Current and former projects
Each fellow is free to pursue their own research project during their stay at the Collegium. There are no given thematic focuses set by the program, instead the research topics being explored at the Collegium are shaped by the diversity of perspectives and experiences of the fellows.
Fellowship projects 2021–2025
AI x Quantum Materials
Amok Anatomy of the Normal
Between Pathos and Distance Ironic Attitudes Towards Emotion in Ancient Art
Caring for Naturecultures
Understanding the Complex Relationship between National Politics and Behavioral Finance
Building Sustainable Structures for Artists
Developing Microrobots to Deliver Cargo Spatially to Carcinomas
Digitalization of Religion The Technology Religions Live By
Electrified Language Verbal Matters, Media Revolutions, and Shifts of Literacy (1900–Present)
Foreign Exchange Risk The Silent Obstacle to Africa's Energy Revolution
Shaping Democracy? Youth Activism, Political Commitments, and Visions of Democracy in a Changing World
Sustainable Household Finance
Temperature-Related Mortality of Global Deforestation
The Making of the Infrahuman Criminal Anthropology and its Objects
Under a False Moon The Celestial Sphere in the Anthropocene
Unravelling the Role of the Gut Microbiome in Aging
A New Death Cultures of Dying in France
Capturing the Strong Correlation of Electrons with Machine Learning and Quantum Chemistry
Climate Risk Management in Europe and the World
Decoding Zurich’s Art Scene Unraveling Institutional Impact on Artistic Career Development
Drivers and Constraints to the Emergence of Complex Multilevel Societies in the Animal Kingdom
Effects of Quantum Electrodynamics in Rare Decays of B Mesons
Explaining the Unexplainable Bridging the Gap Between Generative AI and Theory-Driven Explanations
Exploring the Field of Particle Physics A New Body of Artwork
From Nanoscale Synapses to Neuromorphic Intelligence Bridging Spintronics, Neuroscience, and AI
Human-AI-Robot Collaboration for Accelerated Energy Transition Self-Driving Chemistry Lab
Innovative Approaches in Geotechnical Engineering Modeling Soil Liquefaction from Macro to Micro
LiquiFab Crafting with Liquids in the Absence of Gravity
Literature, History, and Society Talks
Luminous Links Exploring Light’s Role Across Science, Society, and Sensation
Major Evolutionary Transitions A Paradigm Shift
Optimal Design of Sustainable Process and Energy Systems
Queer Migrant Mobilities Mapping Everyday Bordering and Belonging
Reverse Ruins
Saving Sand Upscaling Predictions of Grainy Materials for Sustainability
Sealed Climates Mapping the Ecological Impact of the Western European Thermal Modernity
Seeing is Believing How Extreme Weather Event Experience and Media Attention Relate to Climate Policy Support
Sharing with the Devil Theft and Corruption in an Indonesian Coffee Plantation
Susceptibility of Terrestrial Ecosystems to Degradation The Interactive Effects of Land Use and Climate Change
The Colors of Colonial Chemistry Dyes, Photography, and Architecture in 19th Century Switzerland
The Ethics of Biases of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Medicine
The Production of Renewable Energy Space How the Energy Transition Is Reshaping the Urban Environment
Uncertainties in Extreme Weather Predictions
Understanding by Means of Sensorimotor Experience The Role of Embodied Metaphor for Chemistry Learning
Visual Aspects of Political Communication
A Taxing Empire Power and Taxation in the French Colonial Empire,1850s–1950s
Acapulco Seeing (through) Images from Large-Scale Vision Datasets
Accelerating Replacement: Toward Animal-Free Human Health Research A Socio-Legal and Policy Perspective
An Ecology of Speech — Une Écologie de la Parole
Being Thomas Mann
Cultural Scripts of Trauma among Eastern African Population The Voice of Survivors, Clinicians, and Ethnographers
Democracy, Election Campaigns, and Artificial Intelligence
Dense and Green Cities Emerging Models of Integrated Urban Development
Digital Transformation of the Agricultural Sector for Sustainable Development Pathways, Drivers, and Policy Implications
Disputes Over Authority The Complex Relationship between Soul and Body in Medieval Greek Tradition
Energy in the Inclusive City Towards Equitable Energy Access in Cities with High Informality
Femininity and Political Pattern
Fiction and Auto-Fiction Writing The Art of Dissimulation
Global Bones Entanglements, Transfers, and Translations in the Early Modern Age
How AI is Impacting Productivity in Software Engineering
Integrating Therapists and Robotics for Improved Rehabilitation Outcomes
Investigating How Nanoplastic Pollution Affects Human Cells
Investigating the Drivers of Ethical Consumption in Switzerland
Modeling Electric Vehicle Adoption and Policy in Switzerland
Nucleation Illuminated
Outsourcing Defense Manipulating Symbiont-Encoded Protection against Parasites
Pensamentos Paralelos The Parabola and Wor(l)d of Objects
Rise of Atmospheric Drought Pathways for Improving Crop Resilience Using Soil and Plant Hydraulics
Smarter Than the Phytoplankton? A Personal Perspective on Climate and Sustainability
Stalking Traces How to Model Artworks in the Humanities?
