The academic initiative "Ukrainian Research in Switzerland" (URIS) fosters Ukrainian expertise in Switzerland.
Learn more about URIS
The objectives of the initiative URIS are to make a long-term contribution to furthering Ukrainian expertise in Switzerland, to foster the next generation of scholars, and to contribute to the international networks of Switzerland-based university research on Ukraine.
URIS – Ukrainian Research in Switzerland is based at the University of Basel.
Upcoming Events
An international workshop on the development, challenges and future of Ukrainian Studies – marking 10 years of the URIS Fellowship Programme.
Thomas Greminger über die mögliche Rolle der OSZE im und nach dem Krieg gegen die Ukraine.
A Zurich lecture series explores migration and displacement in Eastern Europe, including several perspectives on Ukraine.
News
Former URIS Fellow Serhiy Kudelia receives the 2026 Davis Center Book Prize for Seize the City, Undo the State.
A conference in Bern explores changing borders and biographies in East Central Europe, with a focus on the Carpathian borderlands and Ukraine.
What does Russia’s war against Ukraine mean for Switzerland? More than 200 people joined a public panel discussion in Basel