Markus Schmidiger

Markus Schmidiger is a Lecturer at the Lucerne School of Business, part of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. He is affiliated with the Institute of Financial Services Zug (IFZ) and the Competence Center Real Estate (CC Real Estate). His academic work focuses on real estate management, digital transformation in construction, and sustainable urban development. Schmidiger also leads the MAS Real Estate Management program and contributes to industry research through projects like the Digitalisierungsbarometer for real estate.

• Education: PhD in Economics (HSG), Master in NLP (Society of NLP), Corporate Real Estate Manager (ebs)
• Research Areas: Real estate digitalization, circular economy in construction, machine learning for property valuation
• Projects: NISMO (Spatial ML for real estate), Digitalisierungsbarometer, sustainable development in Uri canton, smart city initiatives

His industry mandates include roles on the boards of Utilita Foundation (non-profit housing investments) and Seraina Investment Foundation's Investment Committee, alongside serving on AST Migros Pension Fund's real estate committee. Schmidiger actively engages in media commentary and professional networking through his Immobilienblog and LinkedIn profile.