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Prof. Dr. Petra Barthelmess

Prof. Dr. Petra Barthelmess

Prof. Dr. Petra Barthelmess

ZHAW School of Management and Law
Department International Business
Theaterstrasse 17
8400 Winterthur

+41 (0) 58 934 68 94
petra.barthelmess@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Position

Professional development teaching

CAS Foreign Affairs and Applied Diplomacy

Education and Continuing education

Focus

  • Teaching, consulting, and research in the fields of political economy, international relations, intercultural competence, and communication in Bachelor's and Master's degree programs, continuing education courses, and executive education.
  • Teaching, consulting and research in the fields of international business in emerging markets (with a focus on the Far East) and the cultural history of East Asia.

Professional milestones

Research assistant Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland – World War II, 1997-2000.
Senior researcher, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich 2001-2005.
Member of municipal parliament of the city of Aarau (no party affiliation), 2004 – 2007 and member of the parliamentary Finance and Audit Committee of the city of Aarau, 2004-2007.
Member of the Steering Committees of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs / Presence Switzerland for the conception, design and communication of the Swiss Pavilion at the World Expo Yeosu South Korea 2012.
Member of the Jury of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs / Presence Switzerland for the conception, design and communication of the Swiss Pavilion at the World Expo Yeosu South Korea 2012.
Intercultural Coach und consultant for the International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, for the preparation of the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang South Korea 2013-2018.
ZHAW Best Teaching Practice Award 2011.
Scientific consultancy TV- Series "Frieden"(Zodiac Pictures)2017-today.

Educational background

Masters’ and Ph.D. degree University of Zurich 1997 / 2005 in History and Sinology.
Recipient of Marie Heim-Vögtlin grant of Swiss National Science Foundation.

Awards

  • ZHAW School of Management and Law Learning and Teaching Award 2020
    ZHAW School of Management and Law
    12 / 2020
  • Finalist in the ZHAW Best Teaching Practice Award 2017 for the flipped classroom teaching concept in the module War Economics and Business in a Globalized World.
    ZHAW
    09 / 2017
  • ZHAW Best Teaching Practice Award for the didactic concept Cultures and Civilizations
    ZHAW
    12 / 2011

Social media

Linkedin

Projects

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
Books and monographs, peer-reviewed
Conference contributions, peer-reviewed
Other publications
Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Christiane Uhlig, Petra Barthelmess, Mario König, Peter Pfaffenroth, Bettina Zeugin, Tarnung, Transfer, Transit. Die Schweiz als Drehscheibe verdeckter deutscher Operationen (1939-1952), editor: Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland – World War II, Study no. 9, Zurich 2001. www.uek.ch/de/_veröffentlichungen.htm oder www.chronos-verlag.ch

Petra Y. Barthelmess, „Risikogesellschaft auf der Suche nach Sicherheit. Bericht der Arbeitsgruppe IV: Geopolitische Sicherheit“, in: Schweizer Monatshefte, 12/1, 2002, p. 46-47.

Petra Y. Barthelmess. „Transnationale organisierte Kriminalität: Ordnungspolitische Eingriffe auf internationaler Ebene und in der Schweiz“, in: Bulletin 2002 zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik (2002), editor: Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich. www.css.ethz.ch/publications

Petra Y. Barthelmess. „Der internationale Terrorismus und die innere Sicherheit. Eine sicherheitspolitische und rechtsstaatliche Herausforderung“, in: Bulletin 2003 zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik (2003), editor: Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, www.css.ethz.ch/publications

Petra Y. Barthelmess, Tarnoperationen und Geheimgeschäfte auf dem Schweizer Finanzplatz. Verdeckte deutsch-schweizerische Umgehungsgeschäfte und die Frage der nationalsozialistischen Täterkonten im Zweiten Weltkrieg, Zurich 2006.

Petra Y. Barthelmess, Raubschätze, Nazikonten und Bankgeheimnis. Ein paar Überlegungen zu den Fakten und Gerüchten, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Geschichte, 56, 2006, p. 410-434.

Petra Y. Barthelmess, „Liechtensteinische Finanzbeziehungen zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus“, in: Jahrbuch des historischen Vereins für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein, 105, 2006, p. 254-257.