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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

Personal profile

Management role

  • Programme Director, Master International Business
  • Head, International Education

Position at the ZHAW

Senior Lecturer on International Relations, Political Economy and Intercultural Communication in Bachelor- und Master Study Programs as well as in Certificate of Advanced Study Programs and International Executive MBA.
Intercultural Coach for Masters and Executive Programs (Department Applied Linguistics, Department Life Sciences & Facility Management, Department School of Management & Law)

Professional development teaching

CAS Foreign Affairs and Applied Diplomacy

Expertise and research interests

Intercultural communication (with a focus on the Far East)
International relations
Political Economy

International business in the emerging markets (with a focus on the Far East)
Cultural history East Asia


E-Learning / Educational Video Podcasting

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.

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.

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.