Democracy Studies

Democracy Studies at UZH aims to promote diverse and multifaceted, qualitative and quantitative approaches to the phenomenon of democracy, its manifestations and transformations. With Democracy Studies, the PhF Graduate School's Social Sciences subject board offers a complementary, multidisciplinary and solid training open to all PhD candidates from all social science disciplines who wish to address a particular aspect of democracy in their PhD project. Upon successful completion of the Democracy Studies curriculum, PhD candidates receive a certificate issued by the PhF Graduate School in addition to their doctoral degree.

FS25

• Empirical Approaches to Democracy (11-12 June)
• Swiss Summer School in Democracy Studies “Inequality and Deliberation” (23-27 June 2025, registration via this link)

FS24

• Democracy Studies Advanced Module (June 2024, registration via democracystudies@ipz.uzh.ch)

HS23

• 9th Swiss Summer School in Democracy Studies - Democracy and Peace
• Democracy Studies Module II: Empirical Approaches to Democracy
• Democracy Studies Workshop Democracy in Practice: Democracy Goes to School

FS23

• Democracy Studies Module I - Democratic Theory

HS22

• Democracy Studies Advanced Module: Crisis of Democracy
• Swiss Summer School in Democracy Studies
• Democracy Studies Workshop Democracy in Practice: Democracy Goes to School