Jeune Académie Suisse JAS
Impact of AI on Early Career Researchers: Challenges, Opportunities and Responsibilities
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming science and is therefore profoundly reshaping the work of Early Career Researchers. Against this backdrop, the publication Impact of AI on Early Career Researchers: Challenges, Opportunities, and Responsibilities, developed by members of the Swiss Young Academy, namely Emmanuel Senft, Sabrina H. Kessler, Pamela Delgado, Devi Bühler, and Alexandre Bovet, offers a timely interdisciplinary reflection on these changes. The booklet examines both the opportunities and risks of AI across five key areas – research, teaching, science communication, policymaking, and sustainability – while also addressing critical issues such as research integrity, data privacy, misinformation, governance, and environmental impact. It further highlights the responsibilities of Early Career Researchers and higher education institutions in promoting AI literacy, transparency, ethical standards, and responsible use of AI in science.
Jeune Académie Suisse JAS
Innovative Teaching Formats at the Science-Society Interface: Reflections and Future Directions in Swiss Higher Education
Science-society dialogue is crucial for addressing pressing societal challenges. One important avenue for strengthening this link, in an inter- and transdisciplinary perspective, is teaching formats that encourage students to engage in the public sphere. However, an illustrative collection of best practices in Swiss higher education has been lacking so far. This practice-driven report draws on a non-exhaustive stocktake of existing courses in Switzerland and participatory workshops among lecturers. It features illustrative examples from Swiss higher education institutions and introduces a new typology of science-society teaching formats, offering educators a structured way to design and analyze courses across six dimensions. In addition, the publication discusses both the opportunities and challenges of implementing such teaching formats. To further advance science-society education, the report identifies three priority areas for action.
Jeune Académie Suisse JAS
On Science for Policy and Diplomacy Education in Switzerland and Beyond: A Brief Overview
Some of the most pressing challenges worldwide, from global pandemics to the climate and environmental crisis, require efforts at the interface of science, policy, and diplomacy. To this end, skills development for scientists engaged with science for policy and diplomacy is increasingly important, yet relevant educational offers in Switzerland and worldwide remain limited. The Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy, in collaboration with the Geneva Science-Policy Interface and the Franxini Project of Reatch, considered educational offers in science for policy and diplomacy available for early-career academics, including courses, workshops, and webinars in Switzerland, across Europe, and beyond.
Jeune Académie Suisse JAS
Podcast "Spark - Stories from Advocates for Global Change"
Spark offre aux jeunes auditeurs (âgés de 16 à 23 ans) un point d’entrée accessible dans le monde de la recherche transdisciplinaire, montrant à quel point la collaboration entre différents domaines d’études est essentielle pour résoudre des problèmes complexes du monde réel. A travers des récits captivants, le podcast montre que les carrières scientifiques peuvent revêtir de nombreuses formes et donne un aperçu des différentes voies possibles dans ce domaine. En mettant les jeunes auditrices et auditeurs en contact avec les histoires qui se cachent derrière la recherche, Spark vise à susciter l’enthousiasme du public pour la science, à encourager des liens plus étroits entre les expertes et experts établis et les jeunes publics, et se veut une source d’inspiration pour que ceux-ci s’impliquent davantage dans les questions mondiales.