Kaubad (ETH PhD Academy 2014)

Spent one week in Appenzell as participant in the ETH PhD Academy on Sustainability and Technology. 15 PhD students (14 nationalities) and a handful faculty stuck in a mountain hotel (Kaubad) for 5 days to discuss each other's work. Inspiring company, interesting research, learning, beautiful scenery, long meals, excellent service. The rhyme below blends events, quotes and research I observed, which, I'm afraid, will only fully speak to those who were there. More, less cryptic Kaubad narratives from other participants are published on: http://freddytale.blogspot.ch

Tiptop, vegi, Quöllfrisch

Suppe, Fondue, Nachtisch

Papers, review, debate

Quals and quants and roommate

Narrative, ontology

Raghu, Joanna, Magali

Appetizers, Hoffmann

5, 2, 0, Hoppmann

Focus, focus, focus

What on? Hocus pocus

No plain vanilla company

Shedding light on LED

MaxQDA, R, Stata

Really awesome data

Heavy duty agency

Outrageous EV subsidy

Mountain exploration

Barrier exploitation

Niche, TIS, institution

Incumbent dissolution?

Field configuring karma

Frame disruption drama

Cognitive hypotheses

Irish offshore qualities

Is Oman transitioning?

I’d like to do some modeling!

Group at Scheidegg. Photo: Jan Ossenbrink