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Standing on the shoulders of a giant

Three public lectures mark the inauguration of the Turing Centre Zurich's teaching and research activities.

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Studies

In addition to a mandatory basic range of course offerings for all students at ETH Zurich, D-GESS also offers specific courses and opportunities for further education.

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Research

The Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences studies the societal dynamics of a world shaped by science and technology.

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Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences

Understanding People - Steering Developments - Grasping Knowledge

A unique profile

With the D-GESS department, ETH Zurich can offer an extraordinary range of research and teaching, which strengthens the university’s position. Learn more about D-GESS

Four core areas

Its orientation towards the four core areas of Behavior (behavioral science), Governance (political science), Knowledge (humanities) and Law & Economics helps D-GESS maintain a clear profile in teaching and research.

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D-GESS departement proudly presents its new brochure (PDF, 1.7 MB)

Science in Perspective

The study programme Science in Perspective (formerly compulsory elective courses) enables students at ETH Zurich to develop new perspectives on their core subjects’ scientific and technological issues. Read more

News

05.09.2016

Heinrich Nax will give a talk at the Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut in Kreuzlingen

Heinrich Nax will be presenting his work on “Scoring mechanisms“ in Urs Fischbacher’s group on September 8th in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland. Read more

05.09.2016

EPG organizes E4D School on Energy

The Engineering for Development (E4D) School on Energy will take place from 8-27 January 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa, and comprise of 25-30 graduate students from various countries. The course seeks to equip the students with tools to develop low-carbon energy and development strategies (LCEDS). Read more

04.09.2016

Dirk Helbing is giving a keynote talk at the UbiComp 2016

The 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2016) will be held in Heidelberg, Germany. Prof. Helbing will deliver a talk "The digital transformation is just the beginning" on September 12th. Read more

Current Events

Paul Bernays Lectures 2016
14 - 15 September 2016

Prof. Dr. W. Hugh Woodin
Unsolvable Problems in Mathematics and what to do about them

The Turing Centre

Lecture Series 2016

Images of Mathematics

Science and Development Forum
23 September 2016

Forced migration: Research and Policy

Institute of Science, Technology and Policy

ISTP Colloquium

Fall Semester 2016

Zentrum "Geschichte des Wissens"

"Wissen in Gesellschaft"
19 October 2016

Marketing für eine bessere Welt?
(German only)

Additional Information

The course program "Science in Perspective" contextualize the knowledge students have acquired in their core subjects according to societal criteria and analyze it critically. Students are thus better prepared for global challenges. In addition, Bachelor’s and Master’s programs taught at D-GESS offer excellent conditions for studying.

Contact

ETH Zürich
D-GESS

Haldeneggsteig 4

8006 Zürich

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Work +41 44 632 23 08
Fax +41 44 632 10 27

Open positions

The Center for Law & Economics is currently looking for two new law professors. Job ad

D-GESS in numbers

22 Professors

47 Bachelor students

138 Master students

97 Doctoral students