People and Roles
PhD Coordinators
The coordinators are the first point of contact for you as a PhD candidate, serving as the interface between the Graduate School, candidates, and supervisors. The supervisory committee is responsible for subject-matter support for candidates.
If you have any questions or would like to make an appointment for a consultation, please e-mail the coordinator responsible for your PhD subject |
Person | Role | Contact |
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Dr. Stefan Riegelnik |
PhD coordinator for history and philosophy |
Telefonbuch (PHILOS) |
Milena Guthörl |
PhD coordinator for classics, Asian and oriental studies, and gender studies |
Telefonbuch |
Dr. Miriam Volmert | PhD coordinator for film studies, art history, musicology and cultural analysis | 044 634 58 93; miriam.volmert@phil.uzh.ch |
Dr. Christoph Steier |
PhD coordinator for literature (except for Romance studies) |
044 634 31 71; christoph.steier@phil.uzh.ch |
Prof. Dr. Rita Catrina Imboden |
PhD coordinator for literature (Romance studies) |
Telefonbuch |
Dr. Sascha Völlmin |
PhD coordinator for linguistics, computer linguistics and phonetics |
Telefonbuch |
N.N. |
PhD coordinator for psychology |
doreen.spoerer-wagner@phil.uzh.ch or graduiertenschule@phil.uzh.ch |
PD Dr. Martina Koch |
PhD coordinator for education and teaching |
Telefonbuch |
Dr. Doreen Spörer-Wagner |
PhD coordinator for social sciences (Communication and Media Research, Cultural Studies, Political Science, Social and Cultural Anhropology, Sociology) |
Telefonbuch |
Coordination Office
The office’s main role is coordinating administrative processes within the Graduate School. It draws up and reviews quality assurance measures, and provides the Graduate School Vice Dean of Studies with input as a basis for making decisions. Together with the coordinators, the office is the point of contact for PhD candidates, supervisors, institutes, and departments.
Our office counter will remain closed until further notice. Please contact us via email graduiertenschule@phil.uzh.ch or telephone. |
Person | Role | Contact | Availability | ||
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Dr. Sandra Schneeberger | Office Manager | Telefonbuch | Mon–Fri | ||
Regula Sprecher | Doctoral affairs | Telefonbuch | Tues & Thur |
Vice Dean of Studies
The Graduate School Vice Dean of Studies heads the Graduate School. She is also the confidant and person to contact in the event of conflict at the doctoral level.
Please submit any applications and general inquiries to the Vice Dean of Studies via Online PhD Admin Services or via e-mail: graduiertenschule@phil.uzh.ch. |
Person | Role | Contact | ||
Prof. Dr. Svenja Goltermann | Graduate School Vice Dean of Studies | graduiertenschule@phil.uzh.ch |
Academic Integrity Officer for PhD students
In case of conflicts or problems with supervisors, you can contact the Graduate School Vice Dean of Studies.
Prof. Dr. Svenja Goltermann
Universität Zürich
Philosophische Fakultät
Dekanat
Rämistrasse 69
CH-8001 Zürich
+41 44 634 50 39
svenja.goltermann@phil.uzh.ch
A first point of contact may also be your PhD coordinator.
Executive Committee
The Graduate School Executive Committee is a Permanent Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. It comprises the Graduate School Vice Dean of Studies, who by virtue of her office chairs the committee, and eight additional members who are full and associate professors, who represent the PhD subjects in the various groups of subjects. In addition to this is one representative of each of the bodies.
Members of the Management Committee (term of office 1 February 2019–31 January 2021)
Person | Subject | Member of Graduate School Subject Boards |
Prof. Dr. Svenja Goltermann (Prodekanin) | ||
Prof. Dr. Veronika Brandstätter | Psychologie | FA 3.1 |
Prof. Dr. Carmen Cardelle | Lateinische Philologie | FA 1.2 |
Prof. Dr. Kai Niebert | Erziehungswissenschaft | FA 3.2 |
Prof. Dr. Gesine Krüger | Geschichte | FA 1.1 |
Prof. Dr. Sylvia Sasse | Slavistik | FA 2.1 |
Prof. Dr. Barbara Sonnenhauser | Linguistik | FA 2.2 |
Prof. Dr. Marco Steenbergen | Politikwissenschaft | FA 4 |
Prof. Dr. Hans B. Thomsen | Kunstgeschichte | FA 1.3 |
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rother | Ständevertreter der Privatdozierenden | |
Benjamin Wolf (MSc) | Ständevertreter des Mittelbaus | |
Mareike Suter | Ständevertreterin der Studierenden |
Subject Boards
Each subject board comprises between two and six subject representatives who are professors, plus at least one representative of the PhD candidates (the number of members representing PhD candidates must not be more than one-third of the number of professors on a particular subject board).
