Lectures
With support from ETH Zurich, the Complexity Club organizes lectures, inviting international researchers to Zurich, Switzerland to give talks with subsequent intensive discussion rounds. The topics covered are transdisciplinary, reaching from architecture, biology, computer science and economics to engineering, history, mathematics, neuroscience, philosophy among others.
Spring Semester 2025
No.1 04/03/2025 Prof. Dr. Sir Hew Strachan School of International Relations University of St Andrews 18:15, ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig 4, IFW C 33
No.2 18/03/2025 PD Dr. Matteo Scianna Chair of War Studies University of Potsdam 18:15, ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig 4, IFW C 33
No.3 01/04/2025 Dr. Abaas Karim Senior Analyst Bundesverwaltung 18:15, ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig 4, IFW C 33
No.4 15/04/2025 Prof. Dr. Kerstin von Lingen Institut für Zeitgeschichte Universität Wien and Prof. Dr. Oksana Nagornaia Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 18:15, ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig 4, IFW C 33
No.5 06/05/2025 Dr. Moritz Feichtinger Departement Geschichte Universität Basel 18:15, ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig 4, IFW C 33
No.6 20/05/2025 Dr. Kevin Riehle Lecturer in Intelligence and Security Studies Brunel University of London 18:15, ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig 4, IFW C 33
Spring Semester 2024
No.1 12/03/2024 Dirk Helbing Professor for Computational Social Science ETH Zurich 18:15, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, LEE C 114
No.2 19/03/2024 Didier Debaise Director of the Centre of Philosophy Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) 18:15, ETH Zurich, HG D 7.1
No.3 16/04/2024 Tilman Esslinger Professor for Quantum Optics ETH Zurich 18:15, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, LEE C 114
No.4 30/04/2024 Ulrik Brandes Professor for Social Networks ETH Zurich 18:15, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, LEE C 114
No.5 07/05/2024 Theresa Schmiedel Professor for Social Robots FHNW Institute for Information Systems 18:15, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, LEE C 114
No.6 14/05/2024 Sean Weaver Synthetic Neuroscience ETH Zurich 18:15, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, LEE C 114
No.7 28/05/2024 Henning Schmdigen Professor for Media Studies Bauhaus-Universität Weimar 18:15, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, LEE C 114
Autumn Semester 2023
No.1 12/12/2023 Tom Van Dooren CRCN Researcher Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences iEES Paris 18:15, ETH Zurich, Tannenstrasse 3, ML F 39
Spring Semester 2023
No.1 07/03/2023 Stefan Thurner Professor and President Complexity Science Hub Vienna 15:15, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, CHN E 46
No.2 21/03/2023 Niels Ackermann Photographer Geneva 18:15, ETH Zurich, Tannenstrasse 3, ML F 39
No.3 04/04/2023 Elli Mosayebi Professor Architecture Department ETH Zurich 18:15, ETH Zurich, Tannenstrasse 3, ML F 39
No.4 25/04/2023 Nihat Ay Professor and Head Institute for Data Science Foundations TUHH 12:15, ETH Zurich, Tannenstrasse 3, ML F 39
No.5 09/05/2023 Daniel Durstewitz Professor Theoretical Neuroscience Heidelberg University 10:15, ETH Zurich, Tannenstrasse 3, ML F 38
No.1 04/03/2025 Prof. Dr. Sir Hew Strachan School of International Relations University of St Andrews 18:15, ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig 4, IFW C 33
No.2 18/03/2025 PD Dr. Matteo Scianna Chair of War Studies University of Potsdam 18:15, ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig 4, IFW C 33
No.3 01/04/2025 Dr. Abaas Karim Senior Analyst Bundesverwaltung 18:15, ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig 4, IFW C 33
No.4 15/04/2025 Prof. Dr. Kerstin von Lingen Institut für Zeitgeschichte Universität Wien and Prof. Dr. Oksana Nagornaia Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 18:15, ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig 4, IFW C 33
No.5 06/05/2025 Dr. Moritz Feichtinger Departement Geschichte Universität Basel 18:15, ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig 4, IFW C 33
No.6 20/05/2025 Dr. Kevin Riehle Lecturer in Intelligence and Security Studies Brunel University of London 18:15, ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig 4, IFW C 33
Spring Semester 2024
No.1 12/03/2024 Dirk Helbing Professor for Computational Social Science ETH Zurich 18:15, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, LEE C 114
No.2 19/03/2024 Didier Debaise Director of the Centre of Philosophy Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) 18:15, ETH Zurich, HG D 7.1
No.3 16/04/2024 Tilman Esslinger Professor for Quantum Optics ETH Zurich 18:15, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, LEE C 114
No.4 30/04/2024 Ulrik Brandes Professor for Social Networks ETH Zurich 18:15, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, LEE C 114
No.5 07/05/2024 Theresa Schmiedel Professor for Social Robots FHNW Institute for Information Systems 18:15, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, LEE C 114
No.6 14/05/2024 Sean Weaver Synthetic Neuroscience ETH Zurich 18:15, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, LEE C 114
No.7 28/05/2024 Henning Schmdigen Professor for Media Studies Bauhaus-Universität Weimar 18:15, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, LEE C 114
Autumn Semester 2023
No.1 12/12/2023 Tom Van Dooren CRCN Researcher Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences iEES Paris 18:15, ETH Zurich, Tannenstrasse 3, ML F 39
Spring Semester 2023
No.1 07/03/2023 Stefan Thurner Professor and President Complexity Science Hub Vienna 15:15, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, CHN E 46
No.2 21/03/2023 Niels Ackermann Photographer Geneva 18:15, ETH Zurich, Tannenstrasse 3, ML F 39
No.3 04/04/2023 Elli Mosayebi Professor Architecture Department ETH Zurich 18:15, ETH Zurich, Tannenstrasse 3, ML F 39
No.4 25/04/2023 Nihat Ay Professor and Head Institute for Data Science Foundations TUHH 12:15, ETH Zurich, Tannenstrasse 3, ML F 39
No.5 09/05/2023 Daniel Durstewitz Professor Theoretical Neuroscience Heidelberg University 10:15, ETH Zurich, Tannenstrasse 3, ML F 38
