Regional Liaison: Carla Vaucher, University of Lausanne, carla.vaucher [@] unil.ch
Last updated: November 2020

University Programs

University of Lausanne (UNIL)
Master of Arts (MA) in Social Sciences | Orientation in Body, Science and Health

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Social and Human Sciences (SHS) Program | Minor in Science, Technology and Area Studies (STAS)

University of Geneva (UNIGE)
Institute of Global Health
Master of Science in Global Health | Doctoral program in Global Health (PhD)
Contact for Medical Anthropology and Global Health: Dr. Bogomil Kohlbrenner

Graduate Institute of Geneva (IHEID)
Department of Anthropology and Sociology
Master in Anthropology and Sociology | PhD in Anthropology and Sociology

University of Bern (UNIBE)
Institute of Social Anthropology
Master’s in Social Anthropology | PhD in Social Anthropology

Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP)
Contacts for Medical Anthropology: Dr. Christina Akre

University of Basel (UNIBA)
Seminar of Social Anthropology & Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
Masters in Anthropology
Contacts for Medical Anthropology: Dr. Brigit Obrist | Dr. Piet van Eeuwijk

University of Zurich (UZH)
Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (ISEK)
Medicine (and Therapeutic Pluralism) Research focus (Link)
Bachelor, Master and PhD in Social Anthropology

Research Groups

Medical Anthropology Switzerland (MAS), section of the Swiss Anthropological Association (Link)

Medical Anthropology Research Group (MARG), an interfaculty research group that links together the Seminar of Social Anthropology and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) at the University of Basel.
Contact: Dr. Brigit Obrist

Geneva Platform for Social Sciences and Global Health (GpS2) co-organized by anthropologists at the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute Geneva