Geehrte: Monika Hauser, Yves Daccord, Robert A. Burgelman und Thomas Hansjakob (v.l.n.r.). Honoured: Monika Hauser, Yves Daccord, Robert A. Burgelman and Thomas Hansjakob (from left).
Honours and awards at the dies academicus
Dies academicus 2017
In May, the HSG celebrated its dies academicus with guests from politics, academia and business. In his address, President Thomas Bieger considered the question as to why in times of globalisation and digitalisation, in particular, local roots were so important. Dr. Martin Meyer, journalist (head of the NZZ culture section, 1992–2015) and author, demonstrated in his speech that Switzerland was always caught between being a successful small state and also living in the wide, by now globalised world. Student Union President Mario Imsand dealt with the question of the value that a university is able to add to a digital world. Traditionally, the HSG awards honours at the dies academicus for outstanding achievements in academia and practice. Four people were awarded an Honorary
Doctorate: Prof. Robert A. Burgelman from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, USA (Economic Sciences), Dr. Monika Hauser from the women’s rights and support organisation medica mondiale (Political Sciences), the Senior Public Prosecutor of the Canton of St.Gallen, Dr. Thomas Hansjakob (Legal Science) and Yves Daccord from the International Committee of the Red Cross (Social Sciences). The 2017 Latsis Prize went to Assistant Professor Thomas Epper. The Latin America Prize for Doctoral Theses at Swiss Universities was awarded to Dr. Fabian François Müller. The Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching was received by Prof. Vito Roberto, and the Mentor Prize of the Student Union was awarded to Vice-President Ulrike Landfester.
The most important day of the year: President Thomas Bieger spoke about “Success thanks to local roots and international presence”. Further addresses were delivered by Dr. Martin Meyer and Student Union President Mario Imsand (pages 90–91).
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