Congratulations to UBS Foundation Professor David Dorn on being recognized in the global list of 2023 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate. David is featured as one of 86 researchers worldwide in the Business and Economics category.

The Zurich-based, prominent thinker researches the downsides of globalisation – making him the most respected Swiss economist. In a recent interview with Swiss weekly NZZ am Sonntag, Dorn explains that Switzerland had a double benefit from globalisation.

Several developments in Western democracies over the past decade have sparked worries about political stability. Standing out are the rise of radical political parties, heated polarization around questions of immigration, nationalism, or social liberalism, and – in some cases – attacks on democratic institutions. However, conflict and choice between clearly distinctive alternative ideas of how societies and economies should be governed are at the heart of democracy. Democracy needs competition and conflict. But where is the line between healthy and harmful conflict and polarization? Silja Häusermann and Simon Bornschier address this question in our new Public Paper.