2018
Phd Position on Public opinion and environmental policy
The International Relations Group of Prof. Thomas Bernauer is looking for a Doctorate student in the field of "Public opinion and environmental policy".
Does international pooling of authority affect the perceived legitimacy of global governance?
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.
MSc Graduation Ceremony of ISTP
We are happy to announce that seven of our ISTP students were awarded their Master of Science in STP degree on Tuesday, 4th December 2018 on a common graduation ceremony with the graduates of the two GESS programs, MA in Comparative and International Studies & MA in History and Philosophy of Knowledge.
Climate Change Economics and the Climate-Conflict Nexus: Some Takeaways for Policy-Makers
A new publication by Prof. Dr. Thomas Bernauer and Prof. Dr. Vally Koubi on the Climate & Conflict blog of Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) about the policy implications, distributional effects & trade-offs when addressing climate change challenges.
How to Maintain and Expand the Swiss National Wealth: A Personal Perspective
We would like to warmly thank Prof. Reza Abhari for his talk at the ISTP and his interesting insights on how to maintain and expand Swiss national wealth.
ISTP Colloquium talk by Prof. Scott Jeffrey Cook
Our final colloquium talk for this semester will take place at the Institute of Science, Technology and Policy on Tuesday, 11th December 2018 at 17:15 - 18:30. The invited guest speaker will present their research results on how legislative oversight could reduce police killings reporting bias.