Prof.Dr.Dr.h.c. Uschi Backes-Gellner, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration, Director Swiss Leading House „Economics of VET“
Joined March 2015
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
7 Oct 2025
#Berufsbildung Schweiz: In unserem #Schwerpunkt klären wir, was Staaten in der Berufsbildung voneinander lernen können und ob das duale Bildungssystem die Jugendarbeitslosigkeit hierzulande tief hält.
👉bit.ly/3IB3Ij7
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
1 Apr 2025
We are thrilled to announce that three of our research projects have been accepted for presentation at the @AOMConnect Annual Meeting 2025.
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
9 Apr 2025
Welcome Sara Brunner as our new Scientific Program Manager!
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
11 Apr 2025
Find out more about our course program for doctoral students in economics of education here:
educationeconomics.uzh.ch/en…
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
14 Apr 2025
Leading House article “Different degrees of skill obsolescence across hard and soft skills and the role of lifelong learning for labor market outcomes” by Tobias Schultheiss and @UschiBackes, made it to Top Cited 2023 Papers of the Journal “Industrial Relations” (@IR_Berkeley)📑
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
17 Apr 2025
Leading House PostDoc Patricia Palffy has been awarded a dissertation prize: the «Stiftung Norbert Thom Price 2024», honoring outstanding academic work in the field of management research with a focus on human resources. 🎓
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
9 May 2025
-Chiara Zisler with “Boundary spanning & team innovativeness: The moderating role of teams’ technology portfolios”
-Patrick Lehnert with “Gender Norms, Occupational Choices, & the Innovation Gender Gap
-@enzo_brox with “Tournaments, Contestant Heterogeneity & Performance”
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
9 May 2025
We are pleased, that so many @LH_VPET_ECON researchers contribute topics in VET, especially on the formation of human capital & team composition, to this year’s program at the Colloquium on Personnel Economics:
-Claudio Schilter with “How Selectivity Shapes Selection” (1/3)
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8 May 2025
The 27th Colloquium on Personnel Economics has kicked off at the Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. The day started with a welcome address by member of the scientific committee @UschiBackes (@LH_VPET_ECON & @UZH_en @UZH_ch) and Colin Green,
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
8 May 2025
this year’s local organizer and host of the colloquium.
The following two days will be packed with insightful presentations from scholars from around the world. Find the whole program here: personneleconomics.eu/cope20…
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
28 Nov 2024
Great work by @Michael_E_Rose and @SHBaruffaldi - check out this package.
28 Nov 2024
#sosia 1.0 is out! 🖥️ A stable, efficient and reasonably fast version of our #opensource #Python package to find controls for scientists in #Scopus. Jointly developed by
@SHBaruffaldi
and me, we hope this tools enables some interesting research! sosia.readthedocs.io/en/late…
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
17 Sep 2024
🚨🚨🚨#NYAS2024 has kicked off!
We’ll be here in Indianapolis for the next three days discussing the future of #youthapprenticeship in America.
Be sure to tag us with all of your thoughts and photos!
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18 Sep 2024
Congratulations, Simon, well deserved!
18 Sep 2024
It's a tremendous honor to receive the Gustav Stolper Prize! Thank you very much to the @VfS_econ for the selection and for a wonderful award ceremony last night!
socialpolitik.de/de/stolper-…
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18 Sep 2024
Congrats, Simon, well deserved !
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
7 Jul 2024
🎉Wrapping up an incredible #CEMETS Summer Institute 2024!
🔍Next year marks the 10-year anniversary on CEMETS. Stay tuned for exciting updates - keep following us on social media and visit our website cemets.ethz.ch/
Thank you all!🙂
#ces_ethz #cemets2024 #ethzurich
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
4 Jul 2024
What an amazing time at the SASE conference at the University of Limerick! 🎉
Proud to see the Leading House represented with four projects:
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
4 Jul 2024
We’re nearing the end of the #CEMETS Summer Institute 2024!
Thursday featured case workshops led by teams from #Nepal iLab and #Washingtonstate
Stay tuned for more highlights as we wrap up #CEMETS2024 tomorrow!
#ces_ethz #ethzurich
@careerconnectWA
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
4 Jul 2024
LIVE: Deutsche Agentur für Transfer und Innovation (DATI), Empfehlungen der DATI-Gründungskommission – Statement Bundesforschungsministerin Bettina Stark-Watzinger x.com/i/broadcasts/1djGXNWmR…
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
4 Jul 2024
👍💡Mehr gute Ideen in die Anwendung bringen: Die Gründungskommission der #DATI hat ihre Empfehlungen an BM @starkwatzinger übergeben. Damit kann die zukünftige Geschäftsführung durchstarten. So sichern wir #Wohlstand und #Wettbewerbsfähigkeit.
👉bmbf.de/dati-empfehlungen
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
4 Jul 2024
📝Die #DATI-Gründungskommission übergibt heute ihre Empfehlungen an Bundesforschungsministerin @starkwatzinger. 🎙️ Die Ministerin gibt dazu ein Live-Statement zusammen mit dem Vorsitzenden der Gründungskommission @SGrossSelbeck:
⏰ 11:30 Uhr
🌐 bmbf.de/livestream
ALT Das Bild zeigt das BMBF Berlin. Die Bildaufschrift lautet: Übergabe der Empfehlungen der DATI-Gründungskommission. Statement von Bundesforschungsministerin Bettina Stark-Watzinger und dem Vorsitzenden der Gründungskommission Dr. Stefan Groß-Selbeck. Heute, 11:30 Uhr im Livestream.
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Uschi Backes-Gellner retweeted
1 Jul 2024
📚 Our day began with lectures by Ursula Renold and Uschi Backes-Gellner on education systems and apprenticeship, followed by an impressive workshop by the NepalQualiTY team. 🚀
#cemets2024
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