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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 commentary. If women want to work 90 instead of 100 percent, their chance to be hired decreases by 2 percent. For men, this decrease is 17 percent. Daniel Kopp from KOF Swiss Economic Institute attributes this divergence to gender stereotypes still prevailing in 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 commentary. A survey by the Chair of Education Systems and the apprenticeship platform Yousty shows that every second position in food production and construction was unfilled in May. In other news, Dr Isabel Martinez of KOF Swiss Economic Institute advocates for raising the retirement age for women to 65 along with equal pay.

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 commentary. Strict climate policies slow down economic growth and income development – but only moderately, says Lucas Bretschger. Reaching climate goals therefore not necessarily reduces income and is less expensive than often assumed. In other news, Jan-Egbert Sturm sees Switzerland in a good financial position.

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 commentary. After terminat-ing negotiations with the EU on the Framework Agreement, Switzerland has two options, says Dr Daniela Scherrer of D-MTEC’s Chair of Negotiation and Conflict Management. One is to mitigate consequences and possible sanctions enacted by the EU or second, to make an effort and take a stance as partner in solidarity with the EU.

Four former MSc students at the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics have won awards for their Master’s theses, which covered topics as diverse as improving the delivery of humanitarian aid, using machine learning to detect assembly errors, innovations in last-mile logistics in e-commerce, and supply planning under conditions of uncertainty. We congratulate Fabian Alber, Charlotte Girardin, Anna Saur and Philipp Schaber on their outstanding achievements.