The Yenching Academy of Peking University offers a Master’s degree in China Studies. This specially designed, English-taught program aims to push the study of China beyond the boundaries of traditionally defined Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines. It creates space to incorporate the diverse backgrounds and experiences of program participants into the study of ancient, modern, → more…
States and Societies in Transition – History, Threats and Opportunities. The Case of Georgia and Azerbaijan
A summer school conducted by the Swiss Study Foundation (SSF) once again set out to explore the region of the South Caucasus – for the first time including Azerbaijan. During the editing process of this publication renewed clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh brought the region back to the attention → more…
History, Threats and Opportunities: The Case of Georgia and Armenia
«History, Threats and Opportunities» – these three keywords are certainly closely intertwined in the region known as the South Caucasus. Complicated historical legacies influence the economic,political and societal transformation processes that set in after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The same legacies play into the renewed ethno-territorial conflicts that began in the 1990s, conflicts → more…
Schwarzman Scholars Application Webinar
Schwarzman Scholars is a highly selective international scholarship program designed to give the best and brightest young leaders from around the world the opportunity to get to know China and develop their leadership skills through a fully-funded one-year Master’s Degree at Tsinghua University, one of China’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning. Up to 200 → more…
European Summer School 2015 on Energy Systems in Transition: Present and Future Technologies & Policies
Can our fossil fuel based energy system be transformed into a sustainable, low-carbon system with a high share of renewable energy sources? And how do we have to design it in order to secure a reliable energy supply at affordable cost for all? This globally pressing and very demanding challenge was addressed in this year’s → more…
Donation of 10 milions for the STEM sector
The Swiss Study Foundation (SSF) will receive a donation in the amount of CHF 10 million from the Werner Siemens Foundation. With the funds that will be distributed over a period of ten years, the SSF will newly be able to sponsor approximately 1000 highly talented students every year – thus a number that is considerably higher → more…
Annual report 2014
Annual report 2014: → PDF
Energy Systems in Transition : Present and Future Technologies & Policies
A European Campus of Excellence (ECE) course on energy at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich). From 28th June to 18th July 2015 a three-week summer school on energy will be held in Switzerland to which 30 excellent bachelor and master students from all over Europe are invited. Are you interested in → more…
Academia Engelberg: Food Security
This year’s Dialogue on Science of Academia Engelberg dealt with the topic of food security. From October 15 to 17 2014, around 180 participants discussed how disponibility, access and consumption of foodstuffs can be secured. The world’s population will grow to over eight billion over the next 20 years. How should they all be fed when → more…
Four Young Swiss Are Starting an International Fellowship Year
The Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs starts with four new Swiss fellows into its sixth program year: Maximilian Stern and Julia Stricker from Zurich, Loredana Sorg from Tagelswangen/Lindau (ZH) and Fabian Urech from Burgdorf (BE) were selected for the program year 2014/2015. Press release (in German): → PDF…
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