DARIAH-CH
The Swiss Digital Research Infrastructure for arts and humanities

About Us

The DARIAH-CH Consortium Agreement has been renewed for 2025-2028. During autumn 2024, all member institutions renewed their previous agreement, and new ones joined the national consortium.

The mission of the DARIAH-CH Consortium is to build an active and impactful national network to enhance and support digitally-enabled research and teaching across the arts and humanities.

With the establishment of the consortium, the scientific community manifests its interest in a national coordination of DARIAH-relevant activities as well as the participation of Switzerland in DARIAH-EU as full member.

DARIAH’s activities in Switzerland are coordinated by the Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities DaSCH.

Prof. Dr. Rita Gautschy, director of DaSCH, is acting as National Coordinator, while Dr. Cristina Grisot, National Coordination Officer, organises all DARIAH-CH activities and manages the DARIAH requests for Switzerland.

Prof. Dr. Tobias Hodel, from the University of Bern, acts as president of the DARIAH-CH Consortium, whereas Prof. Dr. Sarah Kenderdine from the EPFL acts as vice-president of the consortium.

Switzerland's participation in DARIAH

Background: From Cooperating Partners to Full Member

The first DARIAH-CH consortium was constituted on 21 November 2018 by the Universities of Basel, Berne, Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchâtel and Zurich, the EPFL and the SAGW/SAHSS.

The Consortium Agreement was renewed for the first time on 30 November 2021 by the Universities of Basel, Berne, Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchâtel and Zurich, the Università della Svizzera italiana, the EPFL and the SAGW/SAHSS. During 2023, three new institutions joined the national consortium: Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI), the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW and the Bern Academy of the Arts HKB.

The Consortium Agreement was renewed for the second time during autumn 2024 with a validity period until December 2028. The members of the DARIAH-CH Consortium are: Universität Basel, Universität Bern, Universität Fribourg, Universität Zürich, Université de Genève, Université de Lausanne, Université de Neuchâtel, Università della Svizzera italiana, Bern Academy of the Arts HKB, DaSCH - Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL, Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana, and Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften. During 2025, three new institutions joined the national consortium: the ETH Library, the Swiss National Museum and the Museum of Communication & PPT Archive.

The National DARIAH Coordination Office Switzerland officially joined DARIAH ERIC as Observer on January 1, 2021. Before joining nationally, Switzerland participated in DARIAH through a number of institutions that joined with the status of Cooperating Partners. In November 2020, the General Assembly of the DARIAH ERIC voted unanimously to accept Switzerland’s application for the status of Observer in the Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities for a period of three years.

After participating in DARIAH as Observer for 1.5 years, Switzerland joined as full member on June 1, 2023.

Consortium Members