with Dr. Hilton Simmet (Research Associate at the Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ, Potsdam, Germany) on April 30, 2026, from 13:30 to 15:30 ath ETH
This CSS Study by Simon Aebi and Jurgena Kamberaj examines individual disaster preparedness among the Swiss population. Building on previous studies conducted in 2011 and 2017, it provides an updated picture of risk perception, information needs, personal circumstances, and individual preparedness measures in the event of disasters or emergencies.
The Iran war has been described as the first major conflict shaped by artificial intelligence. The claim has spread quickly, amplified by headlines framing the war as a technological turning point. Yet the more AI is invoked, the less clear its actual role becomes. In this blog post, Myriam Dunn Cavelty reflects on how AI may be thickening, rather than lifting, the fog of war, obscuring both events on the battlefield and what remains beyond observation or verification.
The Iran war underscores the demise of the rules-based international order. Both the war and its regional and global consequences also reveal insights relevant for Swiss security policy. Ten of these insights are being put forward in this blog for discussion.
The ETH Center for Law and Economics has secured a new SNSF grant (CHF 3.4 million) for the project “Responsible AI for the Swiss Judiciary". The project develops and empirically evaluates AI tools for Swiss courts, combining legal analysis, technical development, and field experiments to understand how AI affects judicial decision-making inpractice.