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Sustainable University Day 2024
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Swiss Quantum Initiative strengthens research and development in quantum technology and science
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Junge Schweizer Forschende helfen, die polaren Klimasysteme besser zu verstehen
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Physics in Switzerland – driving economy, triggering innovation, empowering citizens
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Fällanden und Zürich neu auf der Landkarte der historischen Stätten der Chemie
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"Appeals for decolonising North-South collaboration in research"
Our current global challenges require global collaboration. The colonial practices for North-South collaboration in research create dependence and invisibility, undermining the chances of finding solutions to these challenges. To combat this, collaboration and the development of knowledge through such research must be decolonised. I therefore make five proposals on how to end this situation.
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“Embracing gender diversity is good for science”
The expectation that women shall be and act like their male colleagues, especially when it comes to meet excellence criteria, is causing many women to leave science after their PhD or Postdoc. To plug this ‘leaky pipeline’ there is the need for a broader range of accepted career paths, behaviors and work models.
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«Für einen wirklich demokratischen Zugang zu wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen»
Open Access, der offene Zugang zu wissenschaftlichen Publikationen, will die Ergebnisse der Forschung allen zugänglich machen und die Abonnementskosten reduzieren. Allerdings verstärkt das aktuelle Modell der grossen Verlage deren Vormachtstellung. Um die Kontrolle über ihre Publikationen zurückzuerlangen, sollte die wissenschaftliche Gemeinschaft ihre eigene Verlagspolitik und Preisgestaltung festlegen und die Rolle der kommerziellen Verlage auf die technische Umsetzung beschränken.
Image: zvgStellungnahme zur Vernehmlassung zum «Horizon-Fonds-Gesetz»
Die Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz begrüssen und unterstützen den Gesetzesentwurf zur Etablierung des «Horizon-Fonds». Dieser Fonds will die für das europäische Forschungs- und Innovationsrahmenprogramm Horizon Europe vorgesehenen Mittel zugunsten der Forschung in der Schweiz absichern. Damit wird der Verlust für den Wissensstandort Schweiz infolge der weiterhin nur partiell möglichen Teilnahme an Horizon Europe zumindest minimiert.
Switzerland excluded from European planning of research infrastructures
The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) was created to support a coherent and strategy-oriented approach to policy making in the area of major research infrastructures in Europe. As Switzerland is not associated with Horizon Europe, the EU framework programme for research and innovation, the Swiss ESFRI delegation and Swiss experts in the Strategic Working Groups (SWG) will no longer be invited to participate in ESFRI meetings and activities. According to Hans Rudolf Ott, Chairperson of the Round Table on Swiss Representation in International Organisations and Research Infrastructures (RoTIORI), organised by the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), Switzerland has lost an important means of contributing to the shaping of the European research landscape as a result of this decision, particularly in the field of major infrastructures. RoTIORI now expects pragmatic solutions to be developed in the interest of the European research landscape.
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Swiss Young Academy
The Swiss Young Academy offers early-career researchers the opportunity to carry out inter- and transdisciplinary projects. With their commitment and contributions, its members strive to identify societal challenges at an early stage, offer solutions to these challenges and promote dialogue between science and society. The Swiss Young Academy was launched by the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, to which the SCNAT belongs.