Between 8.-9.6., Janis Jäger attended the 4th international Workshop on Organizational Legitimacy at the University in Aix-en-Provence (amU). www.suz.uzh.ch/de/forschung...

I am hiring! A postdoctoral position (100%, 3 years, renewable) is available at the University of Potsdam. The successful candidate will contribute to research on education and the life course and to teaching. Application deadline: August 15, 2026. See: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/socedlico...

Das neue Buch «Bumerang Frauenquote» untersucht die Wirksamkeit und Nebenwirkungen von Geschlechterquoten in Führungspositionen. Die Autorinnen zeigen, warum Fortschritte oft stagnieren und diskutieren mögliche unbeabsichtigte Effekte der Quotenpolitik.

Das Soziologische Institut (SUZ) feiert dieses Jahr sein 60-Jahr-Jubiläum. Zum Geburtstag schenkt euch das SUZ einen mehrteiligen Podcast zur Geschichte des Instituts und der Soziologie in Zürich. Am 8. September lädt das Alumni Chapter Soziologie zur Premiere ein! *** The Department of Soci...

Katja Rost zeigt, wie soziale Lücken der Spätmoderne - entstanden durch Individualisierung, Selbstbestimmung und Unverbindlichkeit - zunehmend von digitalen Angeboten gefüllt werden.

A new whitepaper by the Swiss Job Market Monitor (SJMM), co-published with Advance and supported by the Canton of Zurich, documents a persistent gender gap in digital skills demand across the Swiss labor market, with significant implications for women's access to managerial roles. Drawing on m...

Katja Rost wurde in der Juni-Ausgabe der Wissenschaftszeitschrift «Forschung & Lehre» rund um Gleichberechtigung, Karrierewege und Geschlechterrollen in der Akademie interviewt. Dabei plädiert sie für eine differenzierte Betrachtung zwischen struktureller Benachteiligung und individuellen Präf...

The IBSA Foundation for Scientific Research  and the H2R Data Centre  invites you to a press conference and roundtable discussion titled «Why do Swiss people have fewer children?» . This event will present and discuss new findings from the CHARLS panel survey, providing a deep dive into the co...

How can organizations prevent leaders from becoming overly confident and abusing their power? The study by Jan Danko shows that the possibility of removing leaders through recall mechanisms can foster accountability and curb excessive risk-taking and rule-breaking. Drawing on evidence from mon...

Dr. Malte Doehne and Prof. Dr. Katja Rost examine how favoritism in political appointments can be reduced through institutional design. Using historical data from 18th‑century Basel, the authors show that family ties strongly influenced access to political office under normal conditions. Howev...

Patrick Schenk hielt als Keynote Speaker am Dienstag, 19. Mai, beim Event & Communication Circle (ECC) einen Vortrag dazu, wie das Verstehen kultureller Prägung des Gegenübers massgebend für erfolgreiche Kommunikation ist. Kommunikation sei nicht nur eine individuelle Fähigkeit, sondern ein ku...

In a new publication in Social Networks, Eszter Vit and Isabel Raabe examine how classroom gender composition influences friendship formation among adolescents and tests whether gender homophily shifts in different social contexts.

We are delighted to welcome Christoph Hassler at the department as PhD student in the team of Prof. Dr. Gemma Newlands!

Im Wissenschaftspodcast Wissen Weekly  diskutiert Katja Rost den im Internet erfolgreichen Phänomen der Tradwives, welche durch das Inszenieren traditioneller Geschlechterrollen auf Social Media erfolgreich Reichweite erlangen und Geld verdienen.

Why do citizens who care about inequality sometimes reject redistribution? We are very happy to share that the project «Mobilization around Inequalities: Navigating Deservingness, State Capacity, and Political Actors in Eastern Europe (RISE)» has been awarded funding from the Swiss National Sc...

In the annual public lecture organized by the Zurich Center for Market Design features renowned speakers celebrating von Neumann's revolutionary contributions to economics, game theory, and beyond. This year, Prof. em. Dr. Jürg Fröhlich gives the lecture on Friday, May 29th, at 15:00 in the ET...

