# Swiss-AL Corpora The Swiss-AL corpus collection is designed to support diverse **discourse-analytical research**. It is systematically organized into four corpus types: **organizational, journalistic, parliamentary and right-wing extremist**. ![Source categories in Swiss-AL](/_static/swiss-al-source-types.jpg) đź’ˇ Note that:
- You have to login and create a project in order to have access to all Swiss-AL corpora. Otherwise you will only be able to access to Demo Corpora. --- ## Organizational Corpora Organizational corpora consist of **carefully selected web data** (news articles, press releases, and blog posts) from a broad range of **actors of Swiss public communication** across key societal sectors, dating from **2010 to 2024**. - Politics → federal and cantonal governments, as well as political parties represented in the Swiss Parliament. - Industry → major trade associations, business organizations, and labor unions. - Science → publications from Swiss universities and research institutions. - Civil Society → NGOs and activist organizations, such as environmental groups. Example Research Question: - *When did Swiss-German cantons begin addressing topic X?* ### DE Organizational Corpus (2010-2024)
source source_name social_system field_of_activity num_docs num_tokens
admin admin.ch, Das Portal der Schweizer Regierung politics federation 124576 58040168
aeesuisse aeesuisse, Dachorganisation der Wirtschaft fĂĽr erneuerbare Energien und Energieeffizienz industry trade association 596 305204
agvs_upsa AGVS, Auto Gewerbe Verband Schweiz industry trade association 11560 8170204
aihk AIHK, Aargauische Industrie- und Handelskammer industry trade association 128 91340
a_k a&k, Fachverein Architektur & Kultur civil society culture 16 20524
akademien Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz science non university 20 22744
alice SVEB, Schweizerischer Verband fĂĽr Weiterbildung industry trade association 2316 1043660
alpiq Alpiq Holding AG industry secondary sector 2308 896488
amsuisse AM Suisse, Agrotec Suisse & Metaltec Suisse industry trade association 356 151568
aquaviva Aqua viva civil society environment 512 302368
arbeitgeber Schweizerischer Arbeitsgeberverband industry trade association 6800 2453768
archaeologie_schweiz Archäologie Schweiz civil society culture 48 8456
asloca Mieterinnen- und Mieterverband (MV) civil society social 8 4360
axpo Axpo AG industry secondary sector 2420 1149100
bag BAG, Bundesamt fĂĽr Gesundheit politics federation 80 37392
bakom BAKOM, Bundesamt fĂĽr Kommunikation politics federation 8 5448
baspo BASPO, Bundesamt fĂĽr Sport politics federation 12 9708
bfh BFH, Berner Fachhochschule science university 4168 3864884
bkw BKW Energie AG industry secondary sector 3284 1492692
caritas Caritas Schweiz civil society social 68 27648
casafair CasaFair, Verband fĂĽr umweltbewusste und faire WohneigentĂĽmer*innen industry trade association 676 324628
dakomed Dachverband Komplementärmedizin industry trade association 388 107688
diakonie Diakonie Schweiz civil society social 1472 539092
die_mitte Die Mitte politics party 700 362992
eawag eawag acquatic research science non university 2064 1449160
economiesuisse economiesuisse, Verband der Schweizer Unternehmen industry trade association 6124 3044612
eda EDA, Eidgenössische Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten politics federation 376 702692
edk EDK, Konferenz der kantonalen Erziehungsdirektorinnen und -direktoren politics canton 956 767520
edoeb EDÖB, Eidgenössischen Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragten politics federation 8 2692
ejpd EJPD, Eidgenössische Justiz- und Polizeidepartement politics federation 24 11632
electrosuisse Electrosuisse, Verband fĂĽr Elektro-, Energie- und Informationstechnik industry trade association 1440 1168896
empa Empa, Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt science non university 272 136588
endk ENdK, Konferenz Kantonaler Energiedirektoren politics canton 52 6900
erdgas VSG, Verband der Schweizerischen Gasindustrie industry trade association 1052 310900
eth ETH Zürich, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich science university 7868 4834904
ezv EZV, Eidgenössische Zollverwaltung politics federation 12 6852
fdp FDP.Die Liberalen politics party 7248 2663880
fernuni FernUni Schweiz science university 160 222424
ffhs FFHS, Fernfachhochschule Schweiz science university 2864 1827032
fhgr FHGR, Fachhochschule GraubĂĽnden science university 4740 2452672
fhnw FHNW, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz science university 4088 1675052
fho FHO, Fachhochschule Ostschweiz science university 772 544552
