Christian Schwarzenegger receives the Imperial Order of Japan

(CONNECT) Christian Schwarzenegger, Vice-Rector at the University of Zurich (UZH), has received a significant accolade. The Japanese ambassador presented the legal scholar with the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun in a ceremony for his "broad commitment to Japanese culture and science", writes UZH in a press release.

Schwarzenegger has been Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminology since 1999, he later became Dean of the Faculty of Law and has been Vice-Rector for Professorships and Academic Information since 2014. His first stay in Japan was as an assistant professor in the 1990s.

In his lectures, the profound expert on Japan and "second cousin" of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger highlighted a context of Japanese law that is still relevant today. He also benefited from his connections to Japan when implementing the first UZH internationalization strategy.

The Japan Lecture Series, which he launched in 2022, is considered a "milestone" in the research collaboration between the Institute of Regenerative Medicine at UZH and the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application at Kyoto University.

It was not his first program for scientific cooperation. The double degree program launched in 2014 between the Faculty of Law at UZH and the Graduate School of Law at Doshisha University in Kyoto is also due to his commitment. He also worked hard to establish and strengthen relations between Switzerland and the National Institute of Informatics, the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the University of Tokyo. ce/heg