WIDE Working Group
We care about and work on Well-Being, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity at the D-GESS Department. Our aim is to make sure that everybody at the department feels safe, integrated and free to focus on research. We also want to make our department more equitable and more diverse.
W - ell-being
I - nclusion
D - iversity
E - quity (external page What is Equity?)
WIDE Working Group
Dep. Geistes-, Sozial- u. Staatswiss. / Dep. of Humanities, Social and Pol.Sc.
Clausiusstrasse 59
8092
Zürich
Switzerland
The WIDE group is very proud of our former colleague Victoria Herbig, who has won the ETH Diversity Award 2024!
We also want to extend our congratulations to Olga Schubert and Martin Ackermann.
Our Current Activities
From Pages to Changes Book Club
In Autumn 2024, we'll read:
external page Apeirogon - By Colum McCann
Information on Performance Assessment at D-GESS
As part of our 'WIDEr Teaching' initiative, we are pleased to announce the release of the >Information on Performance Assessments at D-GESS<.
The Buddy System
A WIDE initiative to pair new doctoral students and scientific staff with veteran members of the department to allow sharing of information, experiences, and advice at an interpersonal level.
Registration is made available a few times across the year to allow new members to get involved.
Featured Resources
Partner Associations at D-GESS
- chevron_right D-GESS Help!Point
- chevron_right Student Association for Humanities, Social and Political Sciences GESS Who!
- chevron_right Association of Scientific Staff at the Departement of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences ASST
- chevron_right Society for women in social sciences and humanties SWiSH
Counseling Services and Mental Health Aid
- external page call_made Psychological counselling services for students and doctoral students
- chevron_right Psychological Advice Centre for postdocs and employees
- external page call_made Nightline (Anonymous help-line from and for students)
- chevron_right Peer to peer advice for doc and postdoc students
- chevron_right EMERGENCY CONTACTS (24/7)