The CIS Colloquium is a speakers series which takes place during the semester on Thursdays from 12:30 to 14:00. In the Spring it takes place at the ETH iand in the Fall it takes place at the UZH. The target audience is all CIS participants including PhDs, Postdocs, Researchers and Professors.
Thank you to all our Spring 24 Semester participants: Claes de Vreese, Adam Scharpf, Helen Milner, Isabel Perera, Orit Kedar, Asya Magazinnik, Emiliano Grossman, Simon Hix, James Fishkin, Gemma Dipoppa and Corinna Jentzsch!
You can find an advance of the Fall 24 Programme on the Current Events page.
CIS supports DeFacto
external pageDeFacto features abstracts of papers published in journals, summaries of book chapters and other research reports, as well as analyses and commentaries written especially for the platform by scholars in the context of current events. Advanced students are also given the opportunity to present outstanding research. The articles on DeFacto appear exclusively in German, French or Italian. They are written in a short and comprehensible way, but at the same time show which methodology they are based on and which theories they refer to.
Date: Thursday, 19th of September, 2024 Time: 12:30 - 16:00 Location: University of Zurich, Oerlikon Campus, Affolternstrasse 56 room AFL E 003
You can also have a look at our planned fall events, as well as information about the SPSA Workshop on European Politics and the Digital Democracy Workshop under "More EVENTS".
The joint colloquium of the Chair for Science Studies and the Professorship for Ethics, Technology and Society is devoted to the introduction into the theory and practice of scientific work in science studies.
Held on various Wednesday (please consult dates on the program) from 16:15–17:45, at the IFW Building, Room D 42, Haldeneggsteig 4. Zürich
Women at CIS is a peer-group consisting of PhD students and postdocs at the Political Science Department of the University of Zurich and the political science areas of the ETH Zurich who identify as women. The group organizes different events and activities to increase the confidence, exposure, and (international) networks of women at CIS
Dr Christian Freudlsperger has been named Assistant Professor of Multilevel Politics. Professor Livia Schubiger has been appointed Full Professor of International Relations and Data Science https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2024/03/new-appointments-at-eth-zurich.html
Vally Koubi is Professor (Titular) and Senior Scientist at the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) at the ETH Zurich and Professor at the Institute of Economics at the University of Bern, Switzerland. She was formerly the Director of CIS from 2020 - 2022. She will take over as interim Director of Studies at the MACIS Programme from 1 February 2024 to 31 January 2025, while Prof. Dr. Dominik Hangartner is on leave.
- Andreas Wenger (ETH) from the CSS was awarded the Golden Owl, given by the ETH Student's Association. - Elliot Ash (ETH) was promoted to Associate Professor of Law, Economics and Data Science. - Silja Haüsermann (UZH) was awarded the Schader Prize 2024, honoring social scientists who have made a contribution to solving social problems. - and Daniele Caramani (UZH) through his association with the European University Institute will start an ERC project on global politics.
