Member board of trustees
since 2017
Freedom to innovate
If Switzerland does not want to rest on its laurels, it needs fresh ideas in order to reinvent itself for the future. Research and education are the driving forces behind innovation, thus ultimately helping to future-proof Swiss society.
Monika Bütler sees herself as an initiator and is convinced that the funding provided by Gebert Rüf Stiftung will have the greatest effect when it provides young researchers with the freedom they need to put new and potentially risky project ideas into practice.
Monika Bütler sees herself as an initiator and is convinced that the funding provided by Gebert Rüf Stiftung will have the greatest effect when it provides young researchers with the freedom they need to put new and potentially risky project ideas into practice.
Background
Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Lausanne (2001–2004), member of the Swiss Commission for Economic Issues (2000–2004), advisor to the World Bank in Washington (2004–2006), Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of St. Gallen since 2004, guest professor at the universities of Auckland and New South Wales between 2008 and 2014, member of the Bank Council at the Swiss National Bank (since 2010), Director of the Swiss Institute for Empirical Economic Research at the University of St. Gallen since 2015.