fibl FIBL, Forschungsinstitut fĂĽr biologischen Landbau science non university 4684 1818368
fluechtlingshilfe SFH, Schweizerische FlĂĽchtlingshilfe civil society social 948 521936
gastrosuisse GastroSuisse industry trade association 284 120676
gdk GDK, Konferenz der kantonalen Gesundheitsdirektorinnen und ‑direktoren politics canton 1148 1335456
glp GLP, GrĂĽnliberale Partei Schweiz politics party 8048 2903688
groupe Groupe Mutuel industry tertiary sector 1052 625544
gruene GrĂĽne Partei der Schweiz politics party 2632 863480
gsasa Gesellschaft der Schweizer Amts- und Spitalapotheker industry professional association 16 5508
gsgi Gruppe der Schweizerischen Gebäudetechnik-Industrie industry trade association 56 72436
gsk GSK, Gesellschaft fĂĽr Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte civil society culture 972 250684
gstvs GST, Gesellschaft Schweizer Tierärztinnen und Tierärzte industry professional association 948 225664
habitat HabitatDurable Suisse industry trade association 256 101356
handel Handel Schweiz industry trade association 324 196972
heia HTA-FR, Hochschule fĂĽr Technik und Architektur Freiburg science university 412 133612
heimat Schweizer Heimatschutz civil society culture 1672 619828
hevs HES-SO Vallais / Wallis (Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale) science university 80 32720
hkbb Handelskammer beider Basel industry trade association 6044 3586868
holzbau Holzbau Schweiz industry trade association 344 151636
hotelleriesuisse HotellerieSuisse industry trade association 1776 663092
hplus H+ Die Spitäler der Schweiz industry trade association 224 310220
hslu HSLU Alumni (Hochschule Luzern) science university 528 352456
htwchur HTW Chur; FHGR Fachhochschule GraubĂĽnden science university 1344 831608
ibaarau IBAarau AG; Eniwa AG industry secondary sector 676 316348
igdhs Interessensgemeinschaft Detailhandel Schweiz industry trade association 20 4776
igerdgas IG Erdgas; IG Energiegase industry trade association 184 90220
ihz Industrie- und Handelskammer Zentralschweiz industry trade association 1336 466696
infrasuisse Infra Suisse Blog industry trade association 712 267136
infrawatt InfraWatt civil society environment 164 38804
insos INSOS Der Branchenverband der Dienstleister fĂĽr Menschen mit Behinderung civil society social 2024 691460
interpharma Interpharma, Verband der forschenden pharmazeutischen Firmen der Schweiz News industry trade association 24 63208
isolsuisse ISOLSUISSE, Verband Schweizerischer Isolierfirmen industry trade association 4 992
iwb IWB, Industrielle Werke Basel industry secondary sector 1196 563488
kanton_ag Kanton Aargau politics canton 17960 6768156
kanton_ai Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden politics canton 1736 534372
kanton_ar Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden politics canton 656 225548
kanton_be Kanton Bern politics canton 336 154816
kanton_bl Kanton Basel-Land politics canton 8760 3123804
kanton_bs Kanton Basel-Stadt politics canton 3792 1522988
kanton_fr Kanton Fribourg politics canton 23032 7374060
kanton_ge Kanton Genf politics canton 4 1356
kanton_gl Kanton Glarus politics canton 4320 1500664
kanton_gr Kanton GraubĂĽnden politics canton 5220 1841024
kanton_lu Kanton Luzern Archiv politics canton 11840 3405148
kanton_nw Kanton Nidwalden politics canton 1188 487020
kanton_ow Kanton Obwalden politics canton 832 296728
kanton_sg Kanton St. Gallen politics canton 15416 4668380
kanton_so Kanton Solothurn politics canton 4196 1429308
kanton_sz Kanton Schwyz politics canton 9568 3061776
kanton_tg Kanton Thurgau politics canton 28596 8875364
kanton_ur Kanton Uri politics canton 612 294052
kanton_vs Canton du Valais politics canton 44 15136
kanton_zg Kanton Zug politics canton 10552 4556536
kanton_zh Kanton ZĂĽrich politics canton 59636 17400700
kibesuisse kibesuisse, Verband Kinderbetreuung Schweiz industry trade association 2664 782576
kmuverband SKV, Schweizerischer KMU Verband industry trade association 392 253156
konsumentenschutz Stiftung fĂĽr Konsumentenschutz civil society social 7172 2564600
ksbl Kantonsspital Baselland industry tertiary sector 2140 810324
lch Dachverband Lehrerinnen und Lehrer Schweiz industry professional association 3948 1497488
le_centre Le Centre politics party 4 12608
luks Luzerner Kantonsspital industry tertiary sector 292 137836
mieterverband Mieterinnen- und Mieterverband (MV) civil society social 3828 1565512
parlament Die Bundesversammlung — Das Schweizer Parlament politics federation 1320 1052848
pharmasuisse Schweizerischer Apothekerverband pharmaSuisse industry trade association 388 164804