Dr. Malte Doehne and Prof. Dr. Katja Rost analyze how innovations spread in large, heterogeneous populations. Using the Swiss labor market as a case, they show that diffusion depends on whether innovations align with prevailing norms or require structural change, as well as on whether they ori...

The ongoing Meet the Researcher series brings together members of the faculty in an informal, collegial setting to exchange ideas and build connections. It is held at 12.00 in AND 4.55/47 and participants are invited to bring their own brownbag lunch.

Am Dienstag, 26. Mai 2026 um 16 Uhr lädt das Institut herzlich zur Ausstellung und Diskussion mit den Studierenden über ihre neu erstellten Bachelorarbeiten ein. *** The SUZ invites everyone on Tuesday, May 26th at 16:00 to our students' poster session for their Bachelor Theses.

Prof. Dr. Katja Rost gab im «Coopzeitung mag» ein Interview darüber, was die Generation der Millennials prägt und wie sie gesellschaftlich einzuordnen ist. Dabei erklärt sie, warum Generationenkonzepte zwar im Alltag beliebt, wissenschaftlich jedoch nur begrenzt belastbar sind, und wie histori...

Join us for the public talk on «Power? Youth Conceptions and their Gendered Implications. » in the research colloquium at the SUZ. 📆  Tuesday May 19th, 12:15-13:45 👤 Guest speakers: Prof. Dr. Kristina Bakkær Simonsen 📍 AND-4-06

The IBSA Foundation for Scientific Research  and the H2R Data Centre  invites you to a press conference and roundtable discussion titled «Why do Swiss people have fewer children?» . This event will present and discuss new findings from the CHARLS panel survey, providing a deep dive into the co...

In a new article, researchers from the Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care IfIS and the Department of Sociology SUZ, Dr. Emanuela Nyantakyi, Prof. Dr. Per Block, Prof. Dr. Lauren Clack, and Dr. Marie-Therese Schultes, investigate the complex factors shaping the implementation o...

We are delighted to welcome Sinem Ilseven at the department as a PhD student at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Katja Rost!

Prof. em. Dr. François Höpflinger  war einer der prägenden Köpfe unserer Studienzeit – nun hält er exklusiv für das UZH Alumni Chapter Soziologie einen Vorlesungsabend an der Universität Zürich im Rahmen unserer Revival-Vorlesungsreihe. Mit seiner Expertise und seinem pointierten und lebhaften...

Soziologische Gegenwartsdiagnosen boomen. Andreas Reckwitz beschäftigt sich in seinem neuesten Buch mit der Rolle des Verlusts in der modernen Gesellschaft. In diesem Beitrag wird hervorgehoben, dass am Ende sehr unklar bleibt, ob Reckwitz' Diagnose tatsächlich die moderne Gesellschaft beschre...

Why do some organizations fade while others adapt across centuries? By studying digitalization in monasteries, Dr. Jan Danko and Prof. Dr. Katja Rost show that decentralized, participatory structures can turn historical legacies into resources for ongoing renewal.

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Enjoyed teaching a PhD course on theorizing in Zurich last week. Very engaging, thoughtful students from sociology, political science, anthropology, media & education. Shared concerns: concepts & propositions, research gaps & contributions, linking theory & empirics @sociology-uzh.bsky.social

At the beginning of April, Vincent Oberhauser successfully defended his dissertation. His work examines why social norms sometimes lose their regulating power and under which conditions rule-breaking becomes more likely. Using experimental and survey data, the dissertation offers new insights ...

There is increasing evidence that parenthood regrets occur both in mothers and fathers, but little is known about their causes and how they relate to gendered norms and conditions of parenthood. The newly published article by Larissa Fritsch and Dr. Sandra Gilgen investigates the prevalence of...

