Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences SAMS
The SPHN Data Coordination Center (SPHN-DCC): Consolidating the SPHN infrastructures beyond 2024
Since 2017, the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) initiative has been coordinating the development of data infrastructures for the responsible use of health data for research throughout Switzerland. The Swiss Academies of Medical Sciences (SAMS) and the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics have been jointly responsible for implementing the mandate. After 2024, the foundations established by SPHN need to become permanently integrated into the Swiss research landscape.
A first Academies Report on the achievements of SPHN for the period 2016–2019 was published in 2021. This second publication summarizes the expectations and needs of the Swiss health research community for the long-term future of the SPHN-DCC. It furthermore sets out the technical, organizational, and financial requirements, giving special emphasis to the many interfaces of the SPHN-DCC with its partners in research, the healthcare system, and administration. As part of the developing Swiss research infrastructure and health landscape, the SPHN-DCC promotes data-driven medicine and personalized health at national and international scale.
Swiss Personalized Health Network (2023)
The SPHN Data Coordination Center (SPHN-DCC):
Consolidating the SPHN infrastructures beyond 2024
Swiss Academies Communications 18 (4).
Swiss Young Academy SYA
Compassionate Science - Integrating Empathy and Compassion in Research
This report explores how empathy and compassion shape research practices across disciplines. Drawing on a review of existing literature and illustrative examples from early-career researchers, it shows that empathy and compassion are not abstract ideals but practical dimensions of research that can influence study design, relationships, data interpretation, and knowledge translation. Across fields, integrating these dimensions can strengthen trust, deepen understanding, improve collaboration, and enhance ethical reflexivity.
Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences a+
STEM 2026: Where Switzerland stands today
Twelve years on from the first STEM Youth Barometer, the new 2026 edition reveals that interest in STEM has remained largely stable, stereotypes persist, and women underestimate their own abilities. At the same time, the findings are more nuanced than expected and point to clear areas for improvement.
Swiss Academy of Sciences SCNAT
Beyond the transaction: commodity trade and sustainable development
This factsheet maps the sustainability links of commodity trade, identifies knowledge gaps, and outlines options for commodity hubs, including Switzerland, to reduce economic, environmental and social sustainability risks.