Students can use this list to find out about the range of courses on sustainable development, regardless of their subject. The list is curated by the Sustainability Office: nachhaltigkeit@unibas.ch.
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Advanced Health Economics |
Armando N. Meier |
6 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 14.15-18.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S17 HG.38 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Alpine Ökologie |
Erika Hiltbrunner |
1 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 10.15-12.00 Botanik, Hörsaal 00.003 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Analytical Chemistry of the Atmosphere – Quantifying Climate Change |
Nicolas Bukowiecki Daniel Häussinger Markus Kalberer Basilius Sauter |
3 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 13.15-16.00 Chemie, Organische, Kleiner Hörsaal OC |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Corporate Law and Economics |
Ryan Bubb |
3 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Crop Protection and Sustainable Crop Production |
Pascale Flury Dominik Klauser |
1 |
14-täglich 2Tuesday, 16.15-18.00 Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 103 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Ecology and Evolution |
Jan Beck |
1 |
14-täglich 3Wednesday, 16.15-18.00 Vesalianum, Seminarraum (O2.02) |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Electricity Market Crash Course |
Mar Reguant |
3 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Energy and Environmental Economics |
Peiyao Shen |
3 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 10.15-12.00 Biozentrum, Hörsaal U1.131 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Environmental Economics |
Frank Christian Krysiak |
3 |
wöchentlich 5Friday, 10.15-12.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S15 HG.31 |
0 | ||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Environmental Toxicology: Compounds, mechanisms, bioaccumulation, effects |
Petra Kunz |
1 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 15.15-17.00 Pharmazentrum, Hörsaal 2 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Globale Stoffkreisläufe und Umweltprobleme: Biogeochemie von Kohlenstoff, Stickstoff, organische Schadstoffe und Schwefel |
Christine Alewell Franz Conen Sarah Nemiah Ladd |
3 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 10.15-12.00 Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
0 | ||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Human Rights Litigation and Reparations in Practice |
Clara Lucia Sandoval Villalba |
6 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 17.15-19.00 Juristische Fakultät, Seminarraum S9 HG.41 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | International Investment Law |
Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer |
6 |
wöchentlich 1Monday, 14.15-16.00 Juristische Fakultät, Seminarraum S5 HG.54 |
0 | ||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | International Law of the Sea |
Anna Petrig |
6 |
wöchentlich 2Tuesday, 08.30-10.00 Juristische Fakultät, Seminarraum S10 HG.45 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | International Trade, Resources and the Environment |
M. Scott Taylor |
3 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Introduction to Corporate Responsibility |
Georg von Schnurbein |
3 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 10.15-12.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Auditorium |
0 | ||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Introduction to Environmental Economics |
Frank Christian Krysiak Benjamin Weggelaar |
3 |
wöchentlich 2Tuesday, 12.15-14.00 Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 118 |
0 | ||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Naturgefahren in der Schweiz |
Dominik Fleitmann Oliver Schilling |
1 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 09.15-10.00 Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
0 | ||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Public Economics |
Beat Hintermann Jakob Roth |
3 |
wöchentlich 2Tuesday, 14.15-16.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S14 HG.32 |
0 | ||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Resource Economics |
Raul Hochuli Frank Christian Krysiak |
3 |
wöchentlich 1Monday, 16.15-18.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Grosses PC-Labor S18 HG.37 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology and Sustainable Land Use |
Ansgar Kahmen |
2 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 14.15-16.00 Botanik, Hörsaal 00.003 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Umweltrecht CANCELLED |
Daniela Thurnherr Keller |
