The Center

The Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) stands for innovation and excellence in research and teaching in the fields of International Relations and Comparative Politics. Launched in 1997 as a joint initiative between the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and the University of Zurich, CIS brings together scholars from the fields of Democracy and Political Behaviour, Comparative Politics, International Relations and International Political Economy, International Security and Conflict Research, as well as specific areas of policy such as European Politics, Environmental and Climate Politics, Policy and Digital Democracy, and Technology and Governance, a fusion which renders it one of the leading political science research centers in Europe.

The Center offers a series of inter-disciplinary graduate and postgraduate programs, as well as a number of undergraduate courses, enabling students the opportunity to engage in the full breadth of CIS research.

CIS regularly hosts workshops, colloquia and conferences that bring together political science scholars from around the world.

For more information, please contact the CIS Office: