Dominique Ursprung
Dominique Ursprung
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Theaterstrasse 17
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Senior lecturer, Deputy Head Center for Global Competitiveness (CGC)
Focus
International Relations. East Asia, Japan, Free Trade Agreements, Subsidiarity Principle, Swiss-EU Relations, EFTA, Intercultural Learning, Vocational Education and Training.
Teaching
Electives on European Affairs, International Trade and Policy, and International Relations.
Professional development teaching
- DAS in Applied Diplomacy
- CAS Foreign Affairs and Applied Diplomacy
- Continuing education course in Diplomacy & Information Security
- Continuing Education Course in Diplomacy in the Digital Age
- MAS Business Administration
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Experience
- Assistant to the correspondent
Yomiuri Newspaper (読売新聞), Office at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva
04 / 2011 - 04 / 2012 - Assistant to a Member of Parliament
House of Representatives, National Parliament of Japan (Tokyo)
01 / 2009 - 07 / 2009 - Academic Intern
Embassy of Switzerland in Seoul, South Korea
09 / 2008 - 12 / 2008
Education and Continuing education
Education
- MSc / International Management for Japan
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
09 / 2010 - 08 / 2011 - MA / International Relations
Geneva Graduate Institute (GGI)
08 / 2004 - 08 / 2008
Continuing Education
Certificate for Higher Education Didactics (CAS)
ZHAW School of Management and Law
09 / 2014
Network
Membership of networks
- Member of the Board and Executive Board, Swiss-Japanese Chamber of Commerce (SJCC)
- ZHAW Digital Futures Lab
- Member, Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy (foraus)
- Founding Member, Alumni Chapter Shanghai, Graduate Institute Geneva
ORCID digital identifier
Social media
Media presence
- Can Diplomacy Prevent a Full-Scale War?, Blick, 15.08.2024
- Eldorado mit Tücken, Handelszeitung, 15.02.2024
- Herausforderung Japan, Handelszeitung, 8.7.2021
- Handelspolitik: Soll die Schweiz in Asien liegen?, Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ, 21.12.2020
- Einfach mal probieren, [Persönliches Portrait], Handelszeitung, 5.11.2020
- Japan öffnet sich für Nachverhandlungen zum Handelsabkommen, Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ, 8.7.2019