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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.

Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, a long-standing member of the Swiss Commission for Polar and High Altitude Research (SCPH) and professor at the University of Zurich, has been elected IASC Vice-President

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.

The Vice-Rectorate Quality and Sustainable Development of the University of Bern has launched a call for projects that are in line with the Climate Roadmap 2030.

The Swiss Parliament has agreed on the amount and timeframe for funding energy research.

The Swiss Young Academy is excited to announce the launch of a new podcast series - "Spark: stories from advocates for global change" - debuting on March 28, 2025. The series features thought-provoking, student-led interviews with a wide array of academic and non-academic experts from Switzerland and beyond. Together, they explore urgent global issues such as artificial intelligence, the impact of social media on democracy, human rights, and climate change - critical topics that shape our present and future.

Strengthened climate protection on a global level could preserve more than a quarter of the ice existing today in the Swiss Alps. Researchers have written about this in a new fact sheet from the Swiss Academy of Sciences that outlines the current level of knowledge concerning glacial melting in the Alps, the diverse effects of this and possible courses of action. In particular, glaciers at over 3,000 metres above sea level could be preserved in the long term. The fact sheet will be published on 21 March 2025 to mark the first "International Glacier Day". The United Nations has declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation.

The Swiss Young Academy is launching a new project dedicated to promoting research practices characterised by empathy and humanity.