Hiring at UZH

The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (2014) and the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment (2022) set a shared direction for changes in assessment practices. The University of Zurich is a signaotry of both and anchors Open Science practices systematically in its professorial hiring processes on the basis of a broad understanding of academic excellence.

UZH’s hiring framework was developed by the HI-FRAME project in 2023:

HI-FRAME aligns professorial hiring at UZH with the Open Science movement, while simultaneously articulating the nexus between Open Science and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).

The framework provides UZH’s faculties with an adaptable tool that enables them to take Open Science activities systematically into account in professorial hiring processes and to fulfill UZH’s commitment to using metrics responsibly and to taking a broad view of academic profiles. It ascertains that the hiring processes are conducive to robust hiring decisions, including the introduction of the “Guidelines on Selection Procedures in Professorial Appointments” and the roll-out of a project to address candidates’ leadership and social skills in depth.

More information can be found on the project's website:

Measure what really matters: a framework for Open Science professorial hiring