October

The Center of Comparative and International Studies hosts a very interesting colloquium talk by Prof. Saba Siddiki of Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University about transport policy in the US. The talk takes place on 31st October at 12:30 at the Department of Political Science at UZH.

We would like to warmly thank Dr Iain Staffell, a multidisciplinary scientist working at the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London, for his visit to the ISTP and his fascinating and insightful talk on what drove Britain's massive power sector decarbonization between 2012-​​19 and the lessons for other countries with heavy fossil-​​fuel dependency.

We would like to warmly thank Prof. Nathan Williams, Assistant Research Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, for his visit to the ISTP and his fascinating and insightful talk on decentralized energy systems in East Africa.

The Center for Law & Economics at ETH Zurich will have the pleasure of hosting ETH's Prof. Dr. Andreas Hierlemann on Wednesday, October 16 from 10 am to 12 pm. He will give an accessible talk on "Bioelectronics: Interfacing Microelectronics with the Brain?" in IFW A.32.1, in conjunction with the Law & Tech course.

We would like to warmly thank Prof. Sophie Oldfield for her visit to the ISTP and her interesting and insightful talk on collaborative urban theory.

The two popular initiatives on drinking water and a ban on pesticides are justified, but inflexible. Professor for Aquatic Chemistry at ETH Zurich Bernhard Wehrli calls for a counterproposal to tackle the issue. (Re-​post from ETH News)