Valentina Petrović war als Expertin für Politik in Südosteuropa zu Gast in der österreichischen Fernsehsendung Café Puls. In der Sendung ordnete sie die im Frühjahr ausgesprochene Reisewarnung der serbischen Regierung für Kroatien ein.

In their publication, Dr. Ilona Pap, Dr. Valentina Petrović, and Prof. Dr. Jörg Rössel examine how migrants engage politically both in their country of residence and their country of origin, highlighting the transnational nature of political participation. Additionally, it shows that migrants’...

Join us for the public talk on «What is the Place of Non-knowledge in Healthcare? » in the research colloquium at the SUZ. 📆  Tuesday April 21st, 12:15-13:45 👤 Guest speakers: Prof. Dr. Jessica Mesman 📍 AND-4-06

The motherhood penalty in science: could your partner make a difference? Having children is one of the biggest career obstacles women in academia face. They publish less, get passed over for promotions, and are more likely to leave research altogether. Meanwhile, their male colleagues, even th...

The ongoing Meet the Researcher series brings together members of the faculty in an informal, collegial setting to exchange ideas and build connections. It is held at 11.00 in AND 3.46 and there's the possibility of going to lunch afterwards.

Join us for the public talk on «Wealth (P(Re))Distribution» in the research colloquium at the SUZ. 📆  Tuesday April 14th, 12:15-13:45 👤 Guest speakers: Prof. Dr. @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social 📍 AND-4-06 www.suz.uzh.ch/de/institut/...

The Department of Sociology at the University of Zurich is looking for a senior researcher for a tenured position who will permanently contribute an additional innovative specialization within theory-driven empirical sociology to the department's research and teaching. *** Das Soziologische I...

Heinrich Nax co-authors a new study published in Nature, of which implications point to uncertainty—not failure—and a need for more cautious confidence in research claims.

Katja Rost kritisiert die Selbstoptimierungsideologie und das herrschende Glücksdiktat.

We are delighted to welcome Tina Baier at the department as a visiting professor!

The ongoing Meet the Researcher series brings together junior members of the faculty in an informal, collegial setting to exchange ideas and build connections. It is held at 12.00 in AND 4.55/47 and participants are invited to bring their own brownbag lunch.

In a new publication, Micol Matilde Morellini introduces a simulation-based method for evaluating the spatial accuracy of migration theories. Morellini’s approach reveals how well theories capture the spatial organization of these movements.

Join us for the public talk on «Human-AI Collaboration in Cybersecurity Workflows » in the research colloquium at the SUZ. 📆  Tuesday March 24th, 12:15-13:45 👤 Guest speakers: Prof. Dr. Gemma Newlands 📍 AND-4-06

We are delighted to welcome Patrick Schenk at the department as a post-doctoral researcher!

In den Nachrichten vom 2. März des Radio Berns berichtet Dr. Valentina Petrović zu den in Serbien anhaltenden Proteste und die aufgekommenen Studierendenproteste in Bosnien. Die Politikwissenschaftlerin ordnet ein, wie die Bewegungen zueinander stehen.

We are delighted to welcome Erik Ahlborn at the department as a PhD Student at the chair of Prof. Dr. Katja Rost!

Join us for the public talk on «Imagining Equal Futures: Emulating the Effectiveness of Different Equalization Strategies to Reduce Gender Pension Gaps » in the research colloquium at the SUZ. 📆  Tuesday March 10th, 12:15-13:45 👤 Guest speakers: Dr. Fabian Kratz 📍 AND-4-06

*Einführung in die Längsschnittliche Datenanalyse* mit Marco Giesselmann @sociology-uzh.bsky.social. 🗓️ 08. – 09. Juni 2026 🏢 Mannheim 🌐 t1p.de/einf_dat_26

Join us for the public talk on «Reproductive Sociology: What Sperm and Egg Cells Have to Do with Society » in the research colloquium at the SUZ. 📆  Tuesday March 3rd, 12:15-13:45 👤 Guest speakers: Dr. Maila Mertens 📍 AND-4-06