Tim presides Pro Journo, which he founded in 2011 during his oikos PhD fellowship. Tim holds a PhD in Organization Studies and Cultural Theory with a specialisation in the anthropology of science, technology and economic systems from the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). His research interest is in technological society, sociomaterial assemblages, performativity, radical democracy, ethnographic methods and ficto-critical writing. Previously, Tim worked at the intersection of organizational strategy, civil society and inclusive markets as a researcher and consultant at Bertelsmann Foundation (Germany), IESE Business School (Spain&India), Strathmore Business School (Kenya), and UNDP Private Sector Development (i.e. Afghanistan, Ecuador). He has a background in corporate banking with Deutsche Bank. Tim received his BA/MA in management and economics from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. During his undergraduate studies, Tim co-founded an award-wining expedition across Africa, Asia, and Latin America (www.expedition-welt.de). Tim is a fellow of Sandbox Network.
Read the summary report of our six-month long journalism program on Economics and the Environment. The report collects 21 articles and six podcasts as a showcase of our young reporters’ journalistic work, including a special coverage of the World Resources Forum 2015 in Davos, Switzerland. Our team of professional editors and seven aspiring young reporters were based in Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, U.K. and U.S.
Our dependence on mainstream economic thinking can be found in news stories of the environmental crisis today.
Our first obsession report attempts to better understand the current controversies around organic solutions in global food affairs.
Join a team of four reporters as we report on current trends in global impact investing at a leading international investor conference in New York, 29-30 May.
ZURICH, Switzerland – “How do you flesh out an editorial pipeline about the topic of urban mobility in one of the richest and democratic countries, like Switzerland?” we asked ourselves during a February weekend session at Impact Hub Zürich, a social startup co-working space.
ST. GALLEN, Switzerland – Missing the train at 6:45 in the morning does not start the day well. The anger with myself, the world and the punctuality of the Swiss train system reaches a new peak.
To supplement our student newsroom’s journalistic coverage of the economics and politics of organic solutions in global food affairs, we are building a research team to produce a report in order to inform a public webcast at the end of our coverage and to share with our audience.
Today, complex problems like the food crisis is not just an environmental issue, but concerns business, politics and economics as well. Through journalistic content and a multidisciplinary angle, we want to report on the economics and politics of global food production and consumption, with a focus on organic solutions.
2013 started with a challenging assignment: Among the many conventional institutions around the world, the World Economic Forum opened up to youth.
For a topic coverage project on ‘Organic Solutions in Global Food Affairs’ in which we will investigate the economics and politics of global food production and consumption with an emphasis on organic farming, we are looking for a team of two editors to lead in editorial capacities and bring with them sector insights and a reporting background in international (economic) affairs.
We seek for a project manager to lead a six-month student newsroom on the “Future of Urban Mobility in Switzerland”. ZURICH, Switzerland – Student Reporter provides an innovative media format to mobilize newsrooms that produce journalistic content, which aims to promote informed debates on phenomena from a business and economics angle. For the “Future of Urban Mobility in Switzerland” newsroom, we are looking for a project manager to work side-by-side with an editor and form the leadership team. Together with the editor, you will oversee the journalistic articles and multimedia products produced by the students. The content will be delivered through our digital platform and social media channels, as well as digital and print channels of our media partner, NZZ Campus.
We seek for an editor and project manager to lead a six-month student newsroom on the “Future of Urban Mobility in Switzerland”.