ISTP News

(Re-​post from ETH Zukunftsblog) The guiding principle for global climate policy is shifting from mistrust to collaboration, says Anthony Patt. Interestingly, nations' answer to the coronavirus can help to clarify how.

Inauguration of the Island City Exhibition took place on Thursday 29th August 2019. A series of events, debates and conferences with architects, planners, anthropologists exploring topics around the island city will take place the following days.

Professor Thomas Bernauer from ETH Zurich received on Friday, 30th August 2019 the American Political Science Association’s Elinor Ostrom Career Achievement Award, which is given to an individual in recognition of their lifetime contribution to the study of science, technology, and environmental politics (STEP).

Learn more about an ISTP Exhibition in the Architecture Museum in Bogota on the Island City, the City of Fences and Gated Communities starting on Tuesday, 29 August 2019.

On 11th January 2019 Prof. Hubert Klumpner welcomed Swiss Federal Council Member Ignazio Cassis on the project site of Empower Shack in Cape Town. Mr. Cassis toured the site and talked at length with Hubert about the project.

Prof. Thomas Bernauer, together with Brilé Anderson from the OECD and Prof. Aya Kachi from the University of Basel, investigated whether international pooling of authority affect the perceived legitimacy of global governance. Their research was published in an article in The Review of International Organizations.

When it comes to implementing the Paris Agreement, the long-term view of climate change dominates, says Lukas Fesenfeld. This is a wasted opportunity. (Repost from ETH News)

The IMF is worried because of many states' increasing indebtedness, and talks of new risks in the world economy, ten years after the 2008 financial crisis. As a trade expert, Thomas Bernauer is analyzing the current situation from an economic as well as political perspective on the Swiss Public Radio (SRF 4).

The 5-day IDEA League summer school, organised by ISTP, was a success with the participation of 56 students from eleven leading universities, debating how they, the next generation of thinkers and leaders can use their disciplinary knowledge to reduce society’s environmental footprint.

ISTP Senior Researcher Dr. Jonas Hagmann and his research team piece together practices of urban security production in post-conflict Nepal.

We offer an intellectually challenging full-time postdoctoral research position in environmental and social footprints of metals and mining to strengthen our Swiss Minerals Observatory interdisciplinary research team.