The first Summer / Winter School took place in Oranjemund, Namibia and in Appenzell and Herisau, Switzerland. Nine students and three young professionals from Namibia worked together with seven students and two young professionals from Switzerland. The students and lecturers covered a wide range of academic disciplines. This provided a unique and diverse platform and turned the exchange programme into a highly interdisciplinary project. The entire group spent four weeks together – two in each country. During this time, they had to work in small groups to observe, collect material and information and talk to relevant people to find out more about their specific topics in the two contexts. The results of the students’ observations can be found here: