Inaugural Lectures

Newly appointed professors and private lecturers provide an overview of their respective research areas in their inaugural lectures, and at the same time offer an insight into the colorful diversity of teaching and research at the ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ of Zurich. You are cordially invited to attend the public inaugural lectures.
Program
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29.9.2025, 17:00: Prolonged Grief Disorder: A New Frontier in Mental Health Research
Prof. Dr. Clare Killikelly, DClinPsy, PhD (Institute of Psychology, Division of Clinical Intervention and Global Mental Health); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ Zentrum, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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29.9.2025, 18:15: Flickers of Feedback: Evolving Practices in the Age of AI
Prof. Joshua Weidlich, PhD (Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ Zentrum, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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4.10.2025, 11:15: Sepsis: Wenn eine Infektion ausser Kontrolle gerät – Perspektiven aus Forschung und Klinik
Prof. Dr. med. Sina M. Coldewey, PhD (Institut für Anästhesiologie und Perioperative Medizin); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ Zentrum, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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13.10.2025, 18:15: Neue schweizerdeutsche Dialekte: Das Schweizerdeutsche im einst rätoromanischen Sprachgebiet
Prof. Dr. Anja Hasse (Deutsches Seminar); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ Zentrum, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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20.10.2025, 18:15: From rust to riches: engineering functionality in oxide layers at the nanoscale
Prof. Dr. Johanna Nordlander (Physik-Institut); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ Zentrum, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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20.10.2025, 19:30: Structural subtleties within intrinsically disordered proteins – how posttranslational modifications shape signaling molecules
Prof. Dr. Ricarda Törner (Department of Chemistry); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ Zentrum, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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3.11.2025, 17:00: Labor supply in the past, present, and future
Prof. Dr. Timo Boppart (Department of Economics); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ Zentrum, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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3.11.2025, 18:15: Diktatur und Biografie
Prof. Dr. Botakoz Kassymbekova (Historisches Seminar); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ Zentrum, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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3.11.2025, 19:30: Precision predictions of quantum effects in high-energy particle collisions
Prof. Dr. Max F. Zoller (Physik-Institut); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ Zentrum, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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17.11.2025, 17:00: Reverse engineering the software of the cell
Prof. Dr. Silvia Domcke (Department of Molecular Life Sciences); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ Zentrum, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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17.11.2025, 18:15: Aufstieg, Abstieg, Umstieg? Arbeit im Wandel – Politik im Umbruch
Prof. Dr. Thomas Kurer (Institut für Politikwissenschaft); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ Zentrum, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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17.11.2025, 19:30: Light in a Heartbeat: The Story of Photocages
Prof. Dr. Peter Å tacko (Department of Chemistry); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ Zentrum, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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1.12.2025, 17:00: Was bewirkt der Pass? Staatsbürgerschaft und Integration
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Pietrantuono (Soziologisches Institut); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ Zentrum, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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1.12.2025, 18:15: The impact of mobile internet on students
Prof. Ronak Jain, PhD (Department of Economics); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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1.12.2025, 19:30: Hunting High and Low (for Dark Matter)
Prof. Dr. Björn Penning (Physik-Institut); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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8.12.2025, 17:00: Decades of Peace. Aligning State and Society to Overcome Persistent Violence
Prof. Dr. Enzo Nussio (Department of Political Science); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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8.12.2025, 18:15: Modelling the HIV Epidemic: Integrating Data, Dynamics, and Human Behaviour
Prof. Dr. Katharina Kusejko (Klinik für Infektionskrankheiten und Spitalhygiene); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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8.12.2025, 19:30: Advancing Translational Science to Meet Clinical Challenges in Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Prof. Dr. Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold, PhD (Department of Rheumatology); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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15.12.2025, 17:00: When Shelter Becomes Strategy: Housing as an Asset
Prof. Francisco Amaral, PhD (Department of Finance); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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15.12.2025, 18:15: Situiertes Wissen. Eine Perspektive auf die Wissensgeschichte (13.–15. Jh.)
Prof. Dr. Silvia Negri (Historisches Seminar); Ort: KOL, ºÚÁÏÍ·Ìõ Zentrum, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: G 201 Aula
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