Short description
In the second Innovation Lab, students engage in a competitive collaboration challenge to develop innovative solutions for a real-life business problem.

Topics

• Innovation
• Competition
• Collaboration

• The module integrates theoretical knowledge and practical skills in a competitive setting between students.
• A jury evaluates the students' solutions against innovativeness and usefulness and provides them with feedback and advice.
• The e-learning platform Moodle will be used throughout the course for the dissemination of course material and discussions.

• Students will recognize the complex nature of the management of innovation within organizations.
• Students will apply innovation management frameworks, models and methods to the given task.
• Students will develop a sustainable solution for the selected case study.
• Students will evaluate the developed solution with appropriate methods regarding its advantages and constraints.

Compulsory reading

• Trott, P. (2013). Innovation Management and New Product Development, 5th ed., Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
• Ahmed, P. K. & Shepherd, C. D. (2011). Innovation Management: Context, Strategies, Systems and Processes, Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.

Seminar paper (50%) and presentation (50%)

Social innovation is about the various ways in which people are creating new and more effective answers to the biggest challenges of our times such as climate change, poverty, migration and food security. Social innovations can be defined as concepts and ideas that meet societal needs through re-thinking social relationships and collaborations. These innovations can be products, services or models. Co-working spaces, (skill-, tool-) sharing platforms, repair cafés and community-supported agriculture projects are some examples of existing social innovations. Generally, social innovations contribute to a more just and sustainable society. This course examines the potentials of social innovation in Liechtenstein. Based on a theoretical foundation, new impulses for selected local initiatives will be developed.

• Interactive learning sessions
• Working in groups on a local case study with local stakeholders
• Organising learning sessions for each other/peer to peer lectures

During this interactive module, students will learn about social innovation and apply this knowledge directly in the field. Students get the opportunity to work concretely with projects in Liechtenstein. Moreover, peer-to-peer lectures will provide a diverse programme and the chance to improve presentation skills.

• Lean about social innovation
• Foster social innovation(s) in Liechtenstein
• Work with local stakeholders
• Develop presenting skills
• Improve feedback and reflexion skills

Reading material will be provided

"Open Book of Social Innovation". http://youngfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/The-Open-Book-of-Social-Innovationg.pdf

Part A: (25%) Fulfillment of personal learning goals (3-5)
Part B: (25%) Peer lecture and peer feedback
Part C: (25%) Report case study
Part D: (25%) Presentation for the local stakeholders

Compulsory attendance (min. 80%)

Passed / Failed

• Course based on continuous assessment, details see under "assessment".
• Meeting attendance obligations and active participation are an essential pre-requisite for successfully completing a course based on continuous assessment.
• Attendance must be proven for at least 80% of the stipulated contact time. Responsibility for checking and providing written proof of this obligatory attendance lies with the course lecturer who is required to store this information at least until the end of the semester.
• In the case of absenteeism that exceeds the specified limits of absence, a medical certificate is required. Responsibility lies with the head of the Coordination Office for Cross-Faculty Elective Subjects to approve the reason for the student's failure to attend.
• Participation in other activities of the university are not recognized as an excused absence.

Fakultätsübergreifendes Wahlfach:
Es gelten spezielle Anmeldemodalitäten.

Among the multifarious transformation processes that can presently be observed worldwide, there is probably hardly any phenomenon that is as momentous as the one having to do with questions of 'security'. The so-called 'war against terrorism 'and the boundary-drawing reactions against refugee movements to Europe are just two examples for the increasing thematization of threat scenarios against which security measures are said to be necessary. Against the backdrop of readings of classical texts on 'cultures of fear', 'security' and 'surveillance', the course deals with a broad variety of empirical examples of security practices, in so doing, putting particular emphasis on what has been called 'securitization' - that is, acts which declare an issue to be a 'security issue', thus (allegedly) putting it outside of the political realm. Two of the topics that will also be dealt with extensively is (a) the commodification of security provision in the form of private security companies and (b) the spatial, technological and architectural aspects of security measures.

• Lecture elements in combination with student presentations and text-based discussions within class

• Knowledge of the topics, concepts and theories dealt with in the course
• Competence in interpreting empirical data by using the theories introduced in the course
• Competence in critically reflecting on and weighing up contrasting theoretical positions
• Competence in developing and discussing social scientific lines of argumentation
• Training in presenting the contents of social scientific texts to fellow students
• Capacity to write scientific text on BSc and MA level

Abrahamsen, Rita & Michael C. Williams 2009. Security Beyond the State: Global Security Assemblages in International Politics. International Political Sociology 3: 1-17.

Bigo, Didier 2002. Security and Immigration: Toward a Critique of the Governmentality of Unease. Alternatives: Global, Local, Political 27: 63-92.