plr PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux politics party 4 2552
proinfirmis Pro Infirmis civil society social 1000 214656
pronatura Pro Natura civil society environment 1552 714940
ps Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (sp-ps.ch) politics party 4 996
publichealth Public Health Schweiz industry trade association 140 85548
romen Romande Energie industry secondary sector 296 259724
santesuisse santésuisse industry trade association 804 344904
sbv_usp Schweizer Bauernverband industry professional association 3632 1378400
schweizerenergiestiftung SES, Schweizerische Energie-Stiftung civil society environment 2944 1696868
sgb SGB, Schweizerischer Gewerkschaftsbund industry trade union 3248 1414156
sgv SGV, Schweizerischer Gewerbeverband industry trade association 2236 682812
skos SKOS, Schweizerische Konferenz fĂĽr Sozialhilfe civil society social 560 132168
snb SNB, Schweizerische Nationalbank politics federation 1536 1307588
sp SP, Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz politics party 7664 3375836
spo SPO, Stiftung fĂĽr Patientenschutz civil society health 20 11736
stadtwerk_wtt Stadtwerk Winterthur industry secondary sector 1088 372300
stv STV, Dachverband des Schweizer Tourismus industry trade association 3160 2455416
svgw SVGW: Acqua & Gas industry trade association 8172 2921112
svp SVP, Schweizerische Volkspartei politics party 4552 1855288
svv SVV, Schweizerischer Versicherungsverband industry trade association 836 504748
swissbanking SwissBanking, Schweizer Bankiervereinigung industry trade association 796 420960
swisscleantech swisscleantech industry trade association 2892 965400
swissgrid swissgrid industry secondary sector 988 387220
swisslife Swiss Life industry tertiary sector 376 409880
swissmedic Swissmedic, Schweizerisches Heilmittelinstitut politics federation 2228 944792
swissmem Swissmem industry trade association 1484 950256
swissnoso Swissnoso - Nationales Zentrum für Infektionsprävention civil society health 32 5008
swisspaed pädiatrie schweiz industry professional association 2432 4878952
swisstph Swiss TPH, Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health-Institut science non university 372 236600
travailsuisse Travail.Suisse industry trade union 6392 3483392
unia Gewerkschaft Unia industry trade union 6924 2029452
unibas Universität Basel science university 14356 6478420
unibe Universität Bern science university 1208 850044
unifr Universität Freiburg science university 3196 1345204
unilu University of Lucerne science university 5496 1786676
unisg Universität St. Gallen science university 1444 954432
unispital_basel Universitätsspital Basel industry tertiary sector 128 54472
usz Universitätsspital Zürich industry tertiary sector 912 495968
uzh Universität Zürich science university 10552 7554168
verdiliberali Verdi liberali politics party 12 5148
voev VöV, Verband öffentlicher Verkehr industry trade association 488 232504
vpod VPOD, Verband des Personals öffentlicher Dienste industry trade union 3708 1370532
vsa VSA, Verband Schweizer Abwasser- und Gewässerschutzfachleute industry professional association 4928 2077808
vse VSE, Verband Schweizerischer Elektrizitätsunternehmen industry trade association 2236 1996772
wsl WSL, Eidg. Forschungsanstalt fĂĽr Wald, Schnee und Landschaft science non university 1600 1106260
zhaw ZHAW, ZĂĽrcher Hochschule fĂĽr Angewandte Wissenschaften science university 15196 9134484
### FR Organizational Corpus (2010-2024)
source source_name social_system field_of_activity num_docs num_tokens
admin admin.ch, Le portail du Gouvernement suisse politics federation 27412 17610204
aeesuisse aeesuisse, Association faîtière de l’économie des énergies renouvelables et de l’efficacité énergétique industry trade association 412 245804
agvs_upsa UPSA, Union professionnelle suisse de l’automobile industry trade association 1784 1815852
a_k a&c, société spécialisée architecture & culture civil society culture 4 568
akademien Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences science non university 16 11116
alice FSEA, Fédération suisse pour la formation continue industry trade association 1724 1019372
alpiq Alpiq Holding AG industry secondary sector 2336 1152048
amsuisse AM Suisse, Agrotec Suisse & Metaltec Suisse industry trade association 244 141804
arbeitgeber Union patronale suisse industry trade association 5572 2544132
archaeologie_schweiz Archéologie Suisse civil society culture 40 7360
asloca Association suisse des locataires civil society social 1168 1028744
bag BAG, Bundesamt fĂĽr Gesundheit politics federation 64 26424
baspo BASPO, Bundesamt fĂĽr Sport politics federation 16 12404
