Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development – SLLS

Summer School 2017

Stefan Sieber

What was your first impression of Zurich?

I can’t remember as it is too long ago. I was raised in Zürich :)

What did you not expect to find or see in Switzerland?

I guess people are often surprised to see that it is a quite nice place to enjoy the summer. The weather isn’t too bad at all and there is plenty of different possibilities to take a bath both in the lake and in the rivers.

The participants of the Summer School are from 23 different countries, where are you from?

Switzerland

What is special about your home country?

The respect for people’s privacy. A strong sense for fairness.

Did you have a remarkable encounter with people from Zurich you would like to share?

There were a myriad of remarkable encounter with people from Zürich.

So far, how do you like the presentations in the Summer School?

I highly appreciated the presentations that were given by very competent people.

Did this Summer School meet your expectations?

I expected to get a good introduction into different methods regarding life course research. My expectations were definitely met.

Did you have a good time in Zurich and are you planning to come again?

Always :)

What would you like to be different in the next Summer School?

Maybe be a bit more explicit on the different statistics software before the summer school so people can get prepared on what to expect in this respect.

What was special about this Summer School or what did you miss?

All the people from various backgrounds and competent lecturers.