ARCHIVE - Indo-Swiss Joint Research Programme in the Social Sciences

In 2008, the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation launched several Bilateral Programmes to Promote Research Cooperation with Priority Countries. Each programme is managed by a Swiss university acting as "Leading House".

Until end 2016, the Swiss side of the bilateral programme with India was managed by EPFL as Leading House, and UNIL as Associate Leading House. As from 2017, the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) is in charge of the bilateral programme with India (see below). Activities launched before 2017 will be managed by the University of Lausanne up to their completion.

The Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) is Leading House for South Asia and Iran.

Website of the Leading House

Contact

Mr Waseem Hussain

ZHAW School of Management and Law
Department International Business
Stadthausstrasse 14
8401 Winterthur
Switzerland
Tel: +41 58 934 40 89

In 2008, 2009, and 2010 UNIL as Associate Leading House has launched unilateral calls of proposals for research projects with India.

In 2012, UNIL (as Associate Leading House) and the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and launched the Indo-Swiss Joint Research Programme in the Social Sciences.

As from 2017, the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) is in charge of the bilateral programme with India (see above). The activities launched before 2017 (see below) will be managed by the University of Lausanne up to their completion.

Activities

Calls for projects

• 1st joint call for proposals (December 2012)
• 2nd joint call for proposals (December 2014)
• 3rd joint call for proposal for Scholars Exchange Grants (November 2015)
• 4th joint call for proposals for Scholars Exchange grants (December 2016)

Joint seminars

• 1st Indo-Swiss Joint Seminar, Bangalore, 9-10 September 2014
• 2nd Indo-Swiss Joint Seminar, Lausanne, 9-10 September 2015
• 3rd Indo-Swiss Joint Seminar, New Delhi, 1-2 September 2016
• 4th Indo-Swiss Seminar, Basel, 4-6 September 2017

Contact

Mr Marc Pilloud
Deputy Head of International Relations
Tel.: +41 21 692 20 23