The Center for Law & Economics at ETH Zurich is part of the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences. The Center brings together three professors (Elliott Ash, Stefan Bechtold and Alexander Stremitzer) and includes a diverse range of postdocs, Ph.D. students, scientific assistants and research assistants. Its research focuses on intellectual property law, contract law, experimental law & economics, political economy, law & tech, and legal applications of machine learning. Together with various Swiss university partners, the Center co-organizes regular Workshop & Lecture Series on Law & Economics and the Law & Economics of Innovation. Both series bring leading internationally well-known experts from all over the world to Zurich on a regular basis. The Center collaborates with leading academic institutions in Asia, Europe and the U.S., in particular through joint research projects, conferences and teaching activities.
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.
