Adrienne Hochuli, research associate and doctoral candidate at the Institute of Social Ethics 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 at the University of Lucerne, together with a highly committed editorial team.

On 25.03.2021, Adrienne Hochuli, research assistant and PhD candidate at the Institute of Social Ethics at the University of Lucerne, together with SP-national counsel woman Barbara Gysi and FDP-parliment member Andrea Caroni, discussed on the public broadcast “Forum” the currently controversial question of whether Covid-19 vaccinated people in Switzerland should get their freedoms back and thus enjoy more freedom than those who were not vaccinated.

The Corona year 2020 also kept theology in suspense. Seminars on Zoom, podcasts instead of lectures: instead of research, many professors had to invest in digitization. Ten researchers were particularly noticeable in Switzerland.

The Institute for Social Ethics (ISE) receives funding of CHF 288,000 for a research project from the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI). ISE director Prof. Dr. Peter G. Kirchschläger was also elected to two committees.

Sara Ilić combines economics and ethics in her doctoral thesis. She is supported by the Hanns Seidel

Foundation with a doctoral scholarship.

In his contribution, Peter G. Kirchschläger describes the founding of the organization of the United Nations as a «great moment for humanity».

«Human dignity and human rights for all people should be strengthened and emphasized as core principles of the constitution.»

On October 6, 2020, the Swiss writer Adolf Muschg was a guest at the University of Lucerne. As part of the lecture series "Identity (s)", the professor emeritus for German language and literature spoke about homeland and identity.

«The goals of the KVI correspond to the core message of 'Fratelli tutti'»