Nina Walker
Nina Walker
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Theaterstrasse 17
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Scientific Associate in Business Innovation & Operational Lead at the Proof of Concept Lab
Experience
- Head of Operations
Space4Impact (EPFL Spin-Off)
09 / 2020 - 04 / 2023 - Graduate Trainee
Swiss Space Center at EPFL
09 / 2020 - 03 / 2021 - Assistant in System Dynamics
HEC - University of Lausanne
02 / 2020 - 05 / 2020 - Project Manager in Digital Marketing
Cleoo Ltd
08 / 2018 - 11 / 2019 - HR Training & Development
Jetwing Hotels Sri Lanka
01 / 2016 - 08 / 2016
Education and Continuing education
Education
- MSc. in Management, Orientation
HEC - Université de Lausanne
09 / 2018 - 07 / 2020 - BSc. in International Hospitality Management
Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne
09 / 2013 - 07 / 2017
Network
Social media
Projects
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
- Walker, N., Martinez-Jaramillo, J. E. and Gencer, B. (2025) 'From nuclear to PV and hydro storage : exploring the transition to renewable energy systems', International Journal of Energy Research, 2025(580399). doi: 10.1155/er/5580399.
- Walker, N. and Chen, Y. (2018) 'Social innovation in tourism : unleashing the time-money constraint', Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 10(4), pp. 1700–1719. doi: 10.1007/s13132-018-0534-0.
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
Walker, N. and Moog, P. (2025) 'European university alliances and their innovation & entrepreneurship ecosystems : one vision - ten implementations: a status quo analysis of EELISA', in 25th EURAM Annual Conference, Florence, Italy, 22-25 June 2025.
Other publications
- Cometta, C. et al. (2026) Open CoLAB Studie : eine Analyse des Kollaborationspotenzials der LABs an der ZHAW zur Stärkung von offener Innovation und bürgernaher Wissenschaft. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-36515.
- Walker, N. et al. (2024) Studie «Open Innovation Plattform ZHAW». Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-36298.
- Ziegler, C. et al. (2023) Datengetrieben ins Zeitalter der Innovation : die evidenzbasierte Revolution. Zürich: HudsonGoodman. Available at: https://hudsongoodman.com/de/blog/evidence-based-innovation-whitepaper-1/.
- Walker, N. and Petit, G. (2021) 'How can space do more for Earth?', Geomatik Schweiz, 119(9-10), pp. 220–223. doi: 10.5169/seals-976783.