Committees and bodies
Direktion
The Board of Directors is the executive board of the Department. The board oversees the activities of the Department and takes decisions with respect to organizational, personnel, teaching and infrastructure issues.
Chair
Head of Department
Members
Head of Department, Head of Teaching, Head of Infrastructure, Managing Director, Teaching Director, Communications Officer; Link
Lifetime of delegates
The professorial staff of the Board is appointed for 2 years, recently in August 2020.
Meetings
roughly monthly, on Thursdays, 14.30-16h
Professorium
The Professorium is the body of professors of the Department. The members discuss strategic questions and the Direktion informs about decisions taken by the Direktion/Faculty/University.
Chair
Head of Department
Members
All Professors of the Department, Managing Director
Lifetime of delegates
Permanent
Meetings
Three times per semester, on Thursdays, 14.30-15.30h (preceding the Faculty Assembly)
Institutsversammlung (InVers)
The InVers is the decision taking body on major changes and strategic issues concerning the organizational and teaching issues. The members take decisions on strategic issues and the chair informs about news/changes and decisions taken by the Department/Faculty/University.
Chair
Head of Department
Members
Faculty members of the Department, delegates of the representative bodies; in advisory capacity: delegates of the professorships and groups represented in "Professorium", Managing director, Teaching director, permanent guests: Coordinator Division V Geoscience, Student Advisory Board, Communications Officer
Lifetime of delegates
Unlimited
Meetings
Twice a semester, on Thursdays, 14.30-15.30
Mitarbeitendenversammlung (MAV)
The MAV is a mandatory get together for all staff members at the Department. The Board of Directors informs about ongoings in and around the department incl. staff changes.
Chair
Head of Department
Members
Department staff
Lifetime of delegates
Permanent
Meetings
Once a semester, on Thursdays, 14-15:30
Ausschuss Lehre
The Teaching Committee elaborates solutions for an optimized curriculum and takes decisions on organizational issues regarding studying and teaching. The committee discusses strategic questions regarding the curriculum, course and exam planning and takes decisions on admissions to Master's programs
Project wiki (close user group)
Chair
Teaching Director
Members
Head of Teaching, Teaching Director, Geoscience Coordinator, Study Advisory Board, Working group exam organization and Delegates of the core disciplines, the Teacher Training Unit, the Earth System Science study program and the students
Lifetime of delegates
Unlimited
Meetings
Three times per semester, on Thursdays, 14-16h
Koordinationssitzung Institutsdienste
Defines and improves operational processes and procedures uniformly in the Department.
Chair
Head of Infrastructure
Members
Thematic secretariat leader, delegates of secretary staff per thematic area, Managing Director, delegate of institute's secretariat, Teaching Director, delegate of library, IT delegate, Communications Officer, delegate of the Sustainability Task Force
Lifetime of delegates
Unlimited
Meetings
Three times per semester, Thursdays, 09:00-09:50
Sustainability Task Force
The Sustainability Task Force develops and implements measures to improve sustainability at GIUZ and advises the Executive Board on sustainability issues. It cooperates with other sustainability bodies, e.g. at MNF and UZH level.
Group Leader Commission
The Group Leader Commission evaluates applications for group leader status and makes final decisions on the appointment of new group leaders. All four thematic areas are represented.
Members:
Sara I. Fabrikant (GIScience)
Karin Schwiter (HG+)
Michael Schmidt (Phys)
Meredith Schuman (RSL)
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IT Fokus Gruppe
Assures the communication flow from and to the divisions, exchange and feedback on IT issues
Chair
Head of Infrastructure
Members
Leading IT Manager, Managing Director, Communications Officer, one groupleader of each unit, student delegate
Lifetime of delegates
Unlimited
Meetings
Once a semester, on Thursdays, 11-12h
Graduate School, Scientific Advisory Board
Provides input on all matters relating to the curriculum and running of the Graduate School.
Chair
Director of the Graduate School
Members
One Professor and one PhD student from each of the three core disciplines within the department. Graduate School
Lifetime of delegates
Unlimited
Meetings
Once a semester
Fachbereich V Geoscience
Norman Backhaus (Head of Teaching), Nicolas Beglinger (Students), Andrea Bringolf (Students), Harald Bugmann (ETH-USYS), Alexander Damm (Head of Infrastructure), Andreas Fichtner (ETH-ERDW), Michael Hautmann (PIM), Hanna Joos (ETH-USYS), Thomy Keller (ATP), Karin Mellini (ETH-ERDW), Philippe Meuret (FB5), Martin Lüthy (FFL), Dario Püntener (WNW), Maria Santos (GIUZ ESS), Gabriela Schaepman-Strub (UWW), Jan Seibert (Head of Department), Robert Weibel (GIUZ GEO)
Science Faculty (MNF)
Faculty Board (Fakultätsausschuss) | Prof. Jan Seibert |
Committee for Student Affairs (Studienkommission) | Prof. Norman Backhaus, Philippe Meuret |
Committee for the Promotion of Research and Young Academics (Kommission für Forschung und Nachwuchsförderung) | Prof. Robert Weibel, Prof. Hanna Hilbrandt |
Communications Committee (Kommission Kommunikation) | Prof. Andreas Vieli |
Gender Equality Committee (Gleichstellungskommission) | Prof. Ross Purves |
Committee for Integrity (Lauterkeitskommission) | Prof. Robert Weibel |
Sustainability Committee (Kommission Nachhaltigkeit) | Prof. Maria J. Santos, Dr. Annina Michel |
Prof. Jan Seibert |
UZH
Weiterbildungskommission | Prof. Jan Seibert |
Digital Society Initiative | Prof. Sara I. Fabrikant |
Kommission UZH interdisziplinär | Prof. Sara I. Fabrikant |
Prof. Sara I. Fabrikant | |
Center for Reproducible Science, Steering Committee | Prof. Meredith Schuman |
UZH Sustainability Commission | Dr. Magdalena Seebauer (Representative of Administrative and Technical Staff) |
Further commissions and bodies
GIUZ is associate member of the Departement of Earth Sciences ETHZ |
Prof. Jan Seibert |
Fachkonferenzgruppe UZH - PHZH (Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich) | Prof. Christian Berndt, Dr. Sara Landolt |
Koordinationsgruppe UZH - PHZH (Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich) | Dr. Sara Landolt |
Kontaktgruppe GIUZ - IfE (Institut für Erziehungswissenschaften, Abteilung Lehrerbildung Maturitätsschulen) | Dr. Itta Bauer, Dr. Sara Landolt |
HSGYM-Kerngruppe (Schnittstelle Hochschule-Gymnasien) | Dr. Itta Bauer, Dr. Sara Landolt |
VGD-CH (Verband Geographiedidaktik Schweiz) | Dr. Itta Bauer, Dr. Sara Landolt |
Kommission Gymnasium-Universität (KGU) | Dr. Itta Bauer |
SNF Doc und Postdoc Mobility, Natural Sciences | Prof. Sara I. Fabrikant |