Each subject board guides and advises the coordinators from a subject matter point of view; it supports coordinators with the development of subject-matter-related, cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary events courses and events, and informs the organization unit it represents on subject-matter topics and all other matters dealt with by the specialist committee.
Members of the subject boards (term of office 1 February 2019–31 January 2021)
Subject Board Geschichte und Philosophie |
Prof. Dr. Francis Cheneval |
Prof. Dr. Martin Dusinberre |
Prof. Dr. Hanjo Glock |
Prof. Dr. Gesine Krüger |
Prof. Dr. Anne Meylan |
Prof. Dr. Simon Teuscher |
Vertretung der Doktorierenden: |
Krystina Schaub |
Eveline Szarka |
PhD coordinator: Dr. Stefan Riegelnik |
Subject Board Altertums-, Asien-Orient-Wissenschaften, Gender Studies |
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Behr |
Prof. Dr. Carmen Cardelle |
Prof. Dr. Philippe Della Casa |
Prof. Dr. Angelika Malinar |
Vertretung der Doktorierenden: |
Ayşe Zeynep Pamuk Suleri |
PhD coordinator: Milena Guthörl |
Subject Board Film-, Kunst-, Musikwissenschaft, Kulturanalyse |
Prof. Dr. Inga Mai Groote |
Prof. Dr. Marius Rimmele |
Prof. Dr. Hans B. Thomsen |
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sarasin |
Prof. Dr. Margrit Tröhler |
Vertretung der Doktorierenden: |
Franziska Reich |
PhD coordinator: Dr. Miriam Volmert |
Subject Board Literaturwissenschaft |
Prof. Dr. Johannes Bartuschat |
Prof. Dr. Frauke Berndt |
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Bronfen |
Prof. Dr. Lena Rohrbach |
Prof. Dr. Sylvia Sasse |
Prof. Dr. Barbara Straumann |
Vertretung der Doktorierenden: |
Raoul DuBois |
N.N. |
PhD coordinators: Dr. Christoph Steier / Prof. Dr. Rita Catrina Imboden |
Subject Board Linguistik, Computerlinguistik und Phonetik |
Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel |
Prof. Dr. Volker Dellwo |
Prof. Dr. Barbara Sonnenhauser |
Prof. Dr. Heiko Hausendorf |
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Stark |
Prof. Dr. Olga Timofeeva |
Vertretung der Doktorierenden: |
Christian Ebert |
Noëmi Aepli |
PhD coordinator Dr. Sascha Völlmin |
Subject Board Psychologie |
Prof. Dr. Veronika Brandstätter |
Prof. Dr. Alexandra M. Freund |
Prof. Dr. Brigit Kleim |
Prof. Dr. Lutz Jäncke |
Prof. Dr. Carolin Strobl |
Prof. Dr. Johannes Ullrich |
Vertretung der Doktorierenden: |
Isabella Bertschi |
Clara Overkott |
PhD coordinator: Dr. Marion Landis |
Subject Board Erziehungswissenschaft und Fachdidaktik |
Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Hedderich |
Prof. Dr. Kai Niebert |
Vertretung der Doktorierenden: |
Nehemia Quiring |
PhD coordinator: PD Dr. Martina Koch |
Subject Board Sozialwissenschaften |
Prof. Dr. Daniele Caramani |
Prof. Dr. Frank Esser |
Prof. Dr. Peter Finke |
Prof. Dr. Katja Rost |
Prof. Dr. Marco Steenbergen |
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Tschofen |
Vertretung der Doktorierenden: |
Mareike Scherer |
Anna Staender |
PhD coordinator: Dr. Doreen Spörer-Wagner |
Graduate School
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Graduate School is the organizational and administrative umbrella for all PhD subjects offered by the University of Zurich Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
The Graduate School is there to promote junior scholars and support and advise PhD candidates and the faculty throughout a doctoral degree. It takes care of quality assurance and assumes the tasks associated with the doctoral degree.
The Graduate School comprises the Vice Dean of Studies responsible, the Executive Committee, the subject boards of the various groups of subjects, and nine PhD coordinators. The Vice Dean of Studies is supported by a coordination office.