Campus Oerlikon Lecture Series HS 2025: Transformations and Transitions
All areas of life are affected by transformations and transitions - family, work, education, health, politics, media. The lecture series aims to explore the various ways in which transformations and transitions in our society, economy, culture, politics, and space take part as well as the challenges and opportunities that it presents for individuals, communities, and institutions.
The Campus Oerlikon lecture series organized for the fourth time in the fall semester 2025 aims to explore and discuss topics from different disciplinary perspectives – this year the topic is on transformations and transitions. The target audience are UZH members, interested staff members of companies surrounding Campus Oerlikon and local residents. The lecture series provides insights into different research projects and research activities at Campus Oerlikon, contributes to good networking among UZH-based researchers and opens possibilities for cross-disciplinary exchange and collaboration. The event also helps to increase the visibility of the research location “Campus Oerlikon” within the UZH and the local community in Oerlikon.
Program
Campus Oerlikon Lecture Series: October 7, 2025
Time: 16:00 – 17:45 (followed by an apéro)
Venue: Campus Oerlikon (AND-3-46)
Event Language: English
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Title / Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Olivia Frigo-Charles | ISEK – Popular Culture Studies | Community in Transition: Crisis and Resilience in a Welsh Deindustrialised Village |
| 16:20 – 16:40 | Phuong Nguyen | ISEK – Social Anthropology | "Be more, together": Negotiating the individual in coliving community in Viet Nam |
| 16:40 – 17:00 | Laura E. Meine | Department of Psychology | Resilience in Transition: Stress, Skill-Building, and Career Motivation in Swiss Medical Interns |
| 17:00 – 17:20 | Ana Costa-Ramon | Department of Economics & Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development | The Impact of Children’s Health Shocks on Parents’ Labor Earnings and Mental Health |
| 17:20 – 17:45 | Discussion |
Campus Oerlikon Lecture Series: November 19, 2025
Time: 16:00 – 17:45 (followed by an apéro)
Venue: Campus Oerlikon (AFL-F-121)
Event Language: English
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Format & Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00 – 17:45 | Amber Gayle Thalmayer | Department of Psychology | Namibia Up: Being 18 in Africa Today Documentary film (40 min) and discussion about personal and societal transitions through the lens of fourteen 18-year-old Namibians. |