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Media experts at the University of St.Gallen
Overview
Established in 1898, the University of St.Gallen is an internationally-re-cognized bilingual (English & German) business and economics school located in Switzerland.
As part of their efforts to maintain their reputation as an elite centre of higher education, the university has put together a team of establis-hed media-savvy professors who are experts in their fields of study.
Television Interviews
Since 2015, the University has been connected to newsrooms globally by satellite with the use of a Globelynx HD camera.
Expert professors can be booked at www.globelynx.com or to be in contact with our media relations team email [email protected].
Media Experience
Our team of professors at the University is available to journalists for insight, quotes, interviews and comments on related topics.
In the past year, St. Gallen professors were used as experts by leading publications, helping to produce over 2780 news articles and inter-views. Some of these outlets included: Reuters, Bloomberg, The Financial Times, The Guardian, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the BBC.
Areas of expertise include:• Banking • Branding and Marketing • BRICS and emerging economies • Business & Business Ethics• Family Business • Luxury Brands• Macro Economics and World Trade • Political Science• Renewable Energy • Russian and Ukrainian Culture• Start-ups and Start-up culture • Youth Unemployment
The University also has professors with backgrounds in a variety of areas that include:• Product Design • Women in the Workforce• Sustainability • The Aging of Society• Innovation • Healthcare Management • Diversity and Integration • Sports Management for the Disabled
Economics
Professor Simon J. Evenett, PhD, (English-speaking)
Simon J. Evenett is a British Professor of Internati-onal Trade and Economic Development, a Director of the Swiss Institute for InternationalEconomics and the Director of MBA Programme at the University of St.Gallen.
He twice served as a World Bank official, has briefed the House of Lords and the G8 members, taught at Oxford, and is the Co-Founder of the Global Trade Alert – an independent economic think tank based in London.
Evenett is well established in British and Euro-pean media markets in outlets such as The Associated Press, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and The Guardian. He has previously appeared on CNBC and Bloomberg TV.
A video with Evenett can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlhauW5Ioc8
Key topics for Professor Evenett:• International trade policy and negotiations• The world economy• Economic development and rise of BRIC countries• Eurozone crisis / Issues between China and the EU/US • Trade and protectionism• BRIC countries and their roles in the Eurozone crisis• WTO / IMF / OECD
Professor Dr. Reto Föllmi, (German and English-speaking)
Reto Föllmi is an expert in International Econo-mics and Applied Economics.
His media work includes working with The Financial Times, The Associated Press, Reuters, SRF Tagesschau, and Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
A video with Föllmi can be seen at http://www.thestreet.com/video/13017820/ecb-stimulus-will-help-but-wont-be-enough-to-save-europe.html
Key topics for Professor Föllmi:• Greek debt crisis/Euro debt crisis• Long-term perspectives after the Eurozone crisis• Maco-Economics, Economic growth, trade and distribution• Limits and the future of growth, OECD issues, currency issues• Fiscal consequence of government debt• Global Trade
Economics
Professor Dr. Christian Keuschnigg, (German and English-speaking)
Austrian Christian Keuschnigg is a public econo-mics professor.
His areas of expertise include:• Public Finance• Taxation, tax evasion• Profit sharing• Off-shore banking
His participation in a roundtable: http://tvthek.orf.at/program/Archiv/7648449/Club-2-Kapitalismus-gescheitert/5169137/Ausgezo-ckt/5169139
Florian Schui, PhD, (English and German-speaking)
Florian Schui is an economic historian. In his latest book «Austerity – The Great Failure» Schui finds that austerity has failed intellectually and in economic terms every time it has been attempted.
A video with Florian Schui can be seen at http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000363801
His areas of expertise include:• European Austerity• History of political and economic thought• Economic history in Europe• Author of «Austerity – The Great Failure»
Professor James Davis, PhD, (English and German-speaking)
American/German Professor James W. Davis is the Director of the Institute for Political Science and chairs the Centre for Security Economics and Technology.
Davis has previously appeared in several televi-sion interviews for ARD, Deutsche Welle, CCTV, BFBS and CNBC as well as in print in leading British, US, German and Swiss publications.
An expert video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaT8swzcKNo
Key topics for Professor Davis:• EU and German politics• Possible break-up of the EU• Transatlantic relations • NATO • International security issues • Political psychology• US elections
Political Science
Professor Dr. Patrick Emmenegger, (English and German-speaking)
Patrick Emmenegger is a Swiss Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy. As a political scientist, his focus is on the politics behind economic policy.
His area of concentration includes:• Swiss politics• Direct democracy• Political process / Political economy• Why do ideas dominate?• Dismissal protection• Labour market policy• Banking secrecy – the political process behind it
In 2015 Patrick Emmenegger has appeared in The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press and Reuters.
Professor Dr. Joern Richert, (English and German-speaking)
Joern Richert is a Political Scientist and Energy Policy Advisor. He previously was an analyst for Future Studies Branch, where he enabled the German Federal Ministry of Defence to prepare for security challenges in the future.
