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Prof. Dr. Bernhard Burtscher was elected Deputy Chair of the Senate of the University of Liechtenstein on Wednesday, 2 July 2025, with 20 valid votes and 1 invalid vote. He succeeds Prof. Dipl. Arch. ETH Urs Meister, who has reached the end of his term of office.

Our apprentice Joshua Längle has successfully completed his three-year commercial apprenticeship at the university and can now officially call himself a Kaufmann EFZ.

On Monday, 23 June 2025, the University of Liechtenstein hosted the inaugural lecture of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Benjamin van Giffen. Under the title “Tradition Meets Technology: Overcoming Cultural Tensions in AI Adoption within Lean Quality Management”, the newly appointed Professor of Information Systems & Digital Innovation explored the challenges and opportunities arising from the intersection of traditional lean principles and modern AI technologies.

The University of Liechtenstein would like to congratulate Marius Gramlich on the successful defense of his dissertation with the highest distinction. The thesis entitled “Tokenomics on Crypto Exchanges and Experimental Asset Markets” was supervised by Prof. Dr. Martin Angerer and Prof. Dr. Fabian Schär from the University of Basel. 

The University of Liechtenstein is pleased to announce the publication of a new scientific study in the renowned academic journal Electronic Markets. The article, titled “Fine-Tuning Image-to-Text Models on Liechtenstein Tourist Attractions”, was authored by Dr. Pejman Ebrahimi, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Liechtenstein Business School, and Prof. Dr. Johannes Schneider, Professor of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence.

On 24 June 2025, Michael Wagner, Professor for Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Liechtenstein, appeared on the SRF programme 10vor10. In a segment on urban heat mitigation, he provided a brief statement highlighting the importance of climate-resilient urban development.

On Wednesday, 4 June 2025, the University of Liechtenstein invited children aged 8 to 12 to a special workshop in the university auditorium. Under the motto “Let’s Make the World a Better Place – Together!”, the young participants explored in a playful and creative way why it is important—and exciting—to get involved: for others, for the environment, and for their own future.

The Professorship for Economic Criminal Law, Compliance and Digitalisation conducted the Intensive Course on Corruption on 12 and 13 June 2025.