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D-MTEC Media Update – Catch-up effect leads to an increase of newly founded companies
D-MTEC experts engage with issues that affect society, the economy and business. The D-MTEC Media Update provides links to recent articles, interviews and commentaries. Michael Ambühl, Professor of Negotiation and Conflict Management, discusses the similarities in the EU-relations of Switzerland and the UK. According to Heiner Mikosch, Head of Section International Forecasts at KOF, the high number of newly founded companies can be explained by a catch-up effect caused by the lockdown.
Niklas Möhring wins SIAF Award for his research on pesticide policies
Dr Niklas Möhring has won the twelfth SIAF Award of the Swiss Institute of International Studies for his doctoral thesis on the reduction of environmental and health risks from pesticide use. The goal of his thesis has been to inform policymakers on the design and implementation of effective and efficient pesticide policies.
ETH professors present eFranc proposal at webinar
On 3 and 4 September 2020, ETH Professors Hans Gersbach (D-MTEC) and Roger Wattenhofer (D-ITET) outlined their proposal for the eFranc at a webinar on the architecture of monetary systems hosted by the ETH Risk Center. The webinar, “Future Money: Which Road?”, which was attended by 300 people, also featured keynote speeches and a panel discussion about changing modes of payment and the ongoing competition between privatised and centralised e-currency developers.
D-MTEC Media Update – A proposal for a digital currency for Switzerland
D-MTEC experts engage with issues that affect society, the economy and business. The D-MTEC Media Update provides links to recent articles, interviews and commentaries. Ursula Renold, Professor of Education Systems, sees career starters losing out due to COVID-19; Hans Gersbach, Professor of Macroeconomics: Innovation and Policy, proposes the eFranc as a digital currency for Switzerland.
MTEC Doctoral Retreat 2020
Twenty-four doctoral candidates from seven different countries with diverse disciplinary backgrounds participated in the seventh annual D-MTEC Doctoral Retreat.
D-MTEC Media Update – Swiss lockdown measures to be analysed
D-MTEC experts engage with issues that affect society, the economy and business. The D-MTEC Media Update provides links to recent articles, interviews and commentaries. Didier Sornette, Professor for Entrepreneurial Risks, advocates for a critical analysis of Swiss lockdown measures; Michael Siegenthaler, labour-market specialist at KOF, finds discouragement among potential job-seekers; KOF Director Jan-Egbert Sturm raises the idea of a tax on companies that have done well during the crisis.