6 | 0 | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Vertiefung im Öffentlichen Recht: Sozialhilferecht |
Guido Wizent |
6 |
wöchentlich 5Friday, 12.15-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Seminarraum S10 HG.45 |
0 | ||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture | Wirtschaft, Organisationen und Nachhaltigkeit |
Nina Frings Jörg Rieskamp Markus Schöbel |
3 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 10.15-11.45 Biozentrum, Hörsaal U1.101 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Biogeochemie und globaler Wandel |
Franz Conen |
2 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 16.15-18.00 Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 103 |
0 | ||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Corruption and Development – Causes, Consequences and Approaches to Fight it |
Jacopo Costa Saba Kassa |
3 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 12.15-13.45 Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Seminarraum 02.004 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Die Bewirtschaftung der Himmel. Zur medienökologischen Kritik des Geo- Engineerings |
Martin Müller |
3 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 10.15-12.00 Holbeinstrasse 12, Bluebox |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Die Rolle der Landnutzung bei den Sustainable Development Goals |
Florian Zabel |
3 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 12.15-14.00 Geographie, Hörsaal 5-01 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Einführung in die Systemtheorie |
Ramy Youssef |
3 |
wöchentlich 2Tuesday, 10.15-12.00 Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 104 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Ethik in den Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften |
Marco De Pascali Pepe Bernice Simone Elger Philippe Mathys Stephen Milford |
3 |
wöchentlich 2Tuesday, 15.15-16.45 Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
0 | ||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Geschichtsvermittlung im Anthropozän |
Martin Nitsche |
3 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Global Health Law |
Carlotta Manz |
3 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 12.15-14.00 Riehenstrasse 154, Hörsaal 00.015 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Governance, Sustainable Development and Democracy |
Charline Depoorter |
3 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 12.00-14.00 Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Seminarraum 02.004 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability: Alternative Food Networks and Sustainable Agri-Food Systems |
Antonia Kaiser |
3 |
14-täglich 1Monday, 10.15-14.00 Vesalianum, Seminarraum (O2.02) |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Nuclear Politics |
Marzhan Nurzhan |
3 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 14.15-15.45 Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Seminarraum 02.004 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Piracy, Slavery, and Yellow Fever: The Caribbean as a Crucible of Early Modern Empire (1492–1886) |
Javier Francisco Vallejo |
3 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Recent and Classic Research in Environmental Sciences |
Terry Cox Sarah Nemiah Ladd |
2 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 10.15-11.45 Geographie, Seminarraum 5-05 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Sustainability Governance in International Value Chains |
Charline Depoorter |
3 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 08.15-10.15 Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Sustainability in Banking and Finance |
Jacqueline Henn Paolo Vanini |
6 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | The City After the Plantation |
Kenny R. Cupers |
3 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Transdisciplinary Approaches to the Agri-Food Transformation |
Olivier Ejderyan |
3 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 10.15-12.00 Soziologie, Hörsaal 215 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Seminar | Zukunft gestalten - Nachhaltigkeit, Politik und Wirtschaft im Dreiland |
Maarten J.F.M. Hoenen |
3 | ||||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Proseminar | Klimakrise und Recht |
Jonas Klemperer Meret Amélie Sophia Rieger |
4 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Internship | Messen und Experimentieren in der Physiogeographie |
Juliane Krenz Nikolaus J. Kuhn |
2 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 14.15-17.00 Geographie |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Practical course | Endzeitästhetik – Zeitgenössische Apokalypsen und ihre Narrative |
Julia Rau Paula Stoica |
3 |
