Future: Pension Policies & Practices across six European Countries
- Profit Over Planet: How Swiss Asset Managers Fall Short of Fulfilling Their Environmental Stewardship Responsibilities
- Boos, D., Hefti, J., Sigg, A., Willi, E., & Gurova, S. (2024). Impact through Corporate Stewardship? A Rating of Swiss Asset Managers Based on Visible Action. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
- Caramani, Daniele; Gurova, Siyana; Widmann, Tobias, 2024. The evolution of global cleavages : a historical analysis of territorial and functional world alignments based on automated text analysis, 1843−2020. RSC Working Paper ; 2024/07. European University Institute.