bfh BFH, Haute école spécialisée bernoise science university 992 1048096
bkw BKW Energie AG industry secondary sector 2168 874276
caritas Caritas Suisse civil society social 80 46796
casafair CasaFair, Verband fĂĽr umweltbewusste und faire WohneigentĂĽmer*innen industry trade association 136 77884
cern CERN science non university 4104 2307424
dakomed Fédération de la médecine complémentaire industry trade association 108 30088
diakonie Diaconie Suisse civil society social 732 321736
die_mitte Le Centre politics party 204 106564
eawag eawag acquatic research science non university 1804 1587492
economiesuisse economiesuisse, Fédération des entreprises suisses industry trade association 3560 2201428
eda EDA, Eidgenössische Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten politics federation 488 911912
edk CDIP, Conférence des directrices et directeurs cantonaux de l’instruction publique politics canton 680 382192
edoeb EDÖB, Eidgenössischen Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragten politics federation 8 4496
ejpd EJPD, Eidgenössische Justiz- und Polizeidepartement politics federation 28 20212
electrosuisse Electrosuisse, Organisation spécialisée pour l’électrotechnique et les technologies de l’énergie et de l’information industry trade association 264 338076
empa Empa, Laboratoire fédéral d'essai des matériaux et de recherche science non university 140 119332
epfl EPFL, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne science university 44 12960
erdgas ASIG, Association Suisse de l’Industrie Gazière industry trade association 412 160652
eth ETH, École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich science university 52 65632
ezv EZV, Eidgenössische Zollverwaltung politics federation 8 3620
fdp PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux politics party 48 17300
fernuni FernUni Schweiz science university 36 55812
fibl FIBL, Institut de recherche de l’agriculture biologique science non university 868 459044
fluechtlingshilfe SFH, Schweizerische FlĂĽchtlingshilfe civil society social 92 61052
gastrosuisse GastroSuisse industry trade association 248 135304
gdk CDS, Conférence des directrices et directeurs cantonaux de la santé politics canton 984 1251080
glp PVL, Parti vert’libéral Suisse politics party 616 250768
groupe Groupe Mutuel industry tertiary sector 1184 811480
gsasa Gesellschaft der Schweizer Amts- und Spitalapotheker industry professional association 4 6420
gsk SHAS, Société d’histoire de l’art en Suisse civil society culture 504 120716
gstvs SVS, Société des Vétérinaires Suisses industry professional association 1256 365944
handel Commerce Suisse industry trade association 124 127788
heia HEIA-FR, Haute école d’ingénierie et d’architecture Fribourg science university 664 234548
heimat Patrimoine suisse civil society culture 1188 557236
hemu HEMU, Haute Ecole de Musique science university 1572 657172
hesav HESAV, Haute Ecole de Santé du Canton de Vaud science university 168 74308
hesge HES-SO, Genève (Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale) science university 364 148020
hetsl HETSL, Haute école de travail social et de la santé Lausanne science university 2488 819944
hevs HES-SO Vallais / Wallis (Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale) science university 72 27436
hkbb Handelskammer beider Basel industry trade association 4 2940
hotelleriesuisse HotellerieSuisse industry trade association 1644 753036
hplus H+ Les HĂ´pitaux de Suisse industry trade association 248 362128
htwchur HTW Chur, SUP, Scuola universitaria professionale dei Grigioni science university 20 21624
igerdgas IG Erdgas; IG Energiegase industry trade association 20 8972
infrasuisse Infra Suisse Blog industry trade association 308 137364
infrawatt InfraWatt civil society environment 112 32072
insos INSOS L’association de branche des prestataires de services pour les personnes en situation de handicap civil society social 384 177524
interpharma Interpharma, L’association des entreprises pharmaceutiques suisses pratiquant la recherche industry trade association 20 51404
kanton_be Kanton Bern politics canton 332 185868
kanton_fr Kanton Fribourg politics canton 27552 9242224
kanton_ge Kanton Genf politics canton 13124 7753732
kanton_ju Canton du Jura politics canton 1164 520940
kanton_ne Canton de Neuchâtel politics canton 10764 6492908
kanton_vd Canton de Vaud politics canton 6024 1947552
kanton_vs Canton du Valais politics canton 14368 6265804
kibesuisse kibesuisse, Fédération suisse pour l’accueil de jour de l’enfant industry trade association 1136 274124
konsumentenschutz Stiftung fĂĽr Konsumentenschutz civil society social 4 1600
le_centre Le Centre politics party 500 312480
