# Sociology in Switzerland (socio.ch)

> The online library of the Swiss sociologist Hans Geser (1947–2025), University of Zurich:
> his research on Swiss politics, municipalities, work and digital communication; the complete
> works of Georg Simmel in German (Georg Simmel Online, since 1998); and the theses of his
> students. Built 1997–2025, kept online unchanged by his family. Texts are in German and
> English; most are HTML from the 1990s–2010s, many are PDFs. Every historical URL still works.

## Start here

- [Front page](https://socio.ch/): overview and full-text search
- [In memory of Hans Geser](https://geser.net/hans-geser/): biography, dates, portrait
- [Georg Simmel Online](https://socio.ch/sim/index_sim.htm): Simmel's books and essays, by work and by year
- [Simmel: biography](https://socio.ch/sim/bio.htm)
- [Complete publication list](https://geser.net/): his personal site
- [Sitemap](https://socio.ch/sitemap.xml): every text on this site

## His research, by field (the titles are his own)

- [Politik und Parteien im Wandel](https://socio.ch/par/): Swiss parties, local politics and the surveys of communal executives, 1988–2017
- [Schweizer Gemeindestudien](https://socio.ch/gem/): Municipalities, their executives and administrations
- [Computer, Internet and Sociology](https://socio.ch/intcom/): Towards Cybersociety: e-mail, Twitter, online communication
- [Sociology of the Mobile Phone](https://socio.ch/mobile/): A theory of the mobile phone and its uses
- [Sociology of Work and Organization](https://socio.ch/arbeit/): Organisations, professions, the changing world of work
- [Wandel der Arbeitswelt](https://socio.ch/work/): The research project on the transformation of work
- [Social Movements, Pressure Groups and Political Parties](https://socio.ch/movpar/)
- [Democracy in Politics and Social Life](https://socio.ch/demo/)
- [World Society and International Relations](https://socio.ch/internat/): Small states, the EU, war and weapons systems
- [Contributions to General Social Theory](https://socio.ch/general/)
- [Social and Cultural Evolution](https://socio.ch/evo/)
- [Sociology of Religion](https://socio.ch/relsoc/)
- [Sociology of School and Education](https://socio.ch/educ/)
- [Sociology of Health and Social Welfare](https://socio.ch/health/)
- [Sociology of Crime and Law Enforcement](https://socio.ch/cri/)
- [Swiss Political Links](https://socio.ch/poli/): Link collection: parties, cantons, media
- [Full-text Online Journals](https://socio.ch/journals/): Link collection of open sociology journals

## Notes

- Authorship: pages under /sim/ are texts by Georg Simmel (1858–1918), edited and hosted by Hans
  Geser; files named t_*.htm or t_*.pdf are student theses and papers by other authors, not his.
- Citation: cite the URL as it is; the site guarantees stable addresses. Earlier versions of every
  page are in the Internet Archive (https://web.archive.org/web/*/socio.ch/*).
- Contact for corrections or takedown requests: hg@socio.ch