Research for society
Sharing and passing on knowledge In the online expert service, teachers are able to The faculty of the University of St.Gallen consists of 98 pass on their knowledge in a variety of ways. In the full professors, about 80 assistant professors and 20 Newsroom, visitors to the website can find op-eds senior lecturers. HSG faculty do not only share their written by the faculty about current and socially knowledge with students but also put forward ideas relevant topics, but also video clips in which and scientific propositions for discussion by means of teachers answer questions about current events. various formats on the HSG website. They comment All these platforms and the HSG on current affairs in written articles expert service can be used by and video interviews, explain scientific Making ideas journalists. In interviews, HSG topics in the “Knowledge Bank” and scientific academics appear as experts in videos series or visualise research propositions accessible order to clarify facts and issues in concepts in the “Little Green Bags” online their subject areas. A camera by animation film series. Globelynx enables HSG faculty to The topics of digital life, energy turnaround, corporate give live interviews via satellite to TV channels all over the world. responsibility, innovation and public welfare provide food for debate in society, business and politics. With the Horizon 2020 video clips, the University Therefore they are also an important component of presents European and international research work research and teaching at the HSG. In analogy with with the help of ongoing HSG projects. The focus is academic seminars with snacks, the so-called “brown not only on the topics of the individual projects but bag lunches”, the HSG’s “Little Green Bags” video also on the significance of international research series offers visual nibbles of knowledge. The video cooperation. series is supported by the Agora Fund for Scientific Communication of the Swiss National science In the digital University magazine HSG Focus, foundation. researchers pass on their knowledge to a broad public. In the dossier, the editors shed light on With the “Knowledge Bank” video series, the current topics and trends from various perspectives University of St.Gallen intends to make the HSG’s that touch base with HSG knowledge areas. There central research notions understandable to a wider are ten to twelve articles are found in the dossier on public in films of three to five minutes. At a stand-up the topic. table, professors explain a small part of their fields of research to the “Knowledge Bank”. Gradually, the University will establish a kind of knowledge archive in All articles about HSG research can be found online. this way. www.newsroom.unisg.ch | www.magazin.hsgfocus.ch
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