2021
Christmas and New Year Office Closure Notice
D-MTEC offices are closed for the Christmas and New Year holidays from 24 December 2021 until 7 January 2022.
Golden Owl awarded to Professor Lucas Bretschger
Professor Lucas Bretschger has won the 2021 Golden Owl at D-MTEC. The prize is awarded annually by the ETH student association for outstanding teaching. Professor Bretschger, one of the founding members of our department, here reveals some of the elements that make his lectures stand out.
Optimistic views on education and inflation
Inflation and education are at the heart of the discussion of a post-pandemic future. Ursula Renold and Jan-Egbert Sturm share their expertise on these issues in interviews. Their expectations are positive.
MTEC Day 2021
On 22 October 2021, the MTEC Department honoured its MSc, MAS and doctoral graduates at this year’s MTEC Day. MTEC Day is an annual event that brings together graduates, alumni, faculty and key stakeholders from business and academia, with the aim of strengthening the personal and professional relationships between them.
New SiDLab: AI meets diplomacy
Jointly initiated by Micheline Calmy-Rey – former member of the Swiss Federal Council – and D-MTEC's Professor Michael Ambühl, ETH Zurich and UNIGE have founded the Lab for Science in Diplomacy (SiDLab). It shall leverage quantitative and computational methods to address the complexity of negotiation problems – both in practice and analysis.