With an inauguration ceremony on Monday, October 25, 2021, the new «Swiss Leading House VPET-ECON» started its work. The Research Center on the Economics of Education, Firm Behavior and Training Policies» is a joint project under the direction of Prof. Uschi Backes-Gellner (University of Zurich) and Prof. Stefan C. Wolter (University of Bern) funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).