Boyle, Philip & Kevin D. Haggerty 2009. Spectacular Security: Mega-Events and the Security Complex. International Political Sociology 3: 257-274.

Despard, Erin 2012. Cultivating Security: Plants in the Urban Landscape. Space and Culture 15 (2): 151-163.

Goldstein, Daniel M. 2010. Toward a Critical Anthropology of Security. Current Anthropology 51 (4): 487-517.

Goold, Benjamin, Ian Loader & Angelica Thumala 2010 Consuming security? Tools for a sociology of security consumption Theoretical Criminology 14 (1): 3-30

Kirsch, Thomas G. 2016. On the difficulties of speaking out against security. Anthropology Today 32 (5): 5-7.

Lakoff, Andrew & Stephen Collier (eds) 2008. Biosecurity Interventions: Global Health and Security in Question. New York: Columbia University Press.

Linke, Uli & Smith Danielle Taana (eds) 2009. Cultures of Fear. New York: Pluto Press.

Low, Setha 2003. Behind the Gates: Life, Security, and the Pursuit of Happiness in Fortress America: The New American Dream. Routledge Chapman & Hall.

Masco, Joseph 2002 Lie Detectors: On Secrets and Hypersecurity in Los Alamos. Public Culture 14 (3): 441-467.

Part A: Participation in discussions and in one group presentation (50%)
Part B: Mid-term essay of 1000 words (50%)

Compulsory attendance (min. 80%)

Passed / Failed

• Course based on continuous assessment, details see under "assessment".
• Meeting attendance obligations and active participation are an essential pre-requisite for successfully completing a course based on continuous assessment.
• Attendance must be proven for at least 80% of the stipulated contact time. Responsibility for checking and providing written proof of this obligatory attendance lies with the course lecturer who is required to store this information at least until the end of the semester.
• In the case of absenteeism that exceeds the specified limits of absence, a medical certificate is required. Responsibility lies with the head of the Coordination Office for Cross-Faculty Elective Subjects to approve the reason for the student's failure to attend.
• Participation in other activities of the university are not recognized as an excused absence.

Fakultätsübergreifendes Wahlfach:
Es gelten spezielle Anmeldemodalitäten.

Extracurriculare Activities comprise of various activities that are not linked to the Curriculum of the MSc in Banking and Financial Management, which are optional and further support the studying of the Master programme.

Das Seminar versteht sich als eine Einführung in die verschiedenen Forschungsbereiche und aktuellen Forschungsansätze der Computerspielforschung.
Ausgehend von der Frage "Was ist das Computerspiel?" wird im Seminar zunächst der sehr weite Begriff des "Spiels" und seine Rolle in der Kultur untersucht, um dann die zentralen Themenfelder der Game Studies zu beleuchten. Im Laufe des Seminars sollen Studierende zu einem besseren Verständnis der Begriffe "Spiel" und "Spielen" gelangen, den sozial-kulturellen Wert der Computerspiele kennen lernen und verstehen sowie mögliche Prognosen für die Zukunft, u.a. bezüglich Ludifizierung des Alltags oder Augmented Reality, aufstellen und diskutieren.

Vorlesung, Referatsmethodik, kontinuierliche Lektürearbeit

Die Studierenden
erlangen Einblicke in die wissenschaftliche Beschäftigung mit Computerspielen
verstehen mittels erworbener Kompetenzen Computerspiele in ihrer sozialen und kulturellen Bedeutung und können sie kritisch einordnen.

Die Pflichtlektüre wird zu Beginn der Veranstaltung elektronisch auf moodle zur Verfügung gestellt.
Beil, Benjamin: Game Studies - eine Einführung, Lit Verlag, Berlin (2013).
Beil, Benjamin: New Game Plus. Perspektiven der Game Studies. Genre - Künste - Diskurse, transcript, Bielefeld (2015).
Callois, Roger: Die Spiele und die Menschen. Maske und Rausch. Ullstein, Frankfurt/M, Berlin, Wien (1982).
Freyermuth, Gundolf S.: Games/Game Design/Game Studies. Eine Einführung, transcript, Bielefeld (2015).
Huizinga, Johan: Homo Ludens. Vom Ursprung der Kultur im Spiel, Rowohlt, Hamburg (1987), 23. Auflage (2013).
Sachs-Hombach, Klaus und Thon, Jan-Noël [Hrsg.]: Game Studies. Aktuelle Ansätze der Computerspielforschung, Herbert von Halem Verlag, Köln (2015).

