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.
The ETH Center for Law & Economics is happy to announce that the Call for Papers for the Munich Summer Institute 2026 has been published. The MSI 2026 will take place as an in-person event from May 20-22, 2026, preceded by the MSI PhD Workshop on May 20.
The University of Chicago Law School Coase-Sandor Institute and the ETH Center for Law & Economics are soliciting submissions for the 2026 International Junior Scholars Forum in Law and Social Science, to be held at the University of Chicago Law School on May 18–19, 2026 (following the 2026 ALEA conference).
Beat Weibel, Head of ETH transfer at ETH Zurich, has been appointed as "Professor of Practice" in the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (D-GESS). Together with Prof. Stefan Bechtold from the CLE, he will develop and implement training and awareness initiatives for ETH students in the area of intellectual property.