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Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences SAHS

Promotion of the humanities in Switzerland

SWISS ACADEMIES REPORTS, VOL. 9, NO 3, 2014

At the turn of the millennium, the Federal Council tasked a working group with defining a set of guidelines for the promotion of the humanities and social sciences. The Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAHS) also addressed the problems of the humanities in a research environment increasingly oriented towards large-scale projects and an interdisciplinary approach. This baseline report examines whether the working group's recommendations have been implemented, and how the situation in the humanities looks today.

Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften (2014) Grundlagenbericht: Förderung der Geisteswissenschaften in der Schweiz im Zeitraum 2002–2012. Swiss Academies Reports 9 (3).

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