Junge Akademie Schweiz 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.
Junge Akademie Schweiz 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.
Junge Akademie Schweiz 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.
Junge Akademie Schweiz JAS
Podcast "Spark - Stories from Advocates for Global Change"
Spark bietet jungen Zuhörerinnen und Zuhörern (zwischen 16 und 23 Jahren) einen leicht zugänglichen Einstieg in die Welt der transdisziplinären Forschung und zeigt, wie wichtig die Zusammenarbeit zwischen verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen für die Lösung komplexer Probleme in der realen Welt ist. Anhand von spannenden Geschichten zeigt der Podcast, wie unterschiedlich Karrieren in der Wissenschaft verlaufen können, und gibt Einblicke in die vielfältigen Laufbahnen in diesem Bereich. Spark möchte jungen Zuhörerinnen und Zuhörern die Geschichten hinter der Forschung näherbringen und so das öffentliche Interesse an der Wissenschaft fördern, engere Beziehungen zwischen etablierten Expert:innen und einem jungen Publikum herstellen und eine stärkere Beteiligung an globalen Themen bewirken.