14-täglich 5Friday, 14.15-18.00 Kunstgeschichte, Seminarraum 1. Stock 131 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Practical course | Palestine: Inter-Imperiality, Fossil Capitalism, Climate Change (And Why It Matters Beyond Liberal Humanitarianism) |
Andreea-Florentina Midvighi |
3 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 12.15-13.45 Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 105 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Practical course | Planetarity from Africa: Developing a Research Agenda |
Kenny R. Cupers Julia Tischler |
3 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Field trip | The Resource Nexus: From Ancient Empires to Future Earth – Resources, Conflict, and Global Security |
Marc Frick |
3 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Colloquium | Changemakers in Circular Economy and Sustainability |
Pascal Gantenbein Frank Christian Krysiak Alessandro Mazzetti Anna-Elina Pekonen Carolina Rovira Schmitt Sophie Schumacher Willem Smit |
3 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Colloquium | Economics of Global Health |
Günther Fink |
3 |
wöchentlich 1Monday, 12.15-14.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S17 HG.38 wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 14.15-16.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S14 HG.32 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Colloquium | Empirical Foundations for Energy and Climate Policy |
Aya Kachi |
3 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Colloquium | Integriertes Kommunikationsmanagement |
Mareike Ahlers |
3 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 08.30-14.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S13 HG.35 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Colloquium | Presentation of Concepts of MSD Master's Thesis |
Janina Grabs Frank Christian Krysiak Alejandra Morán Ordóñez |
1 |
wöchentlich 5Friday, 14.15-19.00 - Siehe Bemerkung |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Colloquium | Presentation of Results of MSD Master’s Thesis |
Janina Grabs Frank Christian Krysiak Alejandra Morán Ordóñez |
1 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Colloquium | Sustainability Science Research (social dimension) |
Janina Grabs |
1 |
wöchentlich 5Friday, 10.15-12.00 Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 105 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Colloquium | The Sound of Sustainability: From Theory to Festival - Orchestrating a Greener Music Industry |
Adam Hearn |
3 |
wöchentlich 1Monday, 14.15-16.00 Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture with practical courses | Advanced One Health Methods |
Nakul Chitnis Rea Tschopp Jakob Zinsstag |
2 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 16.15-18.00 Swiss TPH Neubau, Seminarraum 2 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture with practical courses | Agroecological Farming: The Example of Organic Agriculture |
Else Bünemann-König |
3 |
wöchentlich 5Friday, 12.15-14.00 Botanik, Hörsaal 00.003 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture with practical courses | Biological and Integrated Pest Management |
Ralf Peveling |
2 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture with practical courses | Climate Change and Health |
Martina Ragettli |
1 |
wöchentlich 2Tuesday, 16.15-18.00 Swiss TPH Neubau, Seminarraum 2 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture with practical courses | Ecosystem Services: Concepts, Assessment, and Applications |
Alejandra Morán Ordóñez |
3 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 14.15-16.00 Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture with practical courses | Einführung in die Umweltökonomie und Wirtschaftsgeographie |
Abdelradi Hasan Mahmoud Mohammed |
3 |
wöchentlich 1Monday, 10.15-12.00 Geographie, Hörsaal 5-01 |
0 | ||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture with practical courses | Einführung in terrestrische Biogeochemie |
Christine Alewell |
1 |
wöchentlich 1Monday, 13.15-14.00 Bernoullistrasse 30/32 wöchentlich 2Tuesday, 13.15-14.00 Bernoullistrasse 30/32 wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 13.15-14.00 Bernoullistrasse 30/32 wöchentlich 4Thursday, 15.15-18.00 Bernoullistrasse 30/32 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture with practical courses | Global Change Ecology |
Serena Abel |
3 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 10.15-12.00 Vesalianum, Seminarraum (O2.02) |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture with practical courses | Grundlagen der Bioethik |
Bernice Simone Elger Aoife Milford Michael Rost |
3 |
wöchentlich 5Friday, 10.15-12.00 Pharmazentrum, Hörsaal 1 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture with practical courses | Health Impact Assessment: Concepts and Case Studies |
