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Swiss Young Academy SYA
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Swiss Young Academy elects eight new members
The Swiss Young Academy will admit eight new members at its next Members' Assembly meeting. The newly elected members impressed with their scientific profile, their original ideas for shaping the science system and their commitment to dialogue between science, society and politics. Over the next five years, they will work together with the existing 26 members of the Young Academy on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary projects that will provide new impetus.
Swiss Young Academy SYA
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She researches what narratives tell us about dying
Anna Elsner, a literary scholar and a member of the Swiss Young Academy, explores in books, films and blogs how people talk about dying. Her insights open up new perspectives, which are also relevant to medicine.
Swiss Young Academy SYA
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Survey on Career Transitions of STEM Graduates launched
Why do researchers leave academia? We want to understand this better – and for this we need your support. With this survey, we are collecting the opinions and experiences of persons who left academia in Switzerland after completing their doctorate or postdoc phase in STEM fields in the last 15 years.
Upcoming events
08.15 am - 04.15 pm
Location of the event
House of Academies, Bern
Workshop "Science-Policy Interface for Scientists: An (Inter)national Perspective"
As part of our project SYNESPOD Project and in cooperation with the Geneva Science-Policy Interface and the Franxini Project, we kindly invite you to join our workshop titled "Science-Policy Interface for Scientists: An (Inter)national Perspective" on 16 May 2025 at the House of Academies in Bern. This full-day workshop provides an introduction to science for policy for researchers. Participants gain both international and national perspectives on the science-policy interface, learn how to engage with policy-makers and how to communicate their research results effectively.
