The first annual theme of the St. Gallen Collegium 2025/26
Freedom, a guiding principle of Western modernity, is under pressure. Technological upheavals, ecological limits and political erosion are challenging our understanding of self-determination, responsibility and maturity. In the 2025/26 academic year, the St. Gallen Collegium will devote itself to rethinking freedom under these new conditions. To this end, researchers from all over the world and from various disciplines will come together for a year – in a joint attempt to develop a way of thinking that takes the challenges of the present seriously, is academically sound and at the same time socially engaged.
From insights to impact: this is the credo we have committed ourselves to at the HSG. However, in order to find answers to the most pressing questions of our time, we need to create new structures. That is why we at the HSG want to be the first business university to launch the St.Gallen Collegium. Starting in 2025, outstanding personalities and researchers from all over the world will come together in St.Gallen to develop solutions to major social problems in dialogue with personalities from business and society. In doing so, we are fulfilling an important mission as a university.
With this vision and its St.Gallen Collegium, the HSG is breaking new ground as a pioneer in economics. In doing so, the HSG is creating a unique platform for collaborative work and research, as well as for the sharing of knowledge by selected, interdisciplinary experts. This is a programme of excellence that is only possible thanks to your donations. The Collegium would therefore like to express its gratitude to its existing donors and sponsors.
Ohne Senf – The Knowledge Podcast of the St.Gallen Collegium
Ohne Senf – der Wissenspodcast des St.Gallen Collegiums
podcasts
Ohne Senf – der Wissenspodcast des St.Gallen Collegiums
podcasts
Ohne Senf – der Wissenspodcast des St.Gallen Collegiums
podcasts
Ohne Senf – der Wissenspodcast des St.Gallen Collegiums
podcasts
Season 1 / Episode #3
27.01.2026
Ohne Senf Folge 3 – Andreas Lingg über die Geschichte des Wachstums und den gegenwärtigen Epochenumbruch
Dr. Andreas Lingg zeigt, wie der mittelalterliche Bergbau zentrale Lehren für Wachstum, Freiheit und unseren KI-Umbruch bietet.
Season 1 / Episode #2
03.12.2025
Ohne Senf Episode 2 – Arpad Szakolczai on freedom, technology and modernity
Political anthropologist Arpad Szakolczai explores the cultural roots of our understanding of freedom in this conversation with Wolfram Eilenberger.
Season 1 / Episode #1
07.11.2025
Ohne Senf Folge 1 – Annette Kehnel über Geschichte als Möglichkeitssinn
Anette Kehnel ist überzeugt, dass selbst oder gerade Wirtschaftsformen des Mittelalters wertvolle Inspirationen für eine ökologische Wende enthalten.
04.11.2025
Trailer: Ohne Senf – der Wissenspodcast des St.Gallen Collegiums
Herzlich willkommen bei «Ohne Senf», dem Wissenspodcast des St.Gallen Collegiums! Thema des aktuellen Jahrgangs: Freiheit im 21. Jahrhundert.
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Events
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2026
Public events
Ethnography Talks: Ethnography as a double-edged sword
Ethnography as a double-edged sword and the possibilities of knowledge in Africa. With Robby Kapesa and Khanyile Mlotshwa (St.Gallen Collegium)
In his new essay, Wolfram Eilenberger argues for a radical reboot of philosophy in dark times. Moderated by Claudia Brühwiler, he discusses possible ways out of self-imposed immaturity with Christine Abbt and Michael Festl.
Speakers:
Wolfram Eilenberger Prof. Dr. Christine Abbt Prof. Dr. Claudia Franziska Brühwiler Veranstaltung auf Deutsch
Architectures of Abundance: Venice’s Industry and the History of Economic Growth
At the invitation of Columbia University's Center for Science and Society, Collegium Fellow Prof. Dr. Andreas Friedolin Lingg will speak about the city of Venice as a historical model of economic prosperity. The lecture combines city, industry, and growth to offer a new perspective on prosperity.
What does retreat mean in an age of constant acceleration? St.Gallen Collegium Fellow Prof. Dr. Annette Kehnel spends a day in the Wiborada cell at St. Mangen's Church. As a medieval historian who studies the relevance of monastic lifestyles today, she embarks on an unusual experiment involving silence, presence and encounter. The day becomes an open space for conversations, questions and reflections on history, the present and what moves people today.
Sustainability re-imagined. St. Gallen Collegium fellow Prof. Dr. Annette Kehnel demonstrates how early modern St. Gallen already practiced resource-efficient management and why we find it so difficult to learn from history today.
