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Asia-Pacific, Global

How Professor Emeritus Walter Gander stayed in Hong Kong for 8 semesters instead of one

When I retired from ETH Zurich, a friend wrote to me, “Now that you are free – come to Hong Kong!”. He wanted to hire me for a five-year guest professorship at Hong...

3 years ago

Asia-Pacific, Events, Future of Work

Entrepreneurs from all over the Globe in South Korea

This summer, Sarah Massabni and I had the privilege of traveling to South Korea for the Global Entrepreneurship Camp, a 10-day program organized at the Korean Institute o...

3 years ago

Asia-Pacific, Smart cities

Energy in Singapore

Did you know that ETH Zürich has an office in Singapore? And it’s ETH’s only research centre outside of Switzerland! I got the opportunity to spend 4 months in this ...

3 years ago

Shanghai's skyscrapers across the river.

Asia-Pacific, Europe, Future of Work, Global

Zurich or Shanghai? Commuting between East and West

Every time I come back to Zürich I feel truly happy. I enjoy breathing the fresh air, swimming in the lake, watching trams passing by, or enjoying the sunset on the Poly...

3 years ago

In front of Gur-e-Amir, Timur’s mausoleum in Samarkand, one of the former capitals of the Silk Road

Asia-Pacific, Engineering, Machine learning

My Tesla Adventure in Central Asia

An Electric Car Crossing the Arteries of Oil The skeptics remained unconvinced: An electric car in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, or even Iran, wouldn’t that be a notch ...

3 years ago

A few of the student delegates on top of Parliament House

Asia-Pacific, Climate change, Events, Sustainable Development Goals

„A Changing Landscape“ in the Australian Winter

Just as the temperatures peaked at 35 degrees in my hometown of Sion in mid-June, I found myself lucky enough to board a plane towards a (at least to me) more comfortable...

4 years ago

Asia-Pacific

How Professor Emeritus Walter Gander stayed in Hong Kong for 8 semesters instead of one

Entrepreneurs from all over the Globe in South Korea

Energy in Singapore

Zurich or Shanghai? Commuting between East and West

My Tesla Adventure in Central Asia

„A Changing Landscape“ in the Australian Winter

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