The Graduate School is an integral part of the Uri Institute "Cultures of the Alps". Its members conduct research on current topics relating to the Alpine region. One of them is the literary scholar Dr. Jonas Frick. In his post-doctoral project, he is investigating the cultural perception and representation of artificial snow.
The course "Environmental Problem Solving" is part of the ETH degree programme in Environmental Sciences. As part of the first year of the programme, students deal with selected sustainability problems in a region of Switzerland. The current focus is on a "climate-positive canton of Uri".
The first publication "NUTZEN. BENUTZEN. HEGEN. PFLEGEN. Die Alpen im Anthropozän" by the Institute can look back on successful book launches in autumn 2023.
Moderators, panel guests and the audience exchanged views at a public event on how the municipalities in Uri deal with population movements and their impact on village life.
An internal workshop in November 2023 addressed the debate on Alpine energy cultural landscapes and explored the question of how to design an Alpine region committed to decarbonisation.
On Wednesday, November 08, 2023, our first anthology "NUTZEN. BENUTZEN. HEGEN. PFLEGEN. Die Alpen im Anthropozän" will be presented at the Alpine Museum at 6.30 pm.
At the internal institute days on October 26 and 27, all researchers of the Uri Institute Cultures of the Alps met for the third time in Altdorf.
On October 10, the Uri Institute Cultures of the Alps hosted a multifaceted event in the Uristier Hall in Altdorf, which was dedicated to the complex topic of paths, passes and roads in the canton of Uri.
The lecture by the renowned Prof. em. Werner Bätzing presents the interested public with an up-to-date overall picture of the Alps from an economic, social and ecological perspective.
In discussion with panel guests and the audience, those present went in search of traces of Uri's migration history over the last 150 years.