Block seminar: Switzerland and international location competition

Brugger + Partner conducted a regular seminar during the spring semester at the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich for bachelor's and master's students of economic geography. The seminar focused on Switzerland's challenges in international location competition, explored in depth through a regional case study. The seminar topics included globalisation and Switzerland, trends in regional and spatial development, the development of metropolitan regions, social issues related to growth and migration, and the importance and evolution of location promotion. Each topic was guided by key questions: How well is Switzerland prepared for global competition? How can its competitiveness be sustained in the long term? What measures are currently being implemented, and how effective are they? The block seminar was highly interactive and adhered to the didactic principle of analyse-visualise-communicate.