Editorial: Bernhard Ehrenzeller

Pursuing new approaches

Many of the stories which an annual report relates are clothed in figures, statistics and tabular overviews or hidden between the lines. When you read our top stories, you will therefore get an impression of the diversity of our research, but only a comparison with the past will reveal how diverse our faculty has become, too – and not merely with regard to the disciplines that are represented. As a glance at our new appointments shows, several women have joined our faculty, and a new generation of researchers are pursuing new approaches at HSG.

This feeling of being on the move has not only been spread by the numerous new arrivals: despite all the ensuing difficulties, the break with our habits that was enforced by the pandemic still resulted in some unexpected moments of revelation both in teaching and in daily work. With a heightened awareness of the possibilities and limitations of digital interrelations, our faculty and students have been all the more inspired to develop new kinds of formats, which we will already be able to try out in the Learning Center next year. While still under construction, this building was already the venue for a special event: with the 25th edition of the START Summit, that pioneering spirit pervaded the Learning Center which is also intended to prevail there in the future – but not only there!

Experimental zest is not limited to certain premises but constantly drives us on. Thus the dynamic atmosphere that characterises HSG is also intended to prevail at our next location, the Platztor campus. The Haus im Park, as the winning project by architect Pascal Flammer is called, will encourage us to get into closer contact with the city and enable us to receive – and in turn give back – new stimuli in the process.

Food for thought is also provided by our Annual Report, which will take you into the world of HSG research. I hope you’ll enjoy reading it!