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Patrick Hofstetter has been a lecturer in leadership and communication at the Military Academy (MILAK) at ETH Zurich since 01.01.2023. At the University of Lucerne, he also teaches leadership and management processes at Bachelor's and Master's level as well as in several continuing education courses, where he contributes his interdisciplinary background and his diverse practical experience.

After obtaining a Master of Science in Physics from the University of Bern, Patrick Hofstetter taught physics and mathematics as a secondary school teacher, then studied military science at the Military Academy at ETH Zurich and served as a career officer in the Swiss Armed Forces in various leading functions and in leadership training. During four years he contributed to the armed forces reform 2017 with the project "job profiles defense". In parallel, he wrote his dissertation under Prof. Dr. Bruno Staffelbach at the Chair of Human Resource Management at the University of Zurich, which was awarded the Norbert Thom Foundation's Recognition Prize for Outstanding Dissertations in Public Management / Public Business Administration in 2017. From 2020 to 2022, Patrick Hofstetter was responsible for the digitization of the University of Lucerne in the context of the Covid 19 pandemic and for the foundation of the Continuing Education Academy at the University of Lucerne. His focus in teaching and research is on human factors in leadership, heuristic leadership processes, decentralized decision making and leadership ethics.

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