Dominique Ursprung

Management role

Deputy Head, Center for European Business & Affairs

Position at the ZHAW

Lecturer

https://www.zhaw.ch/de/sml/institute-zentren/imi/

Professional development teaching

• CAS Foreign Affairs and Applied Diplomacy
• CAS International Business Development
• WBK Diplomacy & Information Security
• WBK Diplomacy in the Digital Age

Expertise and research interests

European Affairs, East Asia, Japan, China, South Korea, Shanghai, Free Trade Agreements, Subsidiarity Principle, Intercultural Learning, Vocational Education and Training.

Educational background

2014 Certificate for Higher Education Didactics (CAS), ZHAW School of Management and Law
2010 MSc in International Management for Japan at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
2008 MA in International Relations at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)

Professional milestones

2011 - 2012 International Press Corps at the United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG), Yomiuri Newspaper
2009 House of Representatives, National Parliament of Japan (Tokyo)
2008 Embassy of Switzerland in Seoul (Republic of Korea)

Membership of networks

• Managing Director, Swiss-Japanese Chamber of Commerce (SJCC)
• Secretary, Parliamentary Friendship Group Switzerland-Japan
• Committee Member, Alumni Shanghai Chapter, Graduate Institute Geneva
• Member, Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy (foraus)

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Rios-Morales, Ruth; Gamberger, Dragan; Ursprung, Dominique; Schweizer, Max,

  2014.

  The impact of bilateral investment treaties on foreign direct investment in Switzerland.

  Revista Mexicana de Economía y Finanzas - Nueva Época.

  9(1).

  Available from: www.remef.org.mx/index.php/remef/article/download/52/89

Books and monographs, peer-reviewed

• Schweizer, Max; Ursprung, Dominique, eds.,

  2015.

  Integration am Ende? : die Schweiz im Diskurs über ihre Europapolitik : ein Lesebuch.

  1.

  Zürich:

  Chronos.

  ISBN 978-3-0340-1313-0.

Conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Rios-Morales, Ruth; Schweizer, Max; Gamberger, Dragan; Ursprung, Dominique,

  2013.

  An examination of bilateral investment treaties and their impact on foreign direct investment : the Swiss experience [paper].

  In:

  The 39th EIBA Conference Proceedings.

  The 39th Annual EIBA Conference, 12th - 14th December 2013, University of Bremen.

  Bremen:

  European International Business Academy (EIBA).

Other publications

• Ursprung, Dominique; Ziltener, Patrick,

  2019.

  Freihandel : was der Deal mit Japan brachte.

  Handelszeitung.

  2019(35),

  pp. 15.

  Available from: https://www.sjcc.ch/sites/default/files/documents_news/hz_freihandel_mit_japan_sept_19.pdf

• Keller, Florian; Ebnöther, Christoph; Ursprung, Dominique;

  2018.

  Common frameworks in Switzerland : cantonal autonomy in a confederation.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5534

• Keller, Florian; Ebnöther, Christoph; Ursprung, Dominique;

  2018.

  Training a new workforce for a service economy.

  Amsterdam:

  University Industry Innovation Network.

• Ursprung, Dominique,

  2015.

  Innovation in vocational education and training among Swiss companies in Shanghai [poster].

  In:

  SML Doktoranden Community Research Colloquium, Winterthur, 1. Oktober 2015.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18035

• Ursprung, Dominique,

  2014.

  Start ins schweizerisch-japanische Jubiläumsjahr 2014 in Winterthur.

  Japanmarkt.

  2014(3),

  pp. 34-35.

• Rios-Morales, Ruth; Schweizer, Max; Gamberger, Dragan; Ursprung, Dominique,

  2013.

  The impact of international investment agreements on foreign direct investment : the Swiss experience [paper].

  In:

  Confronting contemporary business challenges through management innovation.

  6th Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business, Estoril, Portugal, 24 September 2013.

  Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business ; 6.

Other contributions

Gastkommentar:
Ursprung, Dominique; Ziltener Patrick, 2019. Freihandel: Was der Deal mit Japan brachte. Handelszeitung, 29.9.2019, bit.ly/2ZviIlJ

Medienbericht:
Japan öffnet sich für Nachverhandlungen zum Handelsabkommen, Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ, 8.7.2019, www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/durchbruch-fuer-die-aktualisierung-von-freihandelsabkommen-mit-japan-ld.1494552

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