Events

Oct. 28, 16:15-18:00, Amphimax 412, UNIL Presentation by Dr. Wesam Amer, Digital Humanities Research Center, University of Cambridge, as part of Prof. Véronique Mottier’s master’s-level course “Advanced Social Theories.”

Oct 29, 2026, 18:00–20:00, Amphimax, UNIL In the age of generative AI and social media, disinformation is created and disseminated on a mass scale. The independence of the media and scientific institutions is under pressure. Knowledge that was once taken for granted is in decline. Gradually, citizens are losing the ability to form informed judgments based on scientific information—an essential prerequisite for the exercise…

Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Géopolis 2207, UNIL Access to the field is a central issue in social science research. . From Federal asylum centers to the Federal Intelligence Service, this roundtable brings together Tamara Constantin and Megane Lederrey, whose work has explored fields considered inaccessible.

December 11th, 2025 – 17:00 Géopolis 2207 Presentation and discussion of the latest Médecins du Monde report, organized by Francesco Panese and Antoine Kernen

Thursday November 27th 2025 – 18:00, Room CO1, EPFL Event co-organized by the associations Unipoly and Groupe Regards Critiques

Thursday November 27, 2025 – 19:00-21:00 Unil Géopolis, Room 1612, 1015 Chavannes-près-Renens

A collective état des lieux of pro-Palestinian mobilizations and their aftermaths in Swiss Universities Saturday 04 October 2025 Pôle Sud, Lausanne

Event organized by the Payot bookshop in partnership with CLADS, Saturday, May 10, 2025, 4-5:30 p.m., Librairie Payot, Place Pépinet 4, 1003 Lausanne.

Conference by Éric Fassin (Université Paris-8, SOPHIAPOL, Institut Universitaire de France), organized by CLADS, CRAPUL and CEG: April 2, 2025, 6:15-8:00 p.m at Unil, Géopolis, room 1620.  In France as in the United States, and in many other countries, for years now we have witnessed the rise of a political discourse (often emanating from governments) targeting universities, critical knowledge and in particular minority issues,…

The 7th March 2025, as part of the international day « Stand up for science », an open discussion on the threats facing academics and scientists in Switzerland and elsewhere: 12 p.m.-1 p.m. at Unil, Géopolis, room 2121

As part of the solidarity campaign with Prof. Joseph Daher, a gathering in front of the TRIPAC where our colleague is summoned for a so-called ‘conciliation’ hearing with the Unil: 2:45 pm in front of the TRIPAC, Palais de Justice de Montbenon, Lausanne.