Astrid Knoblauch Mirko Winkler |
3 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 10.15-12.00 - Siehe Bemerkung wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 14.15-16.00 - Siehe Bemerkung, -- -- -- |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture with practical courses | Klima, Menschen und Landschaften im 21. Jahrhundert |
Nikolaus J. Kuhn |
3 |
wöchentlich 2Tuesday, 10.15-12.00 Geographie, Hörsaal 5-01 |
0 | ||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture with practical courses | One Health Across Time |
Kathleen Walker-Meikle |
3 | ||||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture with practical courses | Paradigms and Leverage Points for Sustainable Development |
Janina Grabs |
3 |
wöchentlich 2Tuesday, 14.00-16.00 Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Seminarraum 02.004 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture with practical courses | Perspectives of Economics on Sustainability |
Vera Calenbuhr |
3 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 16.15-18.00 Vesalianum, Seminarraum (O2.02) |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture with practical courses | Project Management |
Michael Käser Christoph Pimmer |
2 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Lecture with practical courses | Teaching and Learning in Higher Education |
Julia Friederike Bohlius |
2 |
wöchentlich 1Monday, 13.15-15.00 Swiss TPH Neubau, Seminarraum 2 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Course | Methods for Analyzing Changing Societies: Advanced |
Basil Bornemann Jamie Pring Katrin Sontag |
3 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 16.15-17.45 Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Course | Qualitative Research in Sustainability Science |
Annika Sohre |
3 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 12.15-14.00 Vesalianum, Seminarraum (O2.02) |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Course | Theories for Understanding Changing Societies: Advanced |
Basil Bornemann Jamie Pring Katrin Sontag |
3 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 14.15-15.45 Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Block course | Ecology and Conservation Biology |
Olivier Bachmann Sandra Camara Lionel Di Santo Thomas Dorey Jana Flury Oliver Heiri Laura Jiménez Liébanas Christopher Johnson Seraina Klopfstein Fabian Rey Susanna Riedl Sabine Rumpf Maya Schrödl Peter Stoll Stefanie von Fumetti Jonathan von Oppen Yvonne Willi Sonja Wipf |
15 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Workshop | The Freedom of Science: A Societal Challenge |
Alexandra Hofmänner Pascal Schmid |
1 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Project | Training for Sustainability Research |
Philipp Hirsch Frank Christian Krysiak Iljana Schubert Annika Sohre |
6 |
wöchentlich 4Thursday, 08.15-09.45 Vesalianum, Kleiner Hörsaal (O1.13) |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Main lecture | Ökologie und Naturschutzbiologie |
Alejandra Morán Ordóñez Sabine Rumpf |
2 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 08.15-10.00 Vesalianum Seiteneingang, Grosser Hörsaal (EO.16) |
0 | ||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Main lecture with practical course | System Erde: Mensch und Umwelt (Teil 2) |
Nicolas Bukowiecki Ruth Delzeit Wolfgang Fister Oliver Heiri Markus Kalberer Nikolaus J. Kuhn Stefanie von Fumetti |
12 |
wöchentlich 1Monday, 14.15-16.00 Geographie, Hörsaal 5-01 wöchentlich 2Tuesday, 14.15-15.00 Geographie, Hörsaal 5-01 wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 14.15-17.00 Geographie, Hörsaal 5-01 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Research seminar | Current Research in Global Change Ecology II |
Christopher Johnson Sabine Rumpf |
1 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 14.00-15.00 Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Sitzungszimmer 202 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Research seminar | Current Research: Anglo Genres for Atlantic Futures (Eco-Fictions, Campus Novels, Science Fictions) |
Philipp Schweighauser |
4 |
wöchentlich 3Wednesday, 10.15-12.00 Nadelberg 6, Raum 11 |
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| 2025005ss 2026 | Bachelor’s seminar | Bachelor Thesis in Corporate Finance and Sustainable Investing |
Yuna Heo |
12 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Bachelor’s seminar | Bachelor Thesis in Energy and Climate Policy |
Manuel Ebner Aya Kachi |
12 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Bachelor’s seminar | Bachelor Thesis in Marketing Strategy |
Andrea Bublitz |
12 | See individual dates | |||
| 2025005ss 2026 | Bachelor’s seminar | Bachelorarbeit in Public and Environmental Economics |
Beat Hintermann |
12 | See individual dates |