Dr. Siyana Gurova

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

Green Fintech Network

Social media

LinkedIn

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

• Gurova, Siyana,

  2024.

  Ideological cleavages beyond the nation-state : the emergence of transnational political groups in international parliaments.

  The Review of International Organizations.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11558-023-09522-3

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30828

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.

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