Structural Media Artistic Approaches to Failure and Liveness in Art and Technology
The Affective and Emotional ‘Vibe’ of Specific (Public) Urban Places in Zurich
The Evolution of the Concerto Through the Lens of the Development of the Orchestra in the First Decade of the 19th Century
The Political Class Ceiling Inequality in Italian and French Local Politics
The Raft Adrift through Stories and Imaginaries of the Invisible City
The Role of Social Norms in Digital Financial Inclusion of Women in Eswatini
The Trouble with Ghosts Film, Television, and Other Spectral Media
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring at the Site of Infections Wearable, Continuous, and Lab-Independent
Tracing the Evolution of Two Gig Platforms A Comparative Analysis of Deliveroo and Upwork
Understanding the Real-Life Impacts of Security Break
Understanding Well-Being through Movement and Interaction
Crimea’s Polylinguism
Getting Intimate with the Surface Transdisciplinary Research into Painting and Robotics
Post-Artificial Writing Authorship in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Representing the Non-Human The Law beyond Linear Time and the Individual Subject
Rethinking Science in Times of Open Science?
Schweizer Landschaften im Kino (Swiss Landscapes in Films) An Online Exhibition
The Gendered Immune System The Missing Component in Mental Health Research
Time to Socialize Does the Timing of Brain Development Predict Prosocial and Play Behavior?
Beyond Human Curiosity A Transdisciplinary View
Conflict Catalyst and Peacebuilding Tool? DigitalTechnology in Nigeria’s Conflict Landscape
Film, Research, Fluidity
Listening to Changing Shapes
Radio-Activities Architecture and Broadcasting in Berlin
Sustainable Perfumes Bridging Biocatalysis, Toxicology, and Consumer Behavior
The City and the Wild
The Herbarium as Historical Memory Chronicling Plant Science in the Present
Fellowship projects 2023–2024
A Taxing Empire Power and Taxation in the French Colonial Empire,1850s–1950s
Acapulco Seeing (through) Images from Large-Scale Vision Datasets
Accelerating Replacement: Toward Animal-Free Human Health Research A Socio-Legal and Policy Perspective
An Ecology of Speech — Une Écologie de la Parole
Being Thomas Mann
Cultural Scripts of Trauma among Eastern African Population The Voice of Survivors, Clinicians, and Ethnographers
Democracy, Election Campaigns, and Artificial Intelligence
Dense and Green Cities Emerging Models of Integrated Urban Development
Digital Transformation of the Agricultural Sector for Sustainable Development Pathways, Drivers, and Policy Implications
Disputes Over Authority The Complex Relationship between Soul and Body in Medieval Greek Tradition
Energy in the Inclusive City Towards Equitable Energy Access in Cities with High Informality
Femininity and Political Pattern
Fiction and Auto-Fiction Writing The Art of Dissimulation
Global Bones Entanglements, Transfers, and Translations in the Early Modern Age
How AI is Impacting Productivity in Software Engineering
Integrating Therapists and Robotics for Improved Rehabilitation Outcomes
Investigating How Nanoplastic Pollution Affects Human Cells
Investigating the Drivers of Ethical Consumption in Switzerland
Modeling Electric Vehicle Adoption and Policy in Switzerland
Nucleation Illuminated
Outsourcing Defense Manipulating Symbiont-Encoded Protection against Parasites
Pensamentos Paralelos The Parabola and Wor(l)d of Objects
Rise of Atmospheric Drought Pathways for Improving Crop Resilience Using Soil and Plant Hydraulics
Smarter Than the Phytoplankton? A Personal Perspective on Climate and Sustainability
Stalking Traces How to Model Artworks in the Humanities?
Structural Media Artistic Approaches to Failure and Liveness in Art and Technology
The Affective and Emotional ‘Vibe’ of Specific (Public) Urban Places in Zurich
The Evolution of the Concerto Through the Lens of the Development of the Orchestra in the First Decade of the 19th Century
The Political Class Ceiling Inequality in Italian and French Local Politics
The Raft Adrift through Stories and Imaginaries of the Invisible City
The Role of Social Norms in Digital Financial Inclusion of Women in Eswatini
The Trouble with Ghosts Film, Television, and Other Spectral Media
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring at the Site of Infections Wearable, Continuous, and Lab-Independent
Tracing the Evolution of Two Gig Platforms A Comparative Analysis of Deliveroo and Upwork
Understanding the Real-Life Impacts of Security Break
Understanding Well-Being through Movement and Interaction
Fellowship projects 2022–2023
Crimea’s Polylinguism
Getting Intimate with the Surface Transdisciplinary Research into Painting and Robotics
Post-Artificial Writing Authorship in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Representing the Non-Human The Law beyond Linear Time and the Individual Subject
Rethinking Science in Times of Open Science?
Schweizer Landschaften im Kino (Swiss Landscapes in Films) An Online Exhibition
The Gendered Immune System The Missing Component in Mental Health Research
Time to Socialize Does the Timing of Brain Development Predict Prosocial and Play Behavior?
Fellowship projects 2021–2022
Beyond Human Curiosity A Transdisciplinary View
Conflict Catalyst and Peacebuilding Tool? DigitalTechnology in Nigeria’s Conflict Landscape
Film, Research, Fluidity
Listening to Changing Shapes
Radio-Activities Architecture and Broadcasting in Berlin
Sustainable Perfumes Bridging Biocatalysis, Toxicology, and Consumer Behavior
The City and the Wild