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Swiss Young Academy SYA
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New Sounding Board members appointed
The Swiss Young Academy (SYA) has established a sounding board as a new advisory body to specifically strengthen the evaluation and implementation of its members' joint projects. The election of the first four Sounding Board members by the Board of Directors of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences represents another important step in the further development of the Young Academy, five years after its foundation.
Swiss Commission for Polar and High Altitude Research SCPH
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Prix de Quervain awarded to two early career researchers
To Paraskevi Georgagaki and Simon Schneider for their PhDs on ice crystals in clouds and in high altitude medicine respectively. The award ceremony is at the Swiss Polar Day on 5 September
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ITD-CH 25: Call for Posters
Für die ITD-CH 25 freuen wir uns über Ihre Beiträge! Ab heute ist der Call for Posters offen, bei dem wir Sie bitten Ihre Institution/Forschung und die relevanten Beziehungen dafür vorzustellen.
Current publications
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Lighthouse Programmes in Sustainability Research and Innovation
Wuelser G, Edwards P (2025)
Lighthouse Programmes in Sustainability Research and Innovation
Swiss Academies Reports 20 (4)Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences a+
Ethical guidelines for animal experiments
The Swiss Animal Welfare Act permits the use of animals for certain scientific purposes; at the same time, however, it requires that the dignity of animals be respected and their welfare protected. For researchers, reconciling these various societal interests can be challenging. The ethical guidelines for animal experiments (2025) are designed to clarify the margin of discretion left by the legislation and to encourage researchers to reflect on the handling of animals in their experiments. The decisive factors for updating the previous version from 2005 were new scientific knowledge and research methods on the one hand, as well as changes in the legal framework on the other.