His subject areas include:• Global energy governance• Energy security• Foreign energy transition policy• Global petroleum politics and markets• Turkish energy policy and strategy
Political Science
Professor Dr. Klaus Dingwerth, (English and German-speaking)
Dingwerth is a non-resident fellow with the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) and an assistant professor of global governance at the University of St.Gallen.
His research interests include:• International organizations• Global environmental politics• Transnational governance, • International ethics, global democracy, and
norms in world politics
He has appeared in the media in the UK, Germany and Switzerland.
His opinion piece on the COP21 summit appeared in the Independent and can be read here: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/four-things-we-need-to-do-to-make-the-paris-climate-agreement-more-than-just-lip-service-a6780571.html
Professor Tina Freyburg, PhD, (German and English-speaking)
Professor Freyburg is a comparative political scientist with a background in international and European politics.
The Swiss political scientist is an expert in:• International and European governance;
transgovernmental networks• Democracy promotion and transnational
socialization• Social science methodology (quantitative &
qualitative research techniques)
Political Science
Professor Dr. Ulrich Schmid, (English and German-speaking, also Russian)
Professor of Russian culture and society Professor Schmid believes that understanding the imperial, Soviet and post-communist traditions in Russia is necessary in order to be able to comprehend the current situation.
Expert in:• Russia/Russian culture• Ukraine/Ukrainian culture• Ukraine-Russian relations• Poland and Polish culture• Politics and media in Russia• Eastern European nationalism
Links to previous videos can be found here:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-20/ukrainian-troops-with-draw-from-key-town-of/6156500https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqzCdwcavPw
Eastern European Culture
Professor Dr. Roger Moser, (German and English-speaking)
Roger Moser is an expert in International Ma-nagement with Focus on India & China. He is theDirector of the ASIA CONNECT Center and supports European companies in their internatio-nalization strategies towards Asia and Asian com-panies looking towards Europe.
He appeared on Sky News in 2015 discussing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.http://news.sky.com/video/1444332/uk-right-to-back-new-asia-bank
Expert in:• International Management India• International Management China• Business Development & Business Model Innovation in Emerging
Markets• Subsistence Markets• Industry Intelligence & Strategic Foresight
International Management
Professor Dr. Tomas Casas, (Spanish and English-speaking, also
German, Mandarin and Japanese)
Casas is an Assistant Professor at the University of St. Gallen specializing in international business, entrepreneurship and corporate governance, Asia and Top Teams.
Casas has a unique global perspective; he is equally familiar with the West as well as the East, with emerging and developed economies, as well as to varied degrees with specific areas around the globe, be it China, Latin America, Japan or India.
He has partnered with Chinese entrepreneurs and launched multiple ventures in the software and information techno-logy sectors.
Expert in:• International Management China• Business Development & Business Model Innovation in Emergin
Markets• Emerging BRIC markets• Subsistence Markets• Industry Intelligence & Strategic Foresight• Japanese business
Professor Dr. Oliver Gassmann, (German and English-speaking)
Oliver Gassmann is a Professor of Technology Management with a special emphasis on Innovation Management. His research focuses on organisational set up, success factors in innovation, change in workplace and open innovation.
Specific topics include:• Business innovation• Institutional technology management • Business models• Intellectual property • Global R&D• Organisational set-up • Change in the workplace
His most recent books include Profiting from Innovation in China and Leading Pharmaceutical Innovation.
See his informative animated video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4ZSGQW0UMI
Management
Professor Dr. Benjamin Berghaus, (German and English-speaking)
As the Founder of the Research Program for Luxury Brands, Berghaus has since started the Center for Luxury Management at University of St.Gallen. His research and insight focuses luxury management, product change and brand identity.
Areas of interest include:• Brand identity• Brand expansion • Insight into Luxury consumption• Market entry• Sustainable business strategy, • Consumer insight with regard to luxury
consumption
Professor Dr. Sven Reinecke, (German and English-speaking)
Reinecke is the Executive Director of the Institute of Marketing. His research gives him insight into the world of marketing and branding.
He can speak to journalists on a variety of topics that also include business models, why compa-nies fail, brand and brand identity and crisis management. He has authored several books on marketing and has extensive experience working with the media in the UK, Germany and Switz er-land.
Professor Reinecke’s research focuses on:• Strategic marketing management• Marketing performance measurement / marketing metrics• Management decision behavior• Luxury management and pricing• Customer retention
Management
Managing Director Dr. Omid Aschari, (English and German-speaking)
Omid Aschari is the Managing Director of the Strategy and International Management Program (SIM) which for the past five years has been the highest ranked Master’s in Management pro-gramme globally (Financial Times’ Global Master’s of Management Ranking).
Aschari has appeared in a number of tier-one periodicals including The Financial Times, The Guardian and The Independent.
As a global leader in advanced management educa-tion, he strives to prepare responsible global leaders of the next generation.
