Swiss Human Institute of Forensic Taphonomy (SHIFT)

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Presentation

The Swiss Human Institute of Forensic Taphonomy (SHIFT) started its activities on January 1, 2019. Placed under the authority of the CURML Management, SHIFT consists of an administrative organization based at the main site of CURML Lausanne (Chemin de la Vulliette 4).

Missions

SHIFT has four missions:

• provide academic teaching and professional training in the field of forensic taphonomy and related sciences
• provide advice and expertise to various public and private entities
• develop scientific research projects in the field of forensic taphonomy and related sciences
• manage the bodies placed at the disposal of forensic sciences

Organization

Collaborators

Head of SHIFT: Dr. Vincent Varlet - email

Secretariat : email

External structure : email

Respondents according to the themes :

• Forensic Entomology: Dr. Jiri Hodecek - email
• Anthropology and archaeology: Dr. Tobias Hofstetter – email
• Forensic, animal, plant and environmental genetics: Dr. Luca Fumagalli – Profil UniL – email
• Taphonomy: Dr. Vincent Varlet – email

Any general question should be addressed to the SHIFT secretariat.