osar OSAR, Organisation suisse d’aide aux réfugiés civil society social 124 83004
parlament L'Assemblée fédérale — Le Parlement suisse politics federation 448 328084
pharmasuisse Socitété Suisse des Pharmaciens pharmaSuisse industry trade association 132 43388
plr PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux politics party 1380 603276
proinfirmis Pro Infirmis civil society social 360 98632
pronatura Pro Natura civil society environment 1500 887420
ps Parti socialiste suisse (sp-ps.ch) politics party 3144 1241672
publichealth Public Health Schweiz industry trade association 76 56112
romen Romande Energie industry secondary sector 2368 1645168
santesuisse santésuisse industry trade association 660 344968
sbv_usp Union suisse des paysans industry professional association 2052 1036628
sgb USS, Union syndicale suisse industry trade union 248 149720
sgv USAM, Union suisse des arts et métiers industry trade association 1572 697932
skos CSIAS, La Conférence suisse des institutions d'action sociale civil society social 760 187052
snb BNS, Banque nationale suisse politics federation 1588 1777000
sp PS, Parti socialiste suisse politics party 1220 564496
stv FST, Fédération suisse du tourisme industry trade association 52 14540
svgw SVGW: Acqua & Gas industry trade association 4612 2277528
svp UDC, Union démocratique du centre politics party 6060 3938936
svv ASA, Association Suisse d’Assurances industry trade association 596 449580
swissbanking SwissBanking, Association suisse des banquiers industry trade association 220 172956
swisscleantech swisscleantech industry trade association 204 123568
swissgrid swissgrid industry secondary sector 956 498700
swissmedic Swissmedic, Institut suisse des produits thérapeutiques politics federation 3236 1988932
swissmem Swissmem industry trade association 1052 667640
swissnoso Swissnoso - Centre national de prévention des infections civil society health 40 6632
swisspaed pédiatrie suisse industry professional association 1368 3493932
swisstph Swiss TPH, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute science non university 48 45924
travailsuisse Travail.Suisse industry trade union 5724 4130864
udc UDC politics party 2964 1209544
unia Syndicat Unia industry trade union 6236 2258004
unibas University of Basel science university 16 9620
unibe Université de Berne science university 364 306340
unifr ​​Université de Fribourg science university 3512 1803848
unige Université de Genève science university 808 403144
unilu Université de Lucerne science university 8 1756
unine Université de Neuchâtel science university 284 171160
uzh Universität Zürich science university 4 2276
vertes Les Vertes politics party 112 69252
vertiliberaux Vert'libéraux suisse politics party 596 262744
voev UTP, Union des transports publics industry trade association 12 4616
vpod SSP, Syndicat des services publics industry trade union 4024 2755528
vsa VSA, Association suisse des professionnels de la protection des eaux industry professional association 1500 772008
vse AES, Association des entreprises Ă©lectriques suisses industry trade association 1516 1319500
wsl WSL, Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt, la neige et le paysage science non university 1652 1435636
zhaw ZHAW, Université des sciences appliquées de Zurich science university 72 70904
### IT Organizational Corpus (2010-2024)
source source_name social_system field_of_activity num_docs num_tokens
acsi ACSI, Associazione consumatrici e consumatori della Svizzera italiana civil society social 2200 567868
admin admin.ch, Il portale del Governo svizzero politics federation 93632 44395268
agvs_upsa UPSA, Unione professionale svizzera dell’automobile industry trade association 1592 1460100
alice Federazione svizzera per la formazione continua industry trade association 1668 843488
alpiq Alpiq Holding AG industry secondary sector 732 294548
amsuisse AM Suisse, Agrotec Suisse & Metaltec Suisse industry trade association 28 7704
arbeitgeber Unione svizzera degli imprenditori industry trade association 400 212108
archaeologie_schweiz Archeologia Svizzera civil society culture 12 2212
bag BAG, Bundesamt fĂĽr Gesundheit politics federation 88 50456
baspo BASPO, Bundesamt fĂĽr Sport politics federation 8 7956
bkw BKW Energie AG industry secondary sector 660 303776
caritas Caritas Svizzera civil society social 56 34280
eawag eawag acquatic research science non university 60 73344
economiesuisse economiesuisse Federazione delle imprese svizzere industry trade association 5320 3096876
eda EDA, Eidgenössische Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten politics federation 244 384964
