Resources

ETHics Resource Platform

Our friends at the Health Ethics & Policy Lab of ETH host a platform with plenty of detailed analyses, case studies and categorization of ethical topics. You can even bookmark resources, and find courses related to ethics within ETH!

ETHics Resource Platform

Health Ethics & Policy Lab

Initiatives at ETH to keep an eye on

  • EuroSafeAI: AI safety and security; multi-agent AI; LLM safety; risks to democracy and social systems; technical threat assessment and mitigation
  • ICT4Peace: Peacebuilding and humanitarian technology; cybersecurity and peaceful cyberspace; AI and autonomous systems; disinformation and hate speech; technology governance; human security
  • Kaleido: Interdisciplinary dialogue; ethics of technology; critical thinking; sustainability; science–society; arts–science exchange; systems thinking; community building
  • AVETH Sustainability: Sustainable research; climate action; sustainable operations; awareness
  • Sustainability Initiatives at D-BSSE: Sustainable laboratories; waste reduction; research practices; behaviour change
  • D-MAVT Sustainability Commission: Decarbonisation; sustainable teaching; research and operations
  • D-ITET Net Zero Working Group: Net zero; emissions reduction; sustainable mobility; departmental operations
  • D-PHYS Sustainability Committee: Departmental sustainability; environmental practices; awareness
  • FooDi Cooking Hub: Plant-based food; sustainable diets; health; community
  • Analytics Club Pro Bono Programme: Data science for social and environmental organisations; skills-based volunteering
  • Klimaplausch: Climate communication; dialogue; social polarisation; climate action
  • Climate Strike Zurich – University Group: Climate justice; political mobilisation; institutional accountability; grassroots democracy
  • Plant-Based Universities ETH: Sustainable food systems; climate; biodiversity; animal welfare
  • SeedCity: Biodiversity; urban gardening; ecological education; community
  • Sustainability Week Zurich: Sustainability education; climate action; social justice; public engagement
  • Velove: Sustainable mobility; bicycle repair; reuse; repair culture
  • NaKo: Sustainable chemistry; laboratory practices; curriculum reform
  • Who Cares?: Professional responsibility; sustainability careers; societal role of physics
  • ETH Zurich Alt Protein Project: Sustainable food systems; alternative proteins; animal welfare; entrepreneurship
  • Divest ETH: Fossil-fuel divestment; financial transparency; climate justice; institutional responsibility
  • EquipSent: Global educational equality; equipment reuse; circular economy; science access
  • Greenlab Zurich: Sustainable laboratories; waste reduction; procurement; lower-impact research
  • Precious Plastic Zurich: Circular economy; plastic recycling; environmental education; community production
  • SEET – Support Education, Empower Together: Refugee education; gender equality; integration; equal opportunity
  • involved@ETH: Diversity; equity; inclusion; representation; participatory institutional reform
  • African Students Association of Zurich: Cultural diversity; inclusion; representation; African scholarship; solidarity
  • ETH AI Ethics and Policy Network: Responsible AI; AI governance; justice; health-data ethics; public policy

Past initiatives

Some cool organizations are unfortunately not active anymore, but their past contributions broadened the reach of ethics-related topics within ETH.

  • ZHET — Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology: Ethics of AI and robotics; human rights and humanitarian law; digital democracy; cybersecurity; responsible technology; interdisciplinary public debate
  • Turing Centre Zurich: Interdisciplinary research on Alan Turing’s work; foundations of computing; AI and cognitive science; mathematical logic; philosophy of science and computing; links between humanities and technical sciences
  • Critical Thinking Initiative / CT-ETH: Critical and independent thinking; interdisciplinary and systems-oriented education; argumentation and judgment; responsible action; ethics and sustainability; communication and collaboration across disciplines and cultures
  • PRISMA, formerly ROSE: Interdisciplinary education; critical and systems thinking; societal implications of technology; sensitivity to diversity; teamwork; decision-making; sustainability; responsible citizenship
  • Teampact: Teamwork; peer coaching; collaborative learning; participatory education
  • ArtSci: Arts–science dialogue; creativity; public engagement; accessible science
  • 6SA Critical Thinking Skills: Argumentation; peer feedback; equitable participation; critical thinking
  • Transdisciplinary Excursions: Interdisciplinary dialogue; history; spirituality; art; science and society
  • Æther / aETHer: Science and technology studies; public scholarship; open access; collaborative publishing
  • Labor mit Utopieverdacht: Utopian thinking; ecological alternatives; political theory; communal living; self-organisation
  • Collections in Context: Colonial history of science; provenance; institutional reflection; decolonisation
  • ecoworks: Campus sustainability; energy efficiency; participatory environmental reform; emissions reduction
  • AI+Art Programme: Critical reflection on AI; arts–science dialogue; public engagement; technology and society
  • Ideaction: Environmental and social projects; student participation; team formation