How and to what extent does climate change affect human rights? The project group "Human Rights" of the Swiss Young Academy launches a design challenge on climate change and human rights. Join the challenge and demonstrate your talent!

The members of the project "What can we learn from COVID-19 fake news about the spread of scientific misinformation in general?" are organising a workshop on 16 September at this year's ScienceComm'21 in Fribourg, where they will conduct a co-creation analysis of a Switzerland-wide survey on COVID-19 misinformation.

Following the Members' Assembly, the members elected Lucas Mueller as the new speaker of the Swiss Young Academy for the year 2021/2022. We thank Estefania Cuero for her commitment as the first speaker and look forward to a successful collaboration with Lucas Mueller.

SYA members are organizing a retreat in September for underrepresented Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in Switzerland. The retreat is part of the project "Challenging Inequalities and Precarious Working Conditions in Swiss Academic Institutions". The retreat invites ECRs who identify as first-generation or BIPOC/Jewish/Migrant to discuss institutional politics and their lived experiences in Swiss academia.