Female Professors in Switzerland? Still a Way to Go
Although women now make up a narrow majority of students, few make it to the academic upper echelons in Switzerland. Change is coming about... slowly.
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The Imaginary Carrot: No Correlation Between Raising Funds and Research Productivity in Geosciences
The Imaginary Carrot: No Correlation Between Raising Funds and Research Productivity in Geosciences
The ability of researchers to raise funding is central to academic achievement. However, whether success in obtaining research funds correlates with the productivity, quality or impact of a researcher is debated. The study analyses 10 years of grant funding by the Swiss National Science Foundation in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Israel, Switzerland and UK to Join Horizon Europe by End of Year
The UK's association to Horizon Europe has been agreed "in principle" and awaits Parliament's scrutiny, while agreements with Israel and Switzerland could be finalised by the end of the year.
Quotas to Promote Gender Equality in Research
Gender equality is a prime concern of the Swiss National Science Foundation. To offer additional visibilty to women in academia, it is introducing gender quotas in its evaluation bodies with immediate effect.
COVID-19 Edition of the Science Barometer: People Seek Stronger Voice for Science on Pandemic Issues
COVID-19 Edition of the Science Barometer: People Seek Stronger Voice for Science on Pandemic Issues
Institutional Barriers to Participation in EU Framework Programs: Contrasting the Swiss and UK Cases
Institutional Barriers to Participation in EU Framework Programs: Contrasting the Swiss and UK Cases
Brexit and Horizon Europe - What is the Price of Uncertainty for the UK?
Brexit and Horizon Europe - What is the Price of Uncertainty for the UK?
#ConnectingTomorrow: Why Switzerland Needs the World
The disruptions caused by COVID-19 have led to an acceleration in the digitization of all major aspects of life - and has brought to light who the laggards are, and who leads the charge.
Transnational Mobility Networks and Academic Social Capital Among Early‐Career Academics: Beyond Common‐Sense Assumptions
Transnational Mobility Networks and Academic Social Capital Among Early‐Career Academics: Beyond Common‐Sense Assumptions
This study examines the composition of academics’ networks at different points in their career and discuss the role of transnational ties within them.
GII 2020: COVID-19 Impact on Global Innovation; Annual Ranking Topped by Switzerland, Sweden, U.S., U.K. and Netherlands
GII 2020: COVID-19 Impact on Global Innovation; Annual Ranking Topped by Switzerland, Sweden, U.S., U.K. and Netherlands
The COVID-19 pandemic is severely pressuring a long-building rise in worldwide innovation, likely hindering some innovative activities while catalyzing ingenuity elsewhere, notably in the health sector, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020.
Twelve ERC Starting Grants for ETH Zurich
ETH has been highly successful in the awarding of this year’s ERC Starting Grants for young researchers, with the European Research Council (ERC) approving a total of CHF 21.4 million in funding for 12 ETH project submissions.
Sudden Omnipresence
In the media circus surrounding the pandemic, it's the loudest researchers who have been heard the most. Why it is important that we also listen to quieter voices in future, and why the state of scientific knowledge should be communicated with greater candour.
The Limitation Initiative is Harmful to Education, Research and Innovation
The ETH Board, swissuniversities, the Swiss National Science Foundation, Innosuisse – the Swiss Innovation Agency, and the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences reject the Limitation Initiative. They organised a joint press call in order to state their views on the Limitation Initiative and affirm the importance of research cooperation with Europe.
Switzerland is Not an Island
Switzerland will soon vote on whether to cancel the agreement on the free movement of persons, thus terminating the well-established Bilateral Agreements with the EU. Only by networking fully with its European neighbors and the world in general, can the high standards the Swiss hold for themselves be maintained.
Taking Our Seat at the Table!
Women at ETH Zurich - from the early days to the present
Career Funding: the Researcher's Overall Performance Counts
Career Funding: the Researcher's Overall Performance Counts
The SNSF has adopted the DORA recommendations in its career funding schemes and adapted some other criteria. This will make the selection process even fairer and more inclusive of re-searchers with diverse career paths.
Robots Will Help Us Manage Covid-19, but Not in the Way We Think
Robots Will Help Us Manage Covid-19, but Not in the Way We Think
Covid-19 could be a boon for the robotics industry, leaving companies to decide when and where humans are better than machines.
Time is of the Essence: Containment of the SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic in Switzerland from February to May 2020
Time is of the Essence: Containment of the SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic in Switzerland from February to May 2020
In late February and early March 2020, Switzerland experienced rapid growth of severe COVID-19 infections. This pre-print follows and analyses non-pharmaceutical interventions during this period.
New Recommendations to Improve the Status of Women Faculty
A report on the status of women faculty at EPFL outlines common challenges faced by women professors, and more importantly, recommendations on how to move forward.
"Giving People Room for Creativity"
Encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration, streamlining regulations, and giving people the freedom to research: These are some of the goals Michael Schaepman hopes to achieve as new President of the University of Zurich.
Switzerland Again #1 on European Innovation Scoreboard
The European Commission released the European Innovation Scoreboard 2020. According to the ranking, Switzerland continues to be the most innovative country of the continent.
Swissuniversities and Springer Nature Sign a New Open Access Agreement
swissuniversities has adopted a new transformative Open Access agreement with Springer Nature. This agreement provides Swiss researchers with access to SpringerLink with over 2’000 Hybrid journals and enables authors affiliated with the Swiss academic and research institutions to publish their accepted research papers Open Access, making this primary research immediately and freely accessible from the point of publication.
Dutch on Board
The SNSF and the Dutch Research Council have agreed to finance joint projects. This will make it much easier for Swiss researchers to collaborate with their Dutch counterparts.
Coming out of Lockdown is Harder Than Going in
The president of Switzerland's top-ranked university says his institution is tentatively getting back to speed after the coronavirus lockdown - but that this is harder than anticipated.
We Are Here to Solve Problems, Not to COVIDise
Despite the special calls for research into the novel coronavirus, researchers should all still concentrate on what they do best, writes Matthias Egger, President of the National Research Council of the SNSF.
Opendata.ch - 2020 Forum
The Opendata.ch 2020 Forum will explore New Data Narratives, diving in deep collaborative work, and aiming high!
Swissuniversities and Elsevier Adopt a Pilot Agreement Combining Reading and Publishing
Swissuniversities and Elsevier Adopt a Pilot Agreement Combining Reading and Publishing
Swissuniversities has adopted a new transformative pilot agreement with Elsevier for research access and Open Access publishing in Switzerland.
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