Teilleistung A: Referat im Pecha Kucha Format (40%)
Teilleistung B: Essay: Typologie des Spiels (20%)
Teilleistung C: Reflexion: Spielbiografie (20%)
Teilleistung D: E-Learning Aufgaben (20%)

Anwesenheitspflicht: 80%, aber verpflichtend

Bestanden / nicht bestanden

• Die geforderten Leistungsnachweise werden entsprechend der unter "Beurteilung" aufgeführten Modalitäten ausgestellt.
• Bei prüfungsimmanenten Lehrveranstaltungen besteht grundsätzlich Anwesenheitspflicht.
• Die Erfüllung der Anwesenheitspflicht und eine aktive Teilnahme sind eine notwendige Voraussetzung für den positiven Abschluss einer prüfungsimmanenten Lehrveranstaltung.
• Die Anwesenheit muss für mind. 80% der Kontaktzeiten nachgewiesen werden.
• Die Überprüfung und schriftliche Dokumentation der Anwesenheitspflicht obliegt dem/der jeweiligen Dozierenden, der/die diese zumindest bis zum Abschluss des Semesters aufbewahrt.
• Für Fehlzeiten, die über die definierten Abwesenheiten hinausgehen, gilt Attestpflicht.

Es obliegt der Leitung der Koordinationsstelle für fakultätsübergreifende Wahlfächer den Versäumnisgrund zu genehmigen.

• Der Besuch einer anderen Veranstaltung der Universität gilt nicht als entschuldigte Abwesenheit.

Fakultätsübergreifendes Wahlfach:
Es gelten spezielle Anmeldemodalitäten.

Since 9/11 Islam is continuously analyzed and criticized in the Media. Most of the coverage is biased and inaccurate. However, some newspapers, scholars or politicians try to show that Islam is something "new" and unknown in Europe. An eye-catching message of rightwing politicians or racist groups is a) Islam is a new Religion inside the borders of Europe; and b) Islam is incompatible with the political and moral values of Europe.

The lecture will discuss the media constructions of Islam and Muslims in Europe and it will provide an introduction to Islam in general. We will also focus on the Islamic prophetic tradition, the Quran as well as the Shariah law. The main part of the course will focus on the history of Islam in Europe from the late 19th to the 20th century.

• The course will discuss the story of Islam in Europe and how different Muslim traditions influenced the European traditions and vice versa.
• The students will learn the about the internal diversity among the European Muslim communities.

Reading material will be provided on moodle.

• Allievi, Stefano / Nielsen, Jørgen (Hrsg.) (2003): Muslim networks and transnational communities in and across Europe. Muslim Minorities 1; Brill, Leiden.
• Cesari, Jocelyne / McLoughlin, Seán (eds.) (2005): European Muslims and the Secular State. Aldershot: Ashgate.
• Escudier, Alexandre (Hrsg.) (2003): Der Islam in Europa. Der Umgang mit dem Islam in Frankreich und Deutschland. Wallstein, Göttingen.
• Geaves, Ron / Dressler, Markus / Klinkhammer, Gritt (eds.) (2009): Sufis in Western Society. Global Networking and Locality. Routledge, London.
• Goody, Jack (2004): Islam in Europe. Polity Press, Cambridge
• Jonker, Gerdien / Amiraux, Valérie (eds.) (2006): Politics of Visiblity. Young Muslims in European Public Spaces. Transcript, Bielefeld.
• Kepel, Gilles (1994): À l'ouest d'allah. Éditions du Seuil, Paris.
• Klausen, Jytte (2006): Europas muslimische Eliten. Wer sie sind und was sie wollen. Campus, Frankfurt/Main.
• Kreienbrink, Axel / Bodenstein, Mark (Hg.): Muslim Organisations and the State - European Perspectives. Nürnberg: Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge, 2010
• Laurens, Henry / Tolan, John / Veinstein, Gilles (2009): L'Europe et l'Islam. Quinze siècles d'histoire. Odile Jacob, Paris.
• Maréchal, Brigitte / Allievi, Stefano / Dassetto, Felice / Nielsen, Jørgen (Hrsg.) (2003): Muslims in the enlarged Europe. Religion and Society. Muslim Minorities 2; Brill, Leiden.
• Nielsen, Jørgen (1995): Muslims in Western Europe. 2. Aufl., University Press, Edinburgh
• Nökel, Sigrid, Levent Tezcan (eds.) (2005): Islam and the New Europe. Continuities, Changes, Confrontations. Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld.

Passed / Failed

Fakultätsübergreifendes Wahlfach:
Es gelten spezielle Anmeldemodalitäten.

