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06|05|2022: Five new members elected
The Members' Assembly has elected five new members. We are looking forward to working together and to shaping and implementing new project ideas together.
31|03|2022: Call for Mentors launched
The Administrative Office is looking for experienced researchers from academic or non-academic fields who would enjoy passing on their experience and advice regarding career-relevant topics to our members in the context of one-to-one mentoring.
21|03|2022: New contribution to the European Journalism Observatory
What should statistics look like so that readers trust them? What does it take for graphics to be interpreted correctly? Based on their research, our "Fake News" project group at the European Journalism Observatory explains what makes graphic statistics understandable and trustworthy.
23|02|2022: New project on transdisciplinarity launched
The Members' Assembly of SYA recently approved a project to support its members in fostering inter- and transdisciplinary collaborations with researchers from different disciplines to contribute to addressing societal challenges.
Call for mentors
Would you like to be in dialogue with talented young scientists and give them your advice on career-relevant topics? Then register here with us as a mentor!
Ongoing Projects
The core tasks of the Swiss Young Academy includes not only representing young researchers and promoting the science- and social-policy discourse, but also implementing inter- and transdisciplinary projects at the interface between science and society. For this purpose, each member has access to funding, which makes possible joint projects in groups of up to 6 people.
Challenging Inequalities and Precarious Working Conditions in Swiss Academic Institutions
What are the reasons for the marginalization, growing competition over collaboration and precarity in (Swiss) academia? And what can be done about it?
COVID-19 Fake News
What can we learn from COVID-19 fake news about the spread of scientific misinformation in general?
Fostering Transdisciplinary Collaborations for Change
How can members of the SYA foster inter- and trans-disciplinary collaborations in order to contribute to societal challenges?
Who gets heard? Selecting Scientific Experts in Swiss Legislative Processes
How does science get heard in the legislative process? How are scientific experts selected? How to ensure that interdisciplinary perspectives are incorporated?
Swiss Young Academy
Karin M. Spycher, Head of Swiss Young Academy
House of Academies
Laupenstrasse 7
P.O. Box
3001 Bern
Switzerland