Fellow Year 2024–2025
Early-career and senior fellows 2024–2025
Senior Fellow
Bronte Alexander
Early-Career Fellow
Grace Ballor
Senior Fellow
Moran Bercovici
Senior Fellow
Denise Bertschi
Early-Career Fellow
Audrey Bowden
Senior Fellow
Ettore Camerlenghi
Early-Career Fellow
Viktoria Cologna
Early-Career Fellow
Louis-Philippe Dalembert
Senior Fellow
Anna Magdalena Elsner
Senior Fellow
Reto Geiser
Senior Fellow
Gina Gibson
Senior Fellow
Ignacio E. Grossmann
Guest of Director
Nikou Hamzehpour
Senior Fellow
Naomi Clara Hanakata
Senior Fellow
Danny van der Haven
Early-Career Fellow
Bjørn Hofmann
Senior Fellow
Tülin Kaman
Senior Fellow
Anna Luhovska
Early-Career Fellow
Christoforos Moutafis
Senior Fellow
Charlotte Müller
Early-Career Fellow
Matthias Neubert
Senior Fellow
Jakob Ohme
Senior Fellow
Robert Pringle
Senior Fellow
Jean Souviron
Early-Career Fellow
Francesco Sovrano
Early-Career Fellow
Mahdi Taiebat
Senior Fellow
Corina Tarnita
Senior Fellow
Konstantinos Vogiatzis
Senior Fellow
Pujo Semedi Hargo Yuwono
Senior Fellow
Associate fellows 2024–2025
Andrew deMello
Frank Schimmelfennig
Annuska Derks
Philip Ursprung
Anselm Franke
Damien Farine
David Kammer
Mike Schäfer
Bärbel Küster
Martina Rau
Laurent Stalder
Alberto Bacchelli
Daniel Razansky
Lucio Isa
Andreas Kilcher
Sandro Zanetti
Björn Penning
Gonzalo Guillén Gosálbez
Sebastian Dötterl
Milica Topalović
Roberto Andorno
Frank Esser
Janneke Hille Ris Lambers
Renato Pajarola
Markus Reiher
Gino Isidori
Ioannis Anastasopoulos
Sebastian Bonhoeffer
Giacomo Indiveri
News & publications 2024–2025
Denise Bertschi at the 2026 Gwangju Biennale
Annual Report 2024–2025 A Fellow Year in Review
Early-Career Fellowship 2026–2027 Open Call
The Collegium at Zurich Art Weekend Double Exhibition Opening
From the Collegium to the Biennale Zero-Gravity Architecture Lands in Venice
Naomi Oreskes’ Lecture Resonates in the Media Recording Available Now
An Experiment in Reimagining Climate Responses
Assisted Suicide in Film and Literature Senior Fellow Anna Elsner Discusses Her Latest Project on Swissinfo
New Advisory Board
Advanced Sensors for Real-Time Body Fluid Analysis Publication by Former Fellow Noé Brasier
Balzan Price Recipient Lorraine Daston in the FAZ
Fellow events 2024–2025
Towards an Economic History of Climate Change
Just Transitions Challenges and Opportunities of Necessary Change
Luminous Links Encounters with Light in Science, Society, and the Senses
Under Construction
Colors of (Colonial) Chemistry
Colors of (Colonial) Chemistry Dye, Photography, and Architecture
Human Responses to Extreme Weather Events An Interdisciplinary Approach
Seeing is Believing Extreme Weather Events and Climate Action
Colors of (Colonial) Chemistry A Self-Guided Tour
Boosting Computational Catalysis with Machine Learning Current Challenges, Limitations, and Opportunities
The Rise of Self-Driving Labs in Chemistry and Materials Science Autonomous Robotic Experimentation
Efficient? The History and Future of Architectural Performance
The Future of Modeling Nature
On Models in the Experimental Sciences With Examples from the Early History of Molecular Biology
AI Reimagined Sustainable Futures in the Digital Age
Why Facts Don’t Speak for Themselves Ludwik Fleck Lecture 2025 by Naomi Oreskes
Modeling of Granular Materials Integrating Data, Computation, and Physics
Ministry for the Future Episode 4: Foundation
Ministry for the Future Episode 3: Nomadism
Endings and Meanings Existential Suffering in the 21st Century
Between Proximity and Distance Self-Chosen Death in Documentary Film
Bodies in Science The Role of Human Bodies in Learning Abstract Scientific Concepts
Ministry for the Future Episode 2: Extinction
The Art and Science of Liquid Interfaces
Interfacial Aesthetics From Earth to Space
Contemplating (Dis)Comfort in Humanitarian Spaces
Cyclic Liquefaction in Granular Soils: Engineering and Science From Earthquakes to Micromechanics
Delimiting Medicine in Limitless Times
Can Beauty Save the World? Part of the Literature Festival “Poor and Rich”
Drivers and Constraints in the Emergence of Multilevel Societies Toward a Unified Theory in the Animal Kingdom
Ministry for the Future Episode 1: Geoengineering
Sharing with the Devil The Story of Appropriation in an Indonesian Coffee Plantation, 1830s–2000s
Navigating Generative AI in Education Risks, Rewards, and the Role of Explainability
Uncertainties in Climate and Weather Predictions From Modeling to Visualization
Challenging Dichotomies in the Cultural and Social Aspects of Development Cooperation MAS Student Conference
Decoding Zurich’s Art Scene Unraveling Institutional Impact on Artistic Career Development
Terrestrial Ecosystems at Risk Exploring the Critical Nexus of Land Use and Climate Change
Visual Aspects of Political Communication and Digital Platforms
Quantifying the Impact of Microbiome Dynamics on Antimicrobial Resistance
Can We Dissociate the Work from the Author? A Conversation with Gisèle Sapiro
Repair, Prepare The Transformative Potential of the Arts and the Operationality of Their Temporality
Lange Nacht der Museen Zurich’s Long Night of Museums
Fellow projects 2024–2025
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