Science in Perspective

With the course program Science in Perspective (SiP), the D-GESS enables students at ETH Zurich to gain new perspectives on the content of their core subjects. SiP thus enriches studies at ETH Zurich and contributes to the university’s unique profile. Various CSS staff members teach in this course program. Lectures focus on the political and socio-economic contexts from which modern science and technology was born, with an eye to understand how science and technological development are intimately connected with their social contexts. The aim is to empower students to recognize and critically question connections between scientific knowledge, technical innovations, cultural contexts, individuals, and societies. In this way, they expand their reflective competence and are prepared for societal and global developments of the future.