Peter G Kirchschlaeger will write contributions on ethical, social and church-political issues for the magazine “Pfarreiblatt Sursee” until next summer. The first article about the topic of Human rights violations in the run-up to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is published in the September issue.

Adrienne Hochuli, Research Fellow and PhD Student (Lucerne Graduate School in Ethics) at the Institute of Social Ethics ISE, comments on the extension of the use of Covid certificates starting from Monday 13 September 2021 in an article on "Pilatus Today".

Dr. Evelyne Tauchnitz, Senior Research Fellow and Post-Doc at the Institute of Social Ethics ISE at the University of Lucerne has been appointed as a member of the 2021 Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) with the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).

Noemi Honegger, research associate and doctoral candidate at the Institute of Social Ethics ISE at the University of Lucerne, is a member of the international network “The Economy of Francesco” (EoF).

The interview with the artist Ai Weiwei was held in the framework of the "Lucerne Summer University: Ethics in a Global Context LSUE" at the Institute for Social Ethics ISE at the University of Lucerne. At the opening of the LSUE on June 10, 2021 Ai Weiwei met with students from around the world for a conversation.

Prof. Dr. Peter G Kirchschlaeger has been elected by the Federal Council to the Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology (ECNH) on June 4, 2021. In an interview with Georges Scherrer he talks about his new advisory function and his role as a theological ethicist.

Adrienne Hochuli, Research Fellow and PhD Student at the Institute of Social Ethics ISE of the University of Lucerne talks about the ethical aspects of freedom under the condition of a Covid-certificate.

Adrienne Hochuli, research associate and doctoral candidate at the Institute of Social Ethics ISE at the University of Lucerne, and ethicist Frank Mathwig debate on the controversial discussion question: “Vaccination certificate: Are the EU and Switzerland on the way to mass discrimination?”

The book “ Humanistic Management in Practice Vol. II” has been edited by Ernst von Kimakowitz (PhD) , senior research fellow at the Institute of social Ethics ISE at the University of Lucerne, together with a highly committed editorial team.