HWZ: New Deputy Director of Studies Bachelor Communication

Matthias Nast studied history, political science and general ecology at the University of Bern. In 1996, he completed his doctorate at the Faculty of Philosophy and History there on a topic related to economic and environmental history. After completing his doctorate, he worked for several years as a specialist editor and project manager at the Foundation for Consumer Protection SKS. He then worked as a project manager at the St. Gallen Risk Dialogue Foundation, where he discussed technological innovations and social change with various stakeholders and conducted research in the field of risk communication. For the last two years, Matthias Nast headed the communications department of the Swiss Gas and Water Industry Association SVGW, where he was responsible for internal and external association communications. Matthias Nast also worked as a part-time lecturer at the Private University of Applied Sciences PHW in Bern from 1999 to 2008.
Urs Kühne, who previously held this position, is taking on new tasks in the Bachelor's degree programs in Business Administration and Business Information Systems and is responsible for the supervision and administration of the Bachelor's theses of all HWZ degree programs.