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Target audienceMid- to high-level professionals

from private companies, NGOs

and foreign representaons in

industry, banking, service, tourism,

educaon, science, media, public

health, diplomacy, etc., assigned

to Switzerland and interested in

becoming familiar with the main

polical, economic, social andcultural characteriscs of their

host country.

The course will be taught in

English.

Dates and schedule

2-day modules (Fridays and

Saturdays) every second weekfrom October 7 to December 17,

2011 (9 am to 4 pm)

Course venue

UNIL-EPFL campus,

Lausanne, Switzerland

OrganizaonEPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Centre

for Area and Cultural Studies (CACS)

Introducon

EPFL runs a successful crash course on Switzerland for its

foreign faculty, Ph.D. students and postdocs. Switzerland,

a very short introducon is a training based on this experience,

whose content and teaching styles have been adapted to

o-campus professionals’ specic needs.

Objecves

Switzerland, a very short introducon will help parcipants

to beer integrate in their host country and to more eecvely

use their professional experse in its specic cultural context.

The parcipants will be familiar with :

• the basics of Swiss polics (federalism, decision making

in a direct democracy, polical culture, main actors andinstuons, etc.),

• Switzerland’s posion in the world (its role in internaonal

iniaves, its relaonship with Europe, etc.),

• the main features of the Swiss economy (leading sectors;

entrepreneurialism, policy making and main policies,

legal framework, etc.),

• the main characteriscs of Swiss society (Swiss identy,

social structure/social change, mul-linguisc Switzerland,

minories, educaon system, media landscape, etc.),

• outstanding and representave examples of Swiss

culture (literature, art scene, architecture and design,

food, music, etc.).

Short course

Switzerland,a very short introduconOctober to December 2011

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Module 1 : SWISS POLI TICS

October 7-8, 2011. 9 am to 4 pm.

he making of modern Switzerland /

ey instruments of conict resoluonfederalism, collecve responsibility, direct

emocracy) / Polical culture / Strengths

nd weaknesses of the Swiss system

Module 2 : SWITZE RLAND AND THE WORLD

October 21-22, 2011. 9 am to 4 pm.

Geopolics / Principles of Swiss foreign policy /

mmigraon–Naonalism / Switzerland’s image

n the world / Switzerland’s role in internaonal

rganizaons and iniaves / Switzerland and

urope

Module 3 : ECONOMY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK

November 4-5, 2011. 9 am to 4 pm.

tructure / Foreign trade / Taxaon / Labour market /

ocial partnership / Characteriscs of the main

ectors (engineering, pharmaceucals, agriculture,

tc.) / Banking / Energy supply / Innovaon –

igh-tech – start ups / Legal framework

Module 4 : POLI CIES

November 18-19, 2011. 9 am to 4 pm.

olicy making in a federal state / Direct democracy /

nvironment / Natural resources / Social policy /

ublic health / Public nances / Science / Science

nd policy (naonal research programmes of the

wiss Naonal Science Foundaon)

Module 5 : SWISS SOCI ETY

December 2-3, 2011. 9 am to 4 pm.

Structure and change / Pluri-linguistic Switzerland /

Working conditions / Generation gaps / Gender /Minorities / Education system / Media landscape /

Immigration to Switzerland

Module 6 : SWISSNES S

December 16-17, 2011. 9 am to 4 pm.

Equee–life style / Literature / Art scene /

Architecture and design / Food / Music / Famous

Swiss and their products

Note that, in order to keep up as much as possible

with current events, the program is exible and

guest speakers could be invited at the last minute.

Switzerland, a very short introducon Short course

Program

he course is made up of 6 modules, each lasting 2 days (12 hours per module).

Faculty• Dr Roberto Balzare, Secretary-General, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Aairs, Bern

• Professor Thomas Bernauer, Center for Comparave and Internaonal Studies (CIS), ETHZ, Zürich

• Nicolas Bideau, Presence Switzerland, Department of Foreign Aairs, Bern

• Professor Giuliano Boloni, Chair for Social Policies, Swiss Graduate School of Public Administraon (IDHEAP),Lausanne

• Professor Marlis Buchmann, Instute of Sociology, University of Zürich, Zürich• Professor emeritus Iso Camarn, editor and writer, Zürich

• Professor Clive Church, Polics and Internaonal Relaons, University of Kent, UK

• Professor Thomas Coer, World Trade Instute, University of Bern, Bern

• Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin, former member of the Swiss Government, Margny

• Ambassador Alexandre Fasel, Polical Division III (Internaonal Organisaons), Department of Foreign Aairs, Bern

• Professor Dominique Foray, Chair in Economics and Management of Innovaon, EPFL, Lausanne

• Professor emeritus Dieter Freiburghaus, former Director of the European Instute, Solothurn

• Professor Fabrizio Gilardi, Department of Polical Science, University of Zürich, Zürich

• Professor Laurent Goetschel, European Instute, Basel

• Lukas Hässig, economic journalist, Zürich

• Dr Marc Helbling, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Berlin

• Marn Heller, Heller Enterprises (Cultural Management), Zürich

• Professor Hans Peter Herg, Centre for Area and Cultural Studies, EPFL, Lausanne

• Dr Stefan Husi, Swiss Naonal Science Foundaon (naonal research programmes), Bern

• Professor Peter Knoepfel, Public Policies and Sustainability, IDHEAP, Lausanne

• Professor emeritus Wolf Linder, polical scienst, Bern

• Dr Stefano Losa, Department of Sociology, University of Geneva, Geneva

• Professor Thomas Maissen, Chair of the History of the Early Modern Age, University of Heidelberg,Heidelberg, Germany

• Johannes Randegger, former member of the Swiss Parliament / Novars, Basel

• Haig Simonian, Swiss Correspondent of The Financial Times, Zürich

• Professor Nils Soguel, Public Finances, IDHEAP, Lausanne

• Professor Brigie Studer, Instute of Swiss History, University of Bern, Bern

• Dr Robert U. Vogler, historian, Baden

• Dr Michael Weber, Agri-Food & Agri-Environmental Economics Group, ETHZ, Zürich

• Ambassador Paul Widmer, Permanent Representave of Switzerland to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg

• Professor Stefan Wolter, Centre for Research in Economics of Educaon, University of Bern, Bern

• Dr Thomas Zeltner, former Director of the Swiss Federal Oce of Public Health, Bern

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Program directorProfessor Hans Peter Herg,

Director of the EPFL’s Centre for Area and Cultural Studies

(CACS); hp://people.epf.ch/hans-peter.herg

Methodological approach

• Interacve learning methods

• Mix of ex cathedra teaching, discussion rounds,

round tables, videos, lms and music

• Faculty gathering experts from academia, business

and polics

CercaonA cercate of parcipaon

will be delivered at the end of 

the training.

Course fee

6’000 Swiss Francs

The maximum number of 

students is 30.

Registraon deadline

September 6th, 2011

Academic contact :

Prof. Hans Peter Herg,

hans-peter.herg@ep.ch

Administrave contactMs Anne-Marie Tassi

anne-marie.tassi@unil.ch

+41 21 693 71 31

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