In 2014, he appeared as a key-note speaker at TEDX Zurich. An expert video with Aschari can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHNIZS6-9zE
Key topics for Dr. Aschari: • Leadership and the development of leaders • Cost and ROI of business education• Business ethics in curriculum• Women and diversity in the boardroom and in business education• Leadership in business• MBAs in the UK versus internationally
Professor Dr. Heike Bruch, (German and English-speaking)
Heike Bruch is Professor and Director of the Institute for Leadership and Human Resources Management. Heike Bruch s research interests include Leadership and Organizational Energy. She has received numerous academic awards, has written six books, edited another six, and is published in international top-tier journals and media.
Expert in:• Organisational energy• Leadership• How networks work• Human Resources in companies• Team dynamics
See her TEDX talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEEfmq9INLUSee her informative animated video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PodhE0c9CQM
Management
Professor Dr. Thomas Rudolph, (German-speaking)
Thomas Rudolph investigates the development of purchasing behaviour in foodstuffs, clothing, furniture, electronics and sports. He also looks at trends like shopping tourism.
Expert in:• Consumer Behavior, Market Research• Strategic and Vertical Retail Management• Point-of-Sale-Management• Consumer confusion, customer inspiration• Positioning and Differentiation in Retailing• E-Commerce trends
Professor Dr. Thomas Burri, (English and German-speaking)
Thomas Burri is an assistant professor in interna-tional law and European law.
His areas of expertise include:• Legal ramifications of a Brexit• Legal challenges within Europe• Legal, moral, and ethical challenges of
autonomous robots
International Law
Professor Dr. Thomas Markus Zellweger, (German and English-speaking)
What advantages do family firms have over other firms? When do family firms have an advantage in transitioning economies? How many top billion dollar firms are family owned?
These are the questions Zellweger seeks to answer. He also acts as a strategic consultant to family firms of all sizes in leadership transitions.
Expert in:• Family firms, family business• Succession in family firms• Emotional value, socioemotional wealth• Entrepreneurial finance• Global Family Business Index• Innovation in family firms
Family Business
Professor Dr. Peter Vogel, (English and German-speaking)
Peter Vogel is a serial entrepreneur, entrepre-neurship trainer and researcher. He works as both a professor and as a strategic advisor to several governments and universities in their innovation, SME and entrepreneurship strategies as well as labour market related topics.
He is the head trainer for the Swiss Innovation promotion agency CTI, a member of the World Entrepreneurship Forum, member of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers Community and a Global Economic Symposium Fellow.
Key topics for Professor Vogel:• Entrepreneurship• Youth Unemployment• Innovation• Entrepreneurship Ecosystems• Technology Management• Social Entrepreneurship
See his TEDX Talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6TRnLoYdtA
More on Vogel can be found on his websitehttp://www.petervogel.org
Entrepreneurship
Professor Dr. Rolf Wuestenhagen, (German and English-speaking)
Professor Wuestenhagen specialises in energy and sustainable management, recently focusing on the post-Fukushima energy scenarios and the growth of renewables in the energy sector.
His focus is on policy issues concerning renewable energy, government interest (or lack of) in the industry and growth in the sector.
Placed consistently in top-tier periodicals, Wuesten-hagen has been seen in the New York Times, Environmental Finance, The Guardian, IEA Annual Report, and the Qatar Energy Conference. He has also done background briefings with several journalists in the UK including Bloomberg and The Financial Times.
His short video on the energy revolution can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lcgGs3UUg4
Key topics for Professor Wuestenhagen:• EU energy targets• Cost and investment in renewable energy• Climate change, Europe’s transition from nuclear power• Europe’s transition from nuclear power• Alternative sources of energy: solar, wind, tidal, etc.• Subsidies/tax breaks in the UK, Switzerland, and Europe• Job creation in the sector• Level of government intervention needed to drive the renewable agenda forward
Renewable Energy
Professor Dr. Florian Wettstein, (English and English-speaking)
Wettstein is an expert in corporate governance and is the Co-Director for the Institute of Busi-ness Ethics.
Wettstein has appeared on BBC News and his work has been seen in journals and periodicals such as Wall Street Journal Europe, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Business and Society Review, Journal of Corporate Citizenship.
He is the author of Multinational Corporations and Global Justice: Human Rights Obligations of
a Quasi-Governmental Institution, published by Stanford University Press.
Key topics for Dr. Wettstein• Corporate governance• Green/CSR initiatives• Business ethics• Internships & work schemes• Transparency around lobbying• Globalisation and outsourcing• Offshore banking
Business Ethics
Professor Dr. Thomas Beschorner, (German and English-speaking)
He ist the Co-Director for the Institute of Business Ethics and the founder and co-editor of the Journal for Business, Economics and Ethics.
Professor Beschorner specialises in topics such as: • Business ethics, ethics within business• Corporate responsibility• Forms of governance
His video regarding corporate responsibility can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0NkGtNU_9w
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