edoeb EDÖB, Eidgenössischen Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragten politics federation 8 5684
ejpd EJPD, Eidgenössische Justiz- und Polizeidepartement politics federation 16 9308
electrosuisse Electrosuisse, Organizzazione specializzata nel campo dell’elettrotecnica, della tecnica energetica e dell’informatica industry trade association 160 138508
erdgas ASIG, Associazione svizzera dell'industria del gas industry trade association 448 159888
eth ETH, Politecnico federale di Zurigo science university 4 4760
ezv EZV, Eidgenössische Zollverwaltung politics federation 20 10880
fdp PLR. I liberali radicali politics party 56 27684
fhgr FHGR, Scuola universitaria professionale dei Grigioni science university 164 135072
fibl FIBL, Istituto di ricerca dell’agricoltura biologica science non university 348 78368
gastrosuisse GastroSuisse industry trade association 64 29496
glp PVL, Parti vert’libéral Suisse politics party 8 1768
groupe Groupe Mutuel industry tertiary sector 112 109284
gsk SSAS, Società di storia dell’arte in Svizzera civil society culture 216 50092
heia HEIA-FR, Haute école d’ingénierie et d’architecture Fribourg science university 4 860
heimat Patrimonio svizzero civil society culture 780 357660
holzbau Holzbau Schweiz industry trade association 4 476
hotelleriesuisse HotellerieSuisse industry trade association 1532 646824
hplus H+ Gli Ospedali Svizzeri industry trade association 80 11504
htwchur HTW Chur, SUP, Scuola universitaria professionale dei Grigioni science university 20 23940
igerdgas IG Erdgas; IG Energiegase industry trade association 16 7372
infrasuisse Infra Suisse Blog industry trade association 180 76272
infrawatt InfraWatt civil society environment 72 20632
insos INSOS L’association de branche des prestataires de services pour les personnes en situation de handicap civil society social 4 476
kanton_gr Cantone dei Grigioni politics canton 3220 1724496
kanton_ti Cantone Ticino politics canton 1068 208444
kibesuisse kibesuisse, Federazione svizzera delle strutture di accoglienza per l’infanzia industry trade association 284 72460
parlament L'Assemblea federale — Il Parlamento svizzero politics federation 12 11296
pharmasuisse SocietĂ  Svizzera dei Farmacisti pharmaSuisse industry trade association 8 2024
plr PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux politics party 4 844
plrt PLRT Il Liberali radicali politics party 276 150872
proinfirmis Pro Infirmis civil society social 368 87576
ps_ticino PS Ticino politics party 1600 643732
santesuisse santésuisse industry trade association 428 214688
sbv_usp Unione Svizzera dei Contadini industry professional association 8 1380
snb BNS, Banca nazionale svizzera politics federation 652 529196
svgw SVGW: Acqua & Gas industry trade association 2588 1281556
svv ASA, Associazione Svizzera d’Assicurazioni industry trade association 700 487736
swissbanking SwissBanking, Associazione Svizzera dei Banchieri industry trade association 132 59952
swissgrid swissgrid industry secondary sector 904 466392
swissmedic Swissmedic, Istituto svizzero per gli agenti terapeutici politics federation 2840 1629508
swissmem Swissmem industry trade association 372 239684
swissnoso Swissnoso - Centro nazionale per la prevenzione delle infezioni civil society health 32 5288
swisspaed pediatria svizzera industry professional association 16 20072
udc UDC politics party 412 193112
unia Sindacato Unia industry trade union 4620 1945944
unibas University of Basel science university 12 6336
unilu UniversitĂ  di Lucerna science university 4 412
usi USI, UniversitĂ  della Svizzera italiana science university 9544 4591488
verdi I Verdi politics party 652 487492
verdiliberali Verdi liberali politics party 388 168252
vpod VPOD - Sindacato dei servizi pubblici e sociosanitari industry trade union 3336 1340272
vsa VSA, Associazione svizzera dei professionisti della protezione delle acque industry professional association 748 358132
vse AES, Association des entreprises Ă©lectriques suisses industry trade association 4 20356
wsl WSL, Istituto federale di ricerca per la foresta, la neve e il paesaggio science non university 1148 975384
wwf WWF civil society environment 356 210980
zhaw ZHAW, UniversitĂ  di Scienze Applicate Zurigo science university 36 35484
--- ## Journalistic Corpora Journalistic corpora focus on **mass media communication**, comprising **Switzerland’s major news outlets**. This dataset is particularly useful for analyzing the role of the media in shaping public discourse. Journalistic corpora include national and regional newspapers from publishers such as **Tamedia and the NZZ Group** provided by **Schweizer Mediendatenbank (SMD) via [Swissdox@LiRi](https://www.liri.uzh.ch/en/services/swissdox.html)**. A small selection of sources is also crawled by the Swiss-AL Team. Example Research Question: - *How has media coverage of climate change evolved in Swiss newspapers over the past decade?* ### DE Journalistic Corpus (high reach media, 2010-2024, 20%)
