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Partners — Zurich Center for Market Design

Collaboration

Who we work with — and why

Our Network

We collaborate with leading research hubs and applied partners to advance market design in theory and practice.

From university centers pioneering new research directions to organizations implementing real-world market solutions. Together, we deepen core research and connect market design with computer science, data, governance, and implementation.

Research & University Hubs

Interdisciplinary collaboration within academia.

Berner Fachhochschule
Team Formation & Hackathons

Who they are: Applied sciences university in Bern.

Our shared interest: How teams are formed in hackathons, a natural market design problem.

What we do: Joint work on designing algorithms for team formation in Swiss hackathons.

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COSS Zurich
Computational Social Science

Who they are: Group combining modeling, empirical work, and experiments on social processes.

Our shared interest: Computational models reveal how strategic interaction shapes markets.

What we do: Collaborative research and co-taught courses.

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CRSA Zurich
Sports Economics

Who they are: UZH research network in sports management, economics, and administration.

Our shared interest: Sports offer natural laboratories for testing rules and incentives.

What we do: Workshop on rule design and project on multi-club ownership.

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ETH AI Center
AI & Machine Learning

Who they are: ETH's hub for trustworthy, accessible, and inclusive AI across disciplines.

Our shared interest: AI powers prediction, optimization, and adaptive mechanism design.

What we do: Exchange expertise and explore AI-supported mechanism design projects.

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NCCR Automation
Automation & Control

Who they are: Swiss research network advancing automation and control systems.

Our shared interest: Control ideas inspire dynamic, real-time market mechanisms.

What we do: Workshops and joint work on automated market operations in energy markets.

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UZH Blockchain Center
Blockchain & DeFi

Who they are: A UZH competence center studying decentralization.

Our shared interest: Blockchain enables markets without central intermediaries — a core question in market design.

What we do: Joint workshops and research on blockchain-based market mechanisms.

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UZH Innovation Hub
Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Who they are: UZH's platform accelerating the translation of research into market-ready solutions.

Our shared interest: Implementable mechanisms bridge theory and practice — the Hub's core mission.

What we do: Developing a market design program for practitioners.

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ASVZ Zurich
Scheduling & Allocation

Who they are: The Academic Sports Association Zurich with diverse sports programs for the university community.

Our shared interest: Scheduling and resource allocation are core market design problems.

What we do: Planning a workshop on optimal scheduling and course allocation.

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