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The Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS) within ETH Zurich’s Department of Environmental Systems Science creates and promotes knowledge about agricultural ecosystems and their complex interactions with the environment and the society. The professorships allocated to the IAS join forces for a sustainable agriculture. In various short film portraits, the individual research groups present themselves to a broader audience.

Around 160 new students in Environmental Sciences (2018 figure: 150), plus around 40 new students in Agricultural Sciences (2018 figure: 70), have successfully started their first semester at the Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS).

Rachael Garrett holds the new Chair of Environmental Policy, which is jointly funded by D-USYS and D-GESS. She comes from Boston. Her research focuses on the causes and consequences of land use changes and the loss of woodland through deforestation and agriculture.