Dossier on "Mobility" in HSG Focus

10/12/18

Lean management supports digitisation

Lean management remains the most important production paradigm, even after more than 25 years, says a study from ITEM-HSG.

It’s not just about money in AI research – we have the ability to do something good.

08/27/18

A second campus for the HSG

The cantonal government has adopted the dispatch about the construction of the Platztor campus for the University of St.Gallen (HSG).

Damian Borth in "Forbes"

09/20/18

09/05/18

News and Events

Simon Evenett about the NAFTA deal on "Aljazeera"

09/01/18

The impact of the reworked NAFTA deal will be absolutely trivial for global trade.

09/05/18

Events

Find all our events at a glance.

09/26/18

Sino-Swiss free trade agreement

A current study shows that companies benefit in both countries.

10/01/18

Sustainable Development Goals

What significance do the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have for the HSG? By Thomas Dyllick.

08/29/18

Newly launched art app “Art@HSG”

The University of St.Gallen (HSG) has an impressive collection of modern art that is open to the public and can now also be discovered with an art app.

Rolf Wüstenhagen in "The Economist"

08/30/18

Doing Business in Eastern Europe

An interview with Gulnaz Partschefeld on intercultural challenges for students and their importance from a Russian perspective.

08/16/18

Business schools need to prepare future leaders to prevent climate disruption.

10/01/18

The campus in pictures

The official Instagram-Account of the University of St.Gallen (HSG).

09/07/18

SHSG Summer Software Bootcamp

IT skills are becoming more and more important - for students of all disciplines. By student reporter Sascha Duric.

Events

09/04/18

14th St.Gallen Museum Night

On Saturday, 8 September 2018, between 5.00 and 9.00 p.m., the 14th St.Gallen Museum Night at the HSG will be all about art. Consistent with the motto "Crime Scene Museum Night", children will be able to don their Sherlock Holmes hats and go off on a search for clues, while the new HSG art app will provide adults with an opportunity to discover art works at the HSG.

Thomas Bieger on "CNN Money Switzerland"

07/25/18

Pension provision: Raising the retirement age?

Why substantial adjustments to the Swiss pension system are necessary. An opinion piece by Martin Eling.

07/27/18

Our vision is to set standards in certain areas on a global scale.

07/30/18

Daniel M. Häusermann on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh

People

05/28/18

Photo: Philip Roth, Copyright: Keystone/AP/ DOUGLAS HEALEY

"Nobody beloved gets out alive" – In Honor of Philip Roth

Born in 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, Philip Roth became one of America’s most important writers. He died at the age of eighty-five in New York, the city towering over his beloved home-town which he enshrined in many of his thirty-one books. By Claudia Brühwiler.

07/06/18

Have the limits of tourism around Lake Constance been reached?

The new, border-crossing think tank "DenkRaumBodensee".

08/09/18

Terrace of the main building of the University of St.Gallen in summer

Thinking, writing, buzzing: Terraces at the University of St.Gallen

Dana Sindermann reports.

07/31/18

Revitalizing Förderer's architecture

New outdoor furniture and learning spaces will provide an inviting place to study and network.

05/26/18

HSG Impact Award presented for the first time

The projects "Global Trade Alert", "MobileCoach" and "Futuricum" were awarded.

T. Casas & S. Buckup about the power of narratives on weforum.org

06/10/18

Yes to Joint Medical Master

Voters of the Canton of St.Gallen have voted 86.03 percent in favour of medical training at St.Gallen.

07/04/18

In an information society, mental resources are scarcer, and hence more valuable, than material ones.

All in all, students from more than 80 nations are enrolled at the University of St.Gallen. Discover more facts & figures in our updated brochure "HSG in Portrait - Facts and Figures".

06/01/18

Events

06/06/18

Conference Engendering Academia

What has to change in the academic environment for women to have career opportunities equal to those of men? This question was addressed on 4 and 5 June 2018 as part of a public conference entitled "Engendering Academia: Emotions, Strategies and Alternatives".

8,553 students are studying at the University of St.Gallen, 35 per cent are women. Find out more about student statistics.

06/01/18

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Background

05/04/18

48th St.Gallen Symposium

In our special topic we collect video interviews, background reports and links related to the 48th St.Gallen Symposium.

