The centerpiece of the CAS Project is a full-day simulation in which participant groups face off against each other in a complex negotiation around a contemporary multilateral issue. In this challenging real-life atmosphere, participants are required to make use of all of the knowledge and competencies gained during the course in order to successfully reach an agreement with the other sides.

In their CAS thesis, participants consolidate their learning through an interdisciplinary thesis linked to their institutional or professional context. They apply the tools and knowledge acquired during the programme to develop a practical and relevant solution to a governance challenge.

This course is geared towards first and second-year doctoral candidates of MTEC. It is held as in a workshop style. Students attending this seminar will benefit from interdisciplinary discussions and insights into current and future work in business and economics research.

This course introduces basic economic concepts and theories. Beginning with microeconomics, the course starts with the topics of supply and demand, markets, and behavioral economics before moving on to the key macroeconomic concepts of national accounts, the labor market, trade, and monetary policy.

At the center of this module are the tools and frameworks necessary for representing an organization's interests. It enables participants to identify relevant stakeholders, to build effective advocacy and communications campaigns and to participate confidently in international negotiations.

This module explores the foundations of international policy and the varied context within which international projects take place. Participants are encouraged to connect their own areas of expertise and their own professional emphasis to these higher-order dimensions - a necessary foundation for sound decision-making and negotiation in a competitive international environment.

The programme equips the next generation of leaders in the public sector and other governance-related fields with the competencies needed to navigate complex environments, bridge diverse perspectives, and contribute to effective governance solutions.

This module centers on the negotiation process and prepares students to prepare for and carry out a variety of negotiations. Participants are enabled to apply the learnings directly through a series of mini-negotiation simulations, as well as in-depth discussions of real-life case studies

Students understand basic microeconomic and macroeconomic problems and theories. They are able to make arguments using economic principles and to judge policy measures.

This module covers the latest research on management structures and processes as it applies to negotiations and interest representation. Participants are enabled to plan, implement and assess complex international projects.

Finding and retaining talent for companies is becoming increasingly important nowadays. While Switzerland has a comparatively efficient labor-market-oriented education system, other countries find it more challenging to develop the skills needed by the labor market. We will consider contributions of economics and other social sciences to understanding outcomes of education and training systems.