Young researchers chosen for exhanges with Nobel Prize laureates

Along with around 480 other outstanding young scientists coming from almost 80 countries, this year once again young researchers of the University of Liechtenstein will be taking part in the Fifth Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Economic Sciences. The four candidates selected will be joining other students, doctoral candidates and post-doctoral students to meet 19 Nobel Prize winners on Lake Constance from 19 to 23 August.
Held in Lindau, the Nobel Laureate Meetings have been promoting dialogue between generations and cultures since 1951. The special feature of this year is that a meeting of Nobel Laureates in Economic Sciences is being held in August – an event that only takes place every three years. Several thousand academics under 35 years of age had already applied to attend since applications were invited in September 2013. After a preliminary internal evaluation process to which all applications were subjected, they were selected for the most part by the academic partner institutes of the conference organisers, of which there are more than 200. Apart from their academic achievements, the motivation of the applicants was a crucial factor for a positive rating. 



The delegation of the University of Liechtenstein for the Nobel Laureates’ Meeting  2014 – from left to right,  Dr Oliver Müller, Stefan Debortoli MSc, Dr Andreas Brunhart, Dr Stefan Wilhelm. Photos: Adrian Schröder 


The University of Liechtenstein delegation
It is evident that the research achievements of the University of Liechtenstein are valued in the community, as confirmed by the distinction of our young students being invited to attend the Nobel Laureate Meeting along with highly regarded young academics from all over the world. In 2008 and 2011 two young researchers were chosen from the university, which was then still relatively young. In 2014 there are now four: 
 

Dr Andreas Brunhart
Research Officer at the Liechtenstein Institute and Scientific Project Associate at the Liechtenstein Economic Research Centre


 

 

Dr Oliver Müller
Assistant Professor at the Hilti Chair of Business Process Management of the Institute for Business Information Systems


 

 

Stefan Debortoli MSc
Scientific Associate and doctoral candidate at the Hilti Chair of Business Process Management of the Institute for Business Information Systems


 

 

Dr Stefan Wilhelm
Scientific Associate at the Chair for International Management of the Institute for Entrepreneurship





Live reporting from Lindau
During the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting for Economic Sciences, the four chosen researchers from the University of Liechtenstein will be reporting personally from the event. Interested readers will be able to follow their impressions at www.uni.li/lindaunobel on Twitter and Instagram, along with daily highlights and new ideas and inspirations from the academic world. 

Photos and testimonials of the four researchers may already be viewed online at the university website www.uni.li/lindaunobel.