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Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences a+
Statement on the consultation on the “Horizon Fund Law”
The Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences welcome and support the draft law on the establishment of the “Horizon Fund”. This fund aims to secure the resources earmarked for the European Research and Innovation Framework Programme Horizon Europe for the benefit of research in Switzerland. This will at least minimise the loss for Switzerland as a centre of knowledge as a result of its continued partial participation in Horizon Europe.
However, Switzerland's association with Horizon Europe as soon as possible and in full must remain the top priority, the Academies emphasise in their statement. This is of the utmost importance for Switzerland as a location for research and innovation. The longer the current situation persists, the more Switzerland's attractiveness for research and innovation players will suffer.
For their part, the Academies remain committed to Switzerland's full participation in Horizon Europe and, in the meantime, are working to strengthen their international contacts in order to mitigate the consequences of non-association.
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.
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Tour d'Horizon 2024 published
For the twentieth time, thanks to contributions from the community, td-net has compiled a list of key literature from 2024 in the field of inter- and transdisciplinary research, education and practice. 57 publications, are classified into 5 categories with short annotations from the contributors. Feedback on the use and usefulness of this product is very much appreciated - simply email to td-net@scnat.ch
All “Tour d’Horizon of Literature” issues can be found here. Many thanks to our contributors for making this years Tour d’Horizon possible!
Foundation for Technology Assessment TA-SWISS
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New digital Swiss francs - our money of the future?
Digitalisation means a radical change for the Swiss financial system. In the near future, technology companies, but also central banks, could develop and issue new virtual forms of money. TA-SWISS would like to stimulate a debate about this in society as a whole and is launching a new study on this topic. The deadline for submitting project outlines is 4 November 2022.