Zu Beginn des fünften Moduls werden den Studierenden die grundlegenden Kenntnisse des Stiftungsrechts der benachbarten Rechtsordnungen Österreich, Schweiz und Deutschland vermittelt. Die Teilnehmer lernen die Rechtsformen der österreichischen Privatstiftung, der schweizerischen Stiftung und der deutschen Stiftung sowie deren Ausprägungen und Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten eingehend kennen. Eröffnet wird ein Einblick in die grundlegenden Struktur- und Wesensmerkmale der jeweiligen Stiftung ebenso wie in die Besonderheiten der einzelnen Rechtsordnungen. Aufbauend auf diesen erworbenen Kenntnissen werden Verknüpfungen zum liechtensteinischen Stiftungsrecht (Modul 2) hergestellt und rechtsvergleichende Überlegungen angestellt. Aufgrund der Nahebeziehung zwischen dem österreichischen und liechtensteinischen Stiftungsrecht – bedingt durch die gegenseitige Rezeption in der Vergangenheit – wird der Schwerpunkt in diesem Bereich auf die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede bei den Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten der beiden Stiftungsrechte gelegt. Um das erlernte Wissen zu den einzelnen Stiftungsrechtsordnungen zu vertiefen, finden im Anschluss an die Vorlesungen jeweils Case Studies statt, in denen die Teilnehmer anhand praktischer Fälle lernen, das neue Wissen entsprechend anzuwenden. Zum Abschluss erfolgt eine Einführung in das Recht der gemeinnützigen Stiftungen in der Schweiz, welches mit der Schaffung des rechtlich unverbindlichen Swiss Foundation Code in diesem Bereich eine Vorreiterrolle eingenommen hat. Neben allgemeinen Informationen über das gemeinnützige Stiftungsrecht wird besonderes Augenmerk auf die Entwicklung und Ausgestaltung des Swiss Foundation Code sowie die praktischen Erfahrungen mit diesem Regelwerk gelegt. Daneben erfolgt eine grundlegende Einführung in das deutsche Stiftungsrecht. Abgerundet wird das Modul durch die Analyse und Bearbeitung praktischer Fälle.

Short description
The course focuses on developing research proposals in the field of data science.

Topics

• Conducting literature reviews
• Developing research questions
• Designing qualitative, quantitative, and design oriented research
• Writing research proposals
• Ethical issues in data science

• The module integrates theoretical knowledge and practical skills in an interactive seminar.
• The e-learning platform Moodle will be used throughout the course for the dissemination of course material and discussions.

• Students will know the professional code of conduct of the academic IS discipline.
• Students will effectively communicate academic research designs.
• Students will produce rigorous research proposals in the area of data science.
• Students will recognize and analyze ethical problems of designing and conducting research in the field of data science.

Compulsory reading

• Creswell, J. W. (2013). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Sage

Seminar Paper (100%)

Short description
The course focuses on developing research proposals in the field of business process management.

Topics

• Conducting literature reviews
• Developing research questions
• Designing qualitative, quantitative, and design oriented research
• Writing research proposals
• Ethical issues in business process management research

• The module integrates theoretical knowledge and practical skills in an interactive seminar.
• The e-learning platform Moodle will be used throughout the course for the dissemination of course material and discussions.

• Students will know the professional code of conduct of the academic IS discipline.
• Students will effectively communicate academic research designs.
• Students will produce rigorous research proposals in the area of business process management.
• Students will recognize and analyze ethical problems of designing and conducting research in the field of business process management.

Compulsory reading

• Bryman, A. & Bell, E. (2015) Business research methods (4th ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
• Creswell, J.W. (2013) Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (3rd ed.). Sage Publications
• Oates, B. J. (2006). Researching information systems and computing. London, UK: Sage Publications.
• Recker, J. (2012). Scientific Research in Information Systems: A Beginner’s Guide. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.

Further reading

• Kumar, R. (2014). Research methodology: A step-by-step guide for beginners. London, UK: Sage Publications.

Seminar Paper (100%)

• Short descriptionThe module provides an introduction to research methods.TopicsIntroduction to scientific researchLiterature reviewsQualitative researchQuantitative researchDesign science researchTheories used in IS research

• The module integrates theoretical knowledge and practical skills in an interactive lecture.The e-learning platform Moodle will be used throughout the course for the dissemination of course material and discussions.

• Students will know and understand the historical development of scientific research.Students will know and understand the concept of scientific research.Students will identify appropriate theories to explain empirical phenomena.Students will identify suitable research methods in order to seek answers to specific research questions.Students will use appropriate qualitative, quantitative, and design-oriented approaches to scientific research.

• Compulsory readingBryman, A. & Bell, E. (2015) Business research methods (4th ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.Creswell, J.W. (2013) Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (3rd ed.). Sage PublicationsOates, B. J. (2006). Researching information systems and computing. London, UK: Sage Publications.Recker, J. (2012). Scientific Research in Information Systems: A Beginner’s Guide. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany. - Further readingMiles, M. B. & Huberman, A. M. (1994). Qualitative data analysis. An expanded sourcebook. London, UK: Sage Publications.Provost, F. & Fawcett, T. (2013). Data Science for Business. Sebastopol: O'Reilly Media

Written Exam (90 min)

This module is prerequisite for taking the Master’s thesis Module and writing the Master’s thesis