Zurich.minds

Gerhard Schröder (ex Chancellor of Germany) and Rolf Dobelli on stage at ZURICH.MINDS (12 Dec 2012)


Philosopher Daniel Dennett at ZURICH.MINDS 2010
Nassim Taleb and Rolf Dobelli at ZURICH.MINDS 2011

ZURICH.MINDS is a non-profit foundation set up in 2008 by Rolf Dobelli. The goal of the ZURICH.MINDS Foundation is "to create a bridge between the science, business and cultural communities". Members of the board are: Rolf Dobelli (Chairman), Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais, Pascal Forster, Michael Hengartner, Thomas Ladner, Hans Jürg Rufener and Alexander Wassmer.

Its annual meeting has received some coverage in local media, such as the Switzerland edition of The Wall Street Journal,[1][2][3][4] Swiss national television[5] amongst others.[6][7]

Members include Nobel prize laureate Kurt Wuthrich, former Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schröder, philosopher John N. Gray of the London School of Economics, director at the Max Planck Institute Gerd Gigerenzer, writer and politician Matt Ridley,[8] economist Paul Romer,[8] neuroeconomist Ernst Fehr, and experimental psychologist Roy Baumeister.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Unternehmen". handelszeitung.ch. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  2. ↑ "Unternehmen". handelszeitung.ch. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  3. ↑ "Unternehmen". handelszeitung.ch. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  4. ↑ "Unternehmen". handelszeitung.ch. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  5. ↑ "Home - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen" (in German). Sf.tv. 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ Von: Dirk Ruschmann (2011-11-26). "Zurich Minds: Forschung meets Business". bilanz.ch. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  8. 1 2 3 "2011". zurich.minds. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  9. ↑ "Selbstkontrolle ist auch nur ein Muskel - Mensch - derStandard.at › Wissenschaft". Derstandard.at. Retrieved 2013-08-15.

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