source source_type media_type publisher num_docs num_tokens
SGTjournalisticdaily/online newspaperCH Media10021639853584
AZMjournalisticdaily/online newspaperCH Media7201633568622
BZjournalisticdaily/online newspaperTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)6945232094444
BLIOjournalisticdaily/online newspaperRingier AG6713426884052
NZZOjournalisticdaily/online newspaperNZZ-Mediengruppe5766234004590
SRFjournalisticdaily/online newspaperSRG5219823012868
NZZjournalisticdaily/online newspaperNZZ-Mediengruppe4969828020712
ZWAOjournalisticdaily/online newspaperTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)4917420815734
TAjournalisticdaily/online newspaperTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)4902426027836
BAZjournalisticdaily/online newspaperTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)4833224072528
NNTAjournalisticdaily/online newspaperTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)4604429699020
BUjournalisticdaily/online newspaperTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)4450625502548
ZWAjournalisticdaily/online newspaperTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)339847653486
BLIjournalisticdaily/online newspaperRingier AG3160611162778
LUZjournalisticdaily/online newspaperCH Media2941615713724
NNBSjournalisticdaily/online newspaperTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)2678218534342
SGTOjournalisticdaily/online newspaperCH Media1679214479696
AZOjournalisticdaily/online newspaperCH Media132408343854
LUZOjournalisticdaily/online newspaperCH Media129867336954
NZZSjournalisticweekly/magazineNZZ-Mediengruppe129189495680
TASjournalisticweekly/magazineTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)110187274824
SBLIjournalisticweekly/magazineRingier AG95545229488
WEWjournalisticweekly/magazineWeltwoche Verlags AG70506122162
WOZjournalisticweekly/magazineGenossenschaft Infolink44524081092
WEWOjournalisticdaily/online newspaperWeltwoche Verlags AG2200816530
SWIIjournalisticdaily/online newspaperSRG19921959584
### FR Journalistic Corpus (high reach media, 2010-2024, 20%)
source source_type media_type publisher num_docs num_tokens
BLIOjournalisticdaily/online newspaperRingier AG2559215111064
HEUjournalisticdaily/online newspaperTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)9256453288206
NNHEUjournalisticdaily/online newspaperTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)9280254481216
NNTDGjournalisticdaily/online newspaperTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)12781471134686
NNTLMjournalisticdaily/online newspaperTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)10907450886072
RTSjournalisticdaily/online newspaperSRG5008423416494
SWIIjournalisticdaily/online newspaperSRG45745271194
TDGjournalisticdaily/online newspaperTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)8425647801574
TLMjournalisticdaily/online newspaperTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)3404616123552
TLMDjournalisticweekly/magazineTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)2306219544332
TPSjournalisticdaily/online newspaperLe Temps SA6839258144050
TPSOjournalisticdaily/online newspaperLe Temps SA1900417587928
ZWASjournalisticdaily/online newspaperTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)6129014735028
ZWSOjournalisticdaily/online newspaperTX Group AG (Tamedia AG)10692047280162
### IT Journalistic Corpus (high reach media, 2010-2024)
source source_type media_type publisher num_docs num_tokens
RSIjournalisticdaily/online newspaperSRG11209831916792
SWIIjournalisticdaily/online newspaperSRG2277024198540
--- ## Parliamentary Corpora (Soon to be added) This corpus contains **official transcripts** from the **Swiss Parliament’s Official Bulletin**, covering debates and legislative discussions **since 1991**. Example Research Question: - *What are the dominant themes in parliamentary debates on climate policy?* --- ## Right-Wing Extremist Corpora (Soon to be added) This category includes **texts from far-right news platforms**, such as PI-News and Compact. The corpus can be used for understanding the spread of political ideologies, rhetoric and narratives of the far right. A case study that uses data from this corpus is shown in [Krasselt et al. 2022](bibliography.md). Example Research Question: - *How do far-right media platforms construct narratives around migration and national identity?* --- ## Project Corpora Project corpora are designed for **targeted research projects** conducted by ZHAW Digital Discourse Lab. ### DE Journalistic Delinquency Corpus (2014-2024)
