Membership Officer

Dear all

We are pleased to announce that Ruedi Baumann has been appointed as our SFOU Membership Officer. He will be focused on relationships with current and future members. We wish him much success in his new position.

Best regards

Howard

Once again, we can look back on two very successful and interesting evenings on 18 and 20 February, when Professor von Borzyskowski was our guest speaker at SFOU dinners on the topic: “Why do countries walk away from International Organisations – understanding breakups in Global Politics”. The questions and discussions afterwards were very stimulating.

on 18.02.2026 in Zurich

on 20.02.2026 in Geneva

We enjoyed a very fascinating evening with General Sir Richard Shirreff at UBP Union Bancaire Privée in Zurich, discussing thrilling and highly topical subjects.

on 20.01.2026 in Zurich

We were delighted to welcome two of our distinguished grantees who gave us a fascinating insight into the valuable work that they were presenting thanks to their studies which SFOU was privileged to support.

On 25.09.2025 in Zurich

We had a splendid SFOU lunch in Zurich, where Lord Hague of Richmond, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, was our distinguished guest speaker. At the lunch, Lord Hague has launched our new campaign to expand the SFOU Scholarship Fund which supports Swiss based students studying at Oxford.

on 25.09.2025 in Zurich

We had a most enjoyable and stimulating evening with a fascinating topic with Dr Paul Morland who was our guest of honour at the dinner of Swiss Friends of Oxford University in Zurich.

on 05.06.2025 in Zurich

This week we had a great evening with Professor Peter Frankpan at the Société de Lecture in Geneva, where we had the opportunity to chat and discuss over tea before his fascinating lecture.

01.04.2025 in Geneva

Many congratulations, Lord Hague, on your election as Chancellor of Oxford University! Lord Hague, who graduated from Magdalen College in 1982, will be formally inaugurated into the predominantly ceremonial role in the new year. Our President, Howard Rosen, was honoured to be one of the first people to congratulate Lord Hague, during his visit today to Zurich, after the announcement of his election. We look forward to welcoming him back to Switzerland in the near future.

On the occasion of Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt’s visit to Switzerland, the Geneva Graduate Institute, in collaboration with the Swiss Friends of Oxford University (SFOU), was organizing an open discussion on 22^nd October around his recent publication on AI entitled “As If Human: Ethics and Artificial Intelligence”.

On 23^rd October 2024 Sir Nigel gave a Global Lecture on the subject: ”As If Human: Living in the Age of Intelligent Machines”. This Global Lecture will explore AI’s history, current advancements, and the challenges and opportunities presented by todays and future AI systems. Please find HERE the recording.