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D-MTEC experts address issues of society, economy, and business. The D-MTEC Media Update lists their recent articles, interviews, and commentaries. Ursula Renold, Professor for Education Systems, explains that youth unemployment is generally high during summer and will further increase during a recession. KOF Director Jan-Egbert Sturm backs suggestions to support corporate investments with corona loans.

D-MTEC experts address issues of society, economy, and business. The D-MTEC Media Update lists their recent articles, interviews, and commentaries. The Global Economic Barometer, co-developed by KOF Swiss Economic Institute shows that the global economy has passed its low point. KOF Director Jan-Egbert Sturm states that accelerating the economy comes next. In other news, D-MTEC researchers demonstrate in a case study that individual mobility data can serve as a predictor for crime.

New and emerging technologies are changing the way we pay – both on- and offline. Will we still use cash in fifty years? In a public session (webinar) hosted by the ETH Risk Center, international experts will discuss the current architecture of the monetary system, and how it might look in the future.  

D-MTEC experts address issues of society, economy, and business. The D-MTEC Media Update lists their recent articles, interviews, and commentaries. During the last months, many parents have re-experienced the colourful aspects of childcare. In September, Switzerland will vote on a tax-relief for childcare. Too little, and in the wrong place, finds KOF researcher and Handelsblatt columnist Isabel Martínez.

Georg von Krogh, Professor for Strategic Management and Innovation at D-MTEC, has been elected as Chair of the Global Advisory Board (GAB) of ETH Zurich. The board advises ETH Zurich’s President in matters regarding international strategy.