«We have to talk about what the future

In May 2016, Patrick Wäger took over the helm at Empa's Technology and Society lab. Closing material cycles and performing life cycle and technology assessments are just some of the topics that now come under his dominion. Patrick Wäger spent the majority of his childhood and youth as a Swiss expat living in Milan, Paris, Strasbourg and Königstein im Taunus (Germany). As he moved so frequently, sometimes even at short notice, he had his fair share of goodbyes and fresh starts. Wäger soon learned how to find his bearings in changing environments, develop his own way of seeing things and not take everything for granted. And the best way to learn languages is when you're a child - where they are spoken, he adds. The nomadic aspect of his childhood is still in his blood.