Research
A global ranking of research productivity of political science departments published by Cambridge University Press puts the CIS as one of the top political science hubs worldwide. ETH Zurich comes out number one for citations, impact, and top publications in Europe; the University of Zurich occupies ranks 4-7. Professors Bernauer (impact), Cederman (top publications), Hangartner (recent impact), and Schimmelfennig (citations) were each listed as top political science scholars in Europe.
The CIS combines competence in comparative and international political science focusing on a wide-range of areas.
At the University of Zurich, there are 4 main areas of external page transversal research priorities:
- Democracy and Democratization
- Digitalization
- International Cooperation
- Politics and Inequality
At the ETH, the following areas participate in the CIS:
- European Politics
- Public Policy
- International Political and Environmental Politics
- Energy and Technology Policy
- Climate Finance and Politics
- Center for Security Studies
- International Conflict Research
- Conflict Management and International Relations
- Technology and Governance
- Law, Economics and Data Science
- Political Economy and eDemocracy
- Spatial Development and Urban Policy
- Multilevel Politics
- International Relations and Data Science
