The Law, Economics, and Data Science Group at ETH Zurich is part of the Center for Law & Economics within the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences at ETH Zurich. The group conducts empirical research on legal and political institutions using tools at the intersection of economics and data science. Research topics include tax and fiscal policy, the behavior of politicians and judges, and the political economy of news media.
Margaritha Windisch, Ph.D. candidate at ETH’s Center for Law & Economics (CLE), reached 2nd place in the Young Scholar Recognition at the European Society for Empirical Legal Studies (ESELS) Conference 2025 in Toulouse.
Doctoral student Matteo Pinna from the ETH Center for Law & Economics (CLE) has won a BRIDGE grant of 130'000 CHF by the SNSF and Innosuisse for the development of Safespace Research, a project to provide mental health support.
On December 9 & 10, 2024, the Center for Law & Economics at ETH Zurich co-organizes the next International Junior Scholars Forum in Law and Social Science with the University of Chicago Law School Coase-Sandor Institute. The Call for Participation has now been released.
