As part of the Certificate Programme in Compliance Officer at the University of Liechtenstein, VP Bank presented the VP Bank Compliance Award to five students on Tuesday, 12 March 2024. The winning team received a cash prize of 5,000 Swiss francs.

Based on the agreement between the government and the Swiss Federal Council on the promotion of science-based innovation of 26 January 2021 and the corresponding commitment credit approved by Parliament, the Swiss Innosuisse innovation promotion program is also available to companies and research institutions in Liechtenstein.

In the summer semester of 2023, the lecturers Alberto Alessi and Anna Lohs of the Advanced Studio Upcycling worked with their students on a series of interventions in the partially disused and abandoned historic center of the village of Castè, in the municipality of Riccò del Golfo della Spezia.

Discontinuities in the market create space for disruptive business opportunities. Companies are therefore increasingly interested in proactively identifying future competitive advantages. Researchers Marie Scheuffele, Dr. Niklas Bayrle-Kelso and Prof. Dr. Leo Brecht published their paper on Data-Driven Foresight in Digital Disruption and Transformation Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics 2024.

The PIRANESI Award 2023 exhibition can be viewed in the foyer of the University of Liechtenstein until March 22. The Piranesi Award presents various projects of different sizes and programs that reflect a successful relationship between modern architecture and its natural, cultural, historical and social context.

Prof. Dr. Michael Hanke, together with Prof. Nicole Branger (University of Münster) and Prof. Alex Weissensteiner (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano), published the paper "The information content of wheat derivatives regarding the Ukrainian war" in the Journal of Futures Markets in February.

On 27 February 2024, the Chair of Company, Foundation, and Trust Law hosted the Liechtenstein Trust Conference for the eighth time. The key topics of the conference were the proposed partial revision of Liechtenstein trust law and current issues in international succession planning.

On Monday, 19 February 2024, the Certificate Programme in Fiduciary Services at the University of Liechtenstein began once again. The 28 participants highlight the necessity of targeted continuing education measures and the significant role of the fiduciary sector in Liechtenstein.