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Research
06/29/22

29th Global Trade Alert: governments are flying blind

New report indicates that a lack of international cooperation in the digital domain severely threatens an economic global recovery from the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
Background
06/28/22

Owners as Strategist Conference 2022

Event on 21-22 June saw lively debate about the contributions of firm owners to firm strategy. Hosted by the University of St.Gallen and Bocconi University, 350 practitioners and academics from around the world participated in the conference online.
Background
06/27/22

REMforum: The energy transition needs social acceptance

The REMforum 2022 was held under the motto "Managing the dynamics of social acceptance". Experts from practice, science and politics exchanged the latest findings from research and discussed new ideas for managing renewable energies at SQUARE.
Videos
06/27/22
Video: Understanding the social acceptance of renewable energies - Insights into the EU project "MISTRAL"

Insights into the EU project "MISTRAL"
Campus
06/27/22

Partnership for future technologies between HSG and Vorarlberg

Together with illwerke vkw AG and the University of St.Gallen (HSG), the state of Vorarlberg today signed an agreement in St.Gallen to intensify cooperation, which includes the establishment of an HSG computer science institute in Dornbirn. Two assistant professorships will be created there at ‘Campus V’ that will teach and research "Big Data Infrastructures" and "Embedded Sensing Systems". In the course of this cooperation, the Vorarlberg partners will contribute 10 million euros over the next ten years.
Research
06/23/22

HSG successfully contributes to Federal Council decision for a Swiss innovation fund

On June 22, the Federal Council decided to initiate the launch of an agnostic, industry-neutral Swiss Innovation Fund in order to improve growth financing opportunities of Swiss startups and respond to developments in other countries. HSG successfully contributed to this decision through an international analysis of public funding programs.
Background
06/20/22

2022 French legislative election: Closer to the abyss

A resounding slap in the face for President Macron, a surprising success for Marine Le Pen: the French have reorganised their National Assembly. By Christoph Frei.
Opinions
06/16/22

LaMDA: Can an artificial intelligence develop consciousness?

Researchers at Google have developed an AI-based dialog system, which as claimed by a Google software engineer has become sentient. After publishing the transcript of a dialogue with the AI-system without permission, the software engineer got suspended. This has opened up the question on how open AI research can or should be? By Damian Borth.
Videos
06/15/22
How much text do effective image campaigns need?

How much text do effective image campaigns need?
Campus
06/09/22

Simple course planning with "Biddit"

To make the complicated allocation of courses at the university easier for students, Marc Gruener (MBI) and Micha Brugger (MBI & CEMS) have developed a tool: "Biddit". They explain in the interview, among other things, how they came up with the idea and what it feels like knowing that half of students are already using "Biddit" within such a short space of time. By student reporter Sven Schumann.
Videos
06/08/22
On the emergence of markets

On the emergence of markets
Background
06/03/22

Aviation on the way to climate neutrality

On 2 June, the "Aviation and Space Symposium 2022" in St.Gallen shed light on the relaunch of aviation under sustainability criteria and showed the importance of the space industry for our life on earth. One speaker referred to space as the "backbone of our economy."