source source_name publisher media_type num_docs num_tokens
BLI Blick Ringier AG daily/online newspaper 288 190476
NZZ NZZ, Neue ZĂĽrcher Zeitung NZZ-Mediengruppe daily/online newspaper 1744 2207718
NZZS NZZ am Sonntag NZZ-Mediengruppe weekly/magazine 374 611202
TA Tages-Anzeiger TX Group AG (Tamedia AG) daily/online newspaper 1188 1203720
TAS SonntagsZeitung TX Group AG (Tamedia AG) weekly/magazine 264 394108
WEW Die Weltwoche Weltwoche Verlags AG weekly/magazine 284 454790
WOZ WOZ Die Wochenzeitung Genossenschaft Infolink weekly/magazine 268 490542
ZWAO 20 minuten online TX Group AG (Tamedia AG) daily/online newspaper 1852 1112646
--- ## Demo Corpora These corpora contain one random source per sub-category of organizational type (e.g. one party; one university, one trade union, etc.). They are created for test purposes and can be accessed by all users without registration. ### DE Demo Corpus
source source_name social_system field_of_activity num_docs num_tokens
admin admin.ch, Das Portal der Schweizer Regierung politics federation 124576 58040168
bkw BKW Energie AG industry secondary sector 3284 1492692
heimat Schweizer Heimatschutz civil society culture 1672 619828
kanton_zh Kanton ZĂĽrich politics canton 59636 17400700
mieterverband Mieterinnen- und Mieterverband (MV) civil society social 3828 1565512
santesuisse santésuisse industry trade association 804 344904
schweizerenergiestiftung SES, Schweizerische Energie-Stiftung civil society environment 2944 1696868
snb SNB, Schweizerische Nationalbank politics federation 1536 1307588
sp SP, Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz politics party 7664 3375836
unia Gewerkschaft Unia industry trade union 6924 2029452
vsa VSA, Verband Schweizer Abwasser- und Gewässerschutzfachleute industry professional association 4928 2077808
wsl WSL, Eidg. Forschungsanstalt fĂĽr Wald, Schnee und Landschaft science non university 1600 1106260
### FR Demo Corpus
source source_name social_system field_of_activity num_docs num_tokens
admin admin.ch, Le portail du Gouvernement suisse politics federation 27412 17610204
asloca Association suisse des locataires civil society social 1168 1028744
bkw BKW Energie AG industry secondary sector 2168 874276
heimat Patrimoine suisse civil society culture 1188 557236
kanton_fr Kanton Fribourg politics canton 27552 9242224
pronatura Pro Natura civil society environment 1500 887420
santesuisse santésuisse industry trade association 660 344968
snb BNS, Banque nationale suisse politics federation 1588 1777000
svp UDC, Union démocratique du centre politics party 6060 3938936
unia Syndicat Unia industry trade union 6236 2258004
unifr ​​Université de Fribourg science university 3512 1803848
vsa VSA, Association suisse des professionnels de la protection des eaux industry professional association 1500 772008
wsl WSL, Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt, la neige et le paysage science non university 1652 1435636
### IT Demo Corpus
source source_name social_system field_of_activity num_docs num_tokens
admin admin.ch, Il portale del Governo svizzero politics federation 93632 44395268
bkw BKW Energie AG industry secondary sector 660 303776
heimat Patrimonio svizzero civil society culture 780 357660
kanton_ti Cantone Ticino politics canton 1068 208444
proinfirmis Pro Infirmis civil society social 368 87576
ps_ticino PS Ticino politics party 1600 643732
santesuisse santésuisse industry trade association 428 214688
snb BNS, Banca nazionale svizzera politics federation 652 529196
unia Sindacato Unia industry trade union 4620 1945944
usi USI, UniversitĂ  della Svizzera italiana science university 9544 4591488
vsa VSA, Associazione svizzera dei professionisti della protezione delle acque industry professional association 748 358132
wsl WSL, Istituto federale di ricerca per la foresta, la neve e il paesaggio science non university 1148 975384
wwf WWF civil society environment 356 210980
--- ## Corpus Update Frequency **Annually updated corpora:** - Organizational - Journalistic - Right-Wing Extremist --- ## Creating Subcorpora Users can create their own subcorpora by selecting "Create custom corpus" and using the Wizard to select categories, time span and sources. You can also create corpora based on a specific lemma (*keyword*): for example, for creating a subcorpus containing the word *Politik* and *Wissenschaft* enter these terms as *keywords*.