Arts and Social Sciences
“Evolving Language”, healthy aging or social networks: The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences comprises more than 30 institutes, seminars and centers of competence with researchers examining questions of relevance for modern life, as well as exploring the history, traditions and culture of the past.
News From Our Research
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Off Balance
Uncertainty can weigh us down, but it can also serve as an opportunity to learn new things, say sinologist Polina Lukicheva and economist Philippe
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Economic Success and Ethical Supply Chains Not Mutually Exclusive
Do supply chain due diligence laws harm the economy? A recent study found no long-term economic disadvantages for firms subject to such regulations.
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Preterm Infants More Likely to Experience Delayed Language Development
Differences in early language development, which is key to later communication skills, social interaction and academic success, emerge during infancy.
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False Heroes and a Disappearing Soldier
Roland Meyer studies how our perception of images is shifting in the digital world and why the political right loves AI-generated imagery.
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Contrary and Audacious
In the 1970s, women founded their own publishing companies, explored new ways of writing and dared to rebel against the patriarchy.
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Korean Art is Making Waves
As a major exhibition at Museum Rietberg showcases the global success of contemporary Korean culture, a corresponding colloquium at UZH highlights
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Multilingual Switzerland
Switzerland long ago stopped being a quadrilingual country. It is now a multilingual one. A new book – subtitled “Languages and Space in Switzerland”
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
University of Zurich
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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