Humanities and Social Sciences

Welcome to the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS). The SHSS is one of six departments of the University of St.Gallen. Its members pursue humanities and social science approaches in teaching and research.

The SHSS is responsible for several teaching programes, including Contextual Studies, and a central pillar of the the University of St.Gallen's integrative teaching approach.

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News from the SHSS

- 21.04.2023 - 09:32

21 April 2023, 9 am - Music Capitalization: Some Primary Thought on the Emergence of the Music Tech Sector

- 17.03.2023 - 16:38

07 June, 2:15 pm - Logiken des (kollektiven) Leugnens, Prof. Dr. Klaus Dingwerth, Professor of Political Science with special focus on the Political Theory of the Globalizing and Digital Society, University of St.Gallen

- 17.03.2023 - 16:27

11 - 13 March - Dieter Thomä Farewell Conference "What Comes After?"

- 17.03.2023 - 16:20

09 May, 18:15 - Antrittsvorlesung Prof. Dr. Insa Koch

- 17.03.2023 - 16:13

02 May, 12:15 pm- "Cold Matters", Susan Schuppli

- 17.03.2023 - 15:25

13. April, 4:30 pm - Book Presentation and Discussion with Andrii Portnov

- 13.03.2023 - 14:32

28 March, 6:15 pm - Ökonomische Grundlagen der Nachhaltigkeit "Sustainable Finance"

- 10.03.2023 - 16:04

17. May, 2:15 pm - Zwischen quantitativ und qualitativ, Oberfläche und Tiefe: Methodische Experimente am Beispiel von Einbürgerungsdiskursen in der Schweiz, Dr. Florian Elliker und Prof. Dr. Noah Bubenhofer

- 10.03.2023 - 16:01

03. Mai, 14:15 Uhr - Social psychology on a large scale? Describing and understanding dynamics in crowds, Prof. Dr. Anna Sieben, Assoziierte Professorin für Kultur- und Sozialpsychologie

- 10.03.2023 - 15:57

19 April, 2:15 pm - The punitive turn revisited: ethnographic reflections on statecraft in austerity Britain, Prof. Dr. Insa Koch, Chair of British Cultures at the University of St.Gallen

Deanship and management of the School

Caspar Hirschi

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Caspar Hirschi

Prof. Dr.

SHSS-HSG
Büro 52-7200
Müller-Friedberg-Strasse 6/8
9000 St. Gallen

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Dieter Thomä

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Dieter Thomä

Prof. Dr.

Professor of Philosophy

SHSS-HSG
Fachbereich Philosophie
Unterer Graben 21
9000 St. Gallen

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Yves Bernd Partschefeld

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Yves Bernd Partschefeld

Dr.

Executive Director SHSS

SHSS-HSG
Büro 52-7204
Müller-Friedberg-Strasse 8
9000 St. Gallen

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