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The UBS Center welcomes Prof. Leonardo Bursztyn (University of Chicago) and Prof. Nava Ashraf (London School of Economics) as new members of its Advisory Board.
Bursztyn studies how social environments shape economic decisions across areas such as education, labor markets, finance, consumption, and politics. Ashraf’s research combines psychology and economics to study behavioral drivers of development, including intra-household decision-making, gender norms, and labor supply.
With their appointments, the UBS Center further strengthens its Advisory Board with leading scholars whose research connects economic theory with pressing societal challenges.
The multilateral trading system faces real but limited disruption. A sharp U.S. tariff shift, rising from 2.4% to 18.5% in 2025, marks the most consequential recent shock. Yet 72% of global merchandise trade still operates under WTO rules. Fragility is growing, however, as bilateral 'deals' erode the non-discrimination principle and trade becomes entangled with security, energy, and migration objectives well beyond traditional trade policy.
The multilateral trading system faces real but limited disruption. A sharp U.S. tariff shift, rising from 2.4% to 18.5% in 2025, marks the most consequential recent shock. Yet 72% of global merchandise trade still operates under WTO rules. Fragility is growing, however, as bilateral 'deals' erode the non-discrimination principle and trade becomes entangled with security, energy, and migration objectives well beyond traditional trade policy.
We like to think of ourselves as moral people – but how does that actually influence how we behave as consumers, workers, and citizens? In a new project, UBS Foundation Professor Roberto Weber will explore how people’s moral values shape their decisions in markets and their support for policies. He will identify how such concerns can be employed to produce desirable societal outcomes. For this project, Prof. Weber has been awarded a SNSF grant of CHF 969,873.
We like to think of ourselves as moral people – but how does that actually influence how we behave as consumers, workers, and citizens? In a new project, UBS Foundation Professor Roberto Weber will explore how people’s moral values shape their decisions in markets and their support for policies. He will identify how such concerns can be employed to produce desirable societal outcomes. For this project, Prof. Weber has been awarded a SNSF grant of CHF 969,873.
Mit diesem Satz brachte Bundesrat Martin Pfister am UBS Center Wirtschaftspodium auf den Punkt, was viele nicht aussprechen wollen: Die Schweiz hat ihre Verteidigungsfähigkeit in den Jahrzehnten der Friedensdividende stillschweigend aufgegeben und ist sich dessen kaum bewusst. Rund 800 Besucherinnen und Besucher folgten im Kongresshaus Zürich einer Diskussion, an der Stimmen aus Wirtschaft und Politik ausloteten, was die neue Weltunordnung für die Sicherheit in der Schweiz und für den Wirtschaftsstandort bedeutet und was jetzt zu tun wäre.
Mit diesem Satz brachte Bundesrat Martin Pfister am UBS Center Wirtschaftspodium auf den Punkt, was viele nicht aussprechen wollen: Die Schweiz hat ihre Verteidigungsfähigkeit in den Jahrzehnten der Friedensdividende stillschweigend aufgegeben und ist sich dessen kaum bewusst. Rund 800 Besucherinnen und Besucher folgten im Kongresshaus Zürich einer Diskussion, an der Stimmen aus Wirtschaft und Politik ausloteten, was die neue Weltunordnung für die Sicherheit in der Schweiz und für den Wirtschaftsstandort bedeutet und was jetzt zu tun wäre.