Dr. Jana Lipps has been honoured with this year's Golden Owl award. Presented by the student association VSETH, the Golden Owl recognises outstanding teaching and encourages continued excellence. Each year, one lecturer from each department is chosen to receive this prestigious award.
The European Politics research group will participate in the Research Unit “Reconfiguring Europe” directed by Markus Jachtenfuchs at the Hertie School of Governance. The consortium was approved for funding by the German (DFG) and Swiss (SNSF) research foundations. The funding is approx. EUR 6 million for four years and nine research projects. The European Politics research group participates with a project on “Reconfiguring EU external boundaries: competence and control”.
A global ranking of the research productivity of political science departments puts the CIS at the top of European departments per number of faculty members.
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.