Florence Balthasar
Head of the International Affairs office. Profession/education: Translation Studies and International Relations. At ZHdK since 1 January 2019. Non-professional interests: Culture, travelling, reading, hiking, foreign policy. What I like about ZHdK: The diversity of exciting disciplines. What I would change: To become even more international. My wishes for the Toni Campus: None, the building is great. My favourite place in Zurich: Lake Zurich, the Limmat and Sihl (after 10 years in landlocked Brussels, you start yearning for water).
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Daniel Späti
Chair of the Shared Campus Project Team; Head of Transcultural Collaboration. Profession/education: Designer FH, Lecturer, Organizer. At ZHdK since 2001. Non-professional interests: Anything to do with music or that can be practised with music. What I like about ZHdK: You need desire and assertiveness to get things moving and the great thing is: You will always find allies. What I would change: That everyone greets everyone and talks to everyone. My wishes for the Toni Campus: A relaxed atmosphere in which surprises can happen and where things can get out of hand. A pub on the roof or on the ramp and a bit of life under the SBB bridge! My favourite place in Zurich: Just beneath the water surface.
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Swetlana Heger-Davis
Director of the Department of Fine Arts; Head of the International Dossier; Professor. Profession/education: Art education at Vienna University of Applied Arts (Diploma) and at Tokyo’s Musashino Art University (Postgraduate). At ZHdK since 1 September 2017. Non-professional interests: Travel, design and architecture. What I like about ZHdK: Everything contemporary. What I would change: Create studios for lecturers. My wishes for the Toni Campus: Good art in public areas. My favourite place in Zurich: Wherever I can enjoy art and breakfast.
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Bettina Ganz
Head of the International Office. Profession/education: Youth work, public management. At ZHdK since 1994. Non-professional interests: Town and country, rivers and mountains. What I like about ZHdK: The buzzing building with lots of stimulating content. What I would change: Reduce, prioritize — less is more. Introduce the CO2 budget. My wishes for the Toni Campus: Local beer and Gasparini ice cream. My favourite place in Zurich: My garden.
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Valérie Jetzer
Assistant at the International Affairs Office; Shared Campus Administrator. Profession/education: Certified seamstress. At ZHdK since January 2020. Non-professional interests: Fencing and friendships, art and culture. What I like about ZHdK: The higgledy-piggledy. What I would change: – . My wishes for the Toni Campus: A little elephant one could take for walks along the Limmat during lunchtime or in the evening. My favourite place in Zurich: The local pub, the nearby forest, the lake down the road, the parks around the corner.
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Nuria Krämer
Shared Campus Programme Manager; Deputy Head of Transcultural Collaboration; Member of the Critical Ecologies Theme Group. Profession/education: BA Multimedia, MA Transdisciplinary Studies. At ZHdK since 2012. Non-professional interests: Dancing, swimming in the sea, admiring all forms of creativity, meeting new people, hiking and occasionally getting lost. What I like about ZHdK: The myriad of interesting people with ideas, wishes and the motivation to get things moving. What I would change: Create more space for cross-connections and synergies between diverse projects and similarly minded creative people. My wishes for the Toni Campus: —. My favourite place in Zurich: Seebad Enge.
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Lorenz Hegi
Exchange Coordinator Incoming; Contact for refugee artists. Profession/education: Art educator (MA Art Education, Exhibiting + Teaching). At ZHdK since summer 2018. Non-professional interests: Sports, theatre, concerts, art. What I like about ZHdK: The convergence of so many artistic disciplines. What I would change: Provide more places to lie down. My wishes for the Toni Campus: For ivy to grow up the walls. My favourite place in Zurich: Down by the Limmat.
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Kristina Jungic
Exchange Coordinator Outgoing; Research Associate at the Immersive Arts Space. Profession/education: MA Film Studies UZH. At ZHdK since April 2016. Non-professional interests: Gardening, cycling, barbecuing. What I like about ZHdK: I have met many exciting people; the range of events, when there is no pandemic, is enormous and inspiring. What I would change: Create a more open, controversial culture of discussion, especially between the University Board, staff and students. My wishes for the Toni Campus: A more diverse catering concept. My favourite place in Zurich: I am a big fan of unspoilt places, i.e. neglected and overlooked squares and street corners.
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Corinne Meier
Assistant at the International Office. Profession/education: Trade & Commerce Diploma, Desktop publisher. At ZHdK since 1 December 2014. Non-professional interests: Reading, drawing and painting, meeting friends and family, getting to know foreign countries and cultures, learning to speak and write Chinese. What I like about ZHdK: Working with enthusiastic young people from all over the world. What I would change: Less grey, more light. My wishes for the Toni Campus: More quiet and cosy places. My favourite place in Zurich: The Chinese garden near Zürichhorn.