A Great Experience – Both Personally and Professionally



Friday, 18. November 2016

Author

Markus Nyberg

A Great Experience - Both Personally and Professionally

I would like to briefly summarize my experience of both the Academia Engelberg Summer School and the Conference. The whole Academia Engelberg-experience has provided a lot for me on a professional as well as on personal level. To be able to participate in the summer school as well as the conference has been a great adventure and a very valuable and truly inspiring experience which I will always remember and carry with me.

The Academia Engelberg-experience is an international and inter-disciplinary experience unlike anything else. One of its big strengths is the diversity in academic disciplines and nationalities among the participants. The summer school as well as the conference has provided me with great new insights, a new mindset and a new perception of my surroundings, as well as a deeper understanding and knowledge that I could never have gained through my university studies. I have developed my thinking and received a tremendous number of new knowledges, insights and friends from various parts of the world with different backgrounds.

I am truly grateful that the Academia Engelberg foundation has provided me with the opportunity to participate and contribute to the discussion. To be able to participate in this international and interdisciplinary setting has not only been very valuable for me personally, but also career wise.

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