"Das politische System der Schweiz im Wandel": Eine Diskussion zwischen Adrian Vatter und André Holenstein

Politologe Adrian Vatter und Historiker André Holenstein diskutierten mit SRF 4 News-Moderatorin Barbara Peter darüber, wie 1848 gewählt wurde, über Ursprung und Sinn von Lobbyismus, über den Fleiss unserer Parlamentarier - oder aber darüber, wie einst Zofingen als Bundesstadt im Gespräch war.

Challenges to the Patent System in face of Open Hardware

Dannie Jost gave a presentation outlining some of the challenges to the patent system presented by open source hardware at the "Open Knowledge Festival", under the topic stream treating open design, hardware, manufacturing and making; September 19, 2012; Helsinki, Finland. This topic stream generated considerable discussion, and it serves to educate an audience that is usually very adverse to patents and copyright, and helps the researcher understand the issuing conflicts surrounding emerging technologies, in particular digital technologies, and the maker movement (digitally enabled).

The future of the WTO and the international trading system: investigating the institutional crisis

Pierre Sauvé addressed the issue of the WTO’s institutional crisis at a workshop on "The Future of the WTO and the International Trading System" organized by the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee in Brussels on May 8th, 2012.