Publications

02/23/18

HSG Focus with dossier on the topic of "work"

04/26/18

Integrative event on the topic of "Blockchain"

An article by student reporter Niels Niemann

Isabelle Wildhaber in «Le temps»

03/05/18

President’s Board appointed until 2020

After the members of the President’s Board were reappointed by the Senate and the University’s Board of Governors, it has now been approved by the Government of the Canton of St.Gallen. President Thomas Bieger, Vice-Presidents Lukas Gschwend and Kuno Schedler, will serve for another year. Vice-President Prof. Dr. Ulrike Landfester’s term of office will come to an end of 31 January 2019.

02/13/18

Les robots sont déjà arrivés sur nos lieux de travail.

02/07/18

Crowdfunding for research projects

Crowdfunding has become a popular option for raising financial resources for the realisation of an idea. This can be money for a project, a product or a start-up. However, research projects can also be funded through crowdfunding. Dana Sindermann reports.

01/23/18

Free trade agreement with the USA - A missed opportunity for Switzerland?

Free-trade agreement between Switzerland and the USA?

By Reto Föllmi and Stefan Legge.

01/10/18

Flying blind when driving

Ambient light influences how quickly motorists travel. Interestingly, motorists exceed the speed limit more often when it is dark, according to a study conducted by the ICI-HSG.

01/26/18

WEF - Marketplace for meetings, ideas and solutions

WEF 2018 – Marketplace for encounters, ideas and solutions

By President Thomas Bieger.

People

01/23/18

Hans Christoph Binswanger speaks on the topic

In memory of Hans Christoph Binswanger

An obituary by Ernst Mohr.

12/21/17

Cooperation with Spitex

Students are committed to helping the elderly. By student reporter Tabea Stöckel.

12/19/17

Guide dog Kalle

Thomas Beschorner on the future activities of the guide dog Kalle and parallels to responsibility in economy and society.

Simon Evenett on Trump's trade policy in the "Nikkei Asian Review"

12/06/17

No easing up for shopping tourism

This has been revealed by the most recent survey by the IRM-HSG.

Background

10/20/17

Catalonia and the crumbling façade of the European "citizens' union"

By Bardo Fassbender

01/31/18

Even if there are no innocents in the trade policy business, it is important to recall Gandhi's saying: An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.

10/17/17

The new 10-franc note

Swiss people’s relationship with their cash is unique. The Swiss franc enjoys cult status. Tobias Trütsch on the euphoria about the new 10-franc note and the significance of cash in Switzerland.

09/29/17

Miriam Meckel on the outcome of the 2017 Bundestag elections

2017 Bundestag elections: The Third German Republic

Miriam Meckel on the outcome of the 2017 election.

09/11/17

Financial Times Ranking: SIM-HSG #1 for seventh consecutive year

Annual global university ranking by the Financial Times recognises innovation and quality.

09/25/17

GemeinwohlAtlas 2017

The University of St.Gallen in cooperation with the Leipzig Graduate School of Management interviewed 14,500 people in Switzerland about the contribution that enterprises make towards public welfare.

09/12/17

Miriam Meckel on the Revenge of the Future Digital Prekariate; photo: photocase / zettberlin

2017 Bundestag elections: Revenge of the future digital precariat

Miriam Meckel on election campaign promises and the revolution of work.

The recent surge in 'beggar-thy-neighbour' activity predates Trump and Brexit, suggesting that populist pressures are likely to exacerbate protectionism.

09/22/17

Digitisation: committed to truth

The digital world is changing people’s lives and nature. It is up to the universities to educate society’s future decision-makers into critical and open personalities with a sound faculty of judgement By Lukas Gschwend and Judith Gamp.

Simon Evenett on BBC

08/21/17

09/14/17

Diversity and inclusion conference, coloured pencils

First Diversity & Inclusion Conference at the HSG

Dana Sindermann reports.

09/08/17

Bundestag elections 2017: Merkel – the sempiternal chancellor?; Copyright: Keystone

2017 Bundestag elections: Merkel – the sempiternal chancellor?

A guest commentary by Ludwig Greven.

09/15/17

German and Swiss flag, relations between Germany and Switzerland

2017 Bundestag elections: Swiss-German relations

What impact will the election result have on German-Swiss relations? What are the most urgent issues from a Swiss perspective? And what challenges will characterise the coming years? By Casper Selg.

08/29/17

E-commerce trends

Online shops cannot replace retail outlets, says a study by the IRM-HSG.

06/29/17

The terror of London – and why war is the wrong answer

By HSG lecturer Martin Booms.