by LW | Jan 1, 2018 | Glion Book
Luc E. Weber and Howard Newby (eds) The Glion Colloquium , Volume Nr. 11, Geneva (2018) This volume provides a fascinating perspective on the challenges facing Research Universities worldwide in an increasingly uncertain future. Breakthroughs in science and...
by LW | Jan 1, 2018 | Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning
Lino Guzzella and Gerd Folkers, ETH Zurich 2018 The research universities represented by the Glion Colloquium have been responsible for many of the greatest discoveries and intellectual breakthroughs in history. I am proud to lead one of these universities. For the...
by GK | Jan 1, 2016 | Missions & Responsibilities, Teaching & Learning
Lino Guzzella, ETHZ 2016 Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous. (Confucian Analects, Wei zheng [Ho Peng Yoke, 2012]) Confucius explains to his students and scholars his ideas about how togain knowledge. In doing so, he...
by LW | Jan 1, 2016 | Glion Book
Luc E. Weber and James J. Duderstadt (eds) Economica, Glion Colloquium Series Nr. 9, London, Paris, Genève (2016) Two dozen leaders of the world’s most distinguished universities gathered in Glion-above-Montreux, Switzerland, to compare how their institutions best...