Consulting by CHESS members

The members of CHESS have a shared interest in issues of higher education and science development, which is reflected in a variety of activities. Members give lectures, undertake projects, and/or contribute their expertise to committees in addition to working on their research and publications which focus on self-reflection.

Overview: Publications

Members of CHESS include elected university councillors and a member of the Zurich Board of Education. Members simultaneously serve on committees and / or hold offices in various areas of academic self-government, research management, and science communication.

Examples:

• Prof. Dr. Katja Rost is the president of the Gleichstellungskommission UZH as well as vice president of the Universitätsrats at the University of Lucerne.
• Prof. em. Dr. Otfried Jarren is a memebder of the Universitätsrates at the University of Basel.
• Prof. Dr. Lucien Criblez is a member of the Bildungsrats Zurich.
• Prof. Dr. Mike Schäfer is the president of the AGORA Kommission of the SNF as well as the speaker of the Expertengruppe Wissenschaftskommission of the Akademien Schweiz.
• Prof. Dr.  Katharina Maag Merki is vice dean career at the faculty of arts and sciences. 

Examples of research activities in the field of higher education and science research by CHESS members are:

• Professorship for Empirical Research on Higher Education, by Prof. em. Dr. Hans-Dieter Daniel
• Science Barometer Switzerland, with Prof. Dr. Mike Schäfer as project leader