Alumni
After their five-year membership, members of the Swiss Young Academy become alumni. They remain part of the Swiss Young Academy network and can continue to be involved in the activities of the Swiss Young Academy and the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences as mentors, sounding board members or experts.
2020-2026
Odile Ammann
Associate Professor
Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice, and Public Administration
University of Lausanne
Projects:
Navigating the media as early career academics
Who Gets Heard? Selecting Scientific Experts in Swiss Legislative Processes
Mey Boukenna
Partner
PagsGroup
Boston
Lauren Clack
Assistant Professor
Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care
University of Zurich
Project:
Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy (SYNESPOD)
Emmanuel Clédat
Teacher / Researcher
Institut Géographique National
Paris
Project:
CosmoVision Arts
Marloes Eeftens
Scientific Group Leader & Assistant Professor
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
University of Basel
Project:
Darius Farman
Doctoral Researcher
Institut de hautes études en administration publique (IDHEAP)
University of Lausanne
Projects:
Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy (SYNESPOD)
Who Gets Heard? Selecting Scientific Experts in Swiss Legislative Processes
Charles Gottlieb
Assistant Professor
School of Economics and Political Science
University of St.Gallen
Sabrina H. Kessler
Managing Director
Research Center for the Public Sphere and Society (fög)
University of Zurich
Projects:
AI in Science and Society
Science vs Activism? Exploring the Boundary
Challenging Inequalities
Fake News
Lucas Mueller
Senior Research Associate
Department of Geography and the Environment
University of Geneva
Projects:
Innovative Policies for Fostering Academic Careers
Challenging Inequalities
Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy (SYNESPOD)
Gustavo Augustin Ruiz Buendia
Bioinformatician
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB)
Lausanne
Project:
The Spark Podcast
Challenging Inequalities
Luis Velasco-Pufleau
Research affiliate
Institute for Musicology
University of Bern
Projects:
Science vs Activism? Exploring the Boundary
The Future of Human Rights
The Spark Podcast
2020-25
Elisa Araldi
Associate Pofessor
Department of Medicine and Surgery (DiMeC)
Università degli Studi di Parma
Project:
Sandra Bärnreuther
Professor
Ethnological Seminar
University of Lucerne
Projects:
Innovative teaching formats at the Science-Society Interface
Challenging Inequalities
The Future of Human Rights
Stefanie Boulila
Lecturer and project manager
Institute of Sociocultural Developement
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Projects:
Science vs Activism? Exploring the Boundary
Challenging Inequalities
Alexandre Bovet
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematical Modeling and Machine Learning
University of Zurich
Projects:
AI in Science and Society
Devi Bühler
Senior Researcher
Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Project:
The Future of Human Rights
Gino Ramon Caspari
PI / CEO
Institute of Archaeological Sciences; University of Bern / Geoinsight AG
Estefania Cuero
Founder & CEO
Cuero Diversity Coaching
Projects:
Florian Egli
Assistant Professor
Public Policy for the Green Transition
Technical University of Munich
Project:
Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy (SYNESPOD)
Anna Magdalena Elsner
Associate Professor
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
University of St. Gallen
Servan Grüninger
Technical expert
Federal Chancellery
Bern
Projects:
Fake News
Who Gets Heard? Selecting Scientific Experts in Swiss Legislative Processes
Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy (SYNESPOD)
Robbie I'Anson Price
Science Filmmaker
Bees in Rain Science Film Studio
Project:
Unveiling the Leaky Pipeline in STEM (UPSTEM)
Anna Jobin
Assistant Professor
Human-IST Institute
University of Fribourg
Projects:
Navigating the media as early career academics
Challenging Inequalities
Fake News
Silvia Maier
Founder & CEO
causable GmbH
Research, Training, Coaching & Consulting
Projects:
Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy (SYNESPOD)
Who Gets Heard? Selecting Scientific Experts in Swiss Legislative Processes
BinBin Pearce
Assistant Professor
Department of Multi-Actor Systems, Policy Analysis Section
Delft University of Technology
Projects:
Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy (SYNESPOD)
Stefan Schlegel
Director
Swiss Human Rights Institution
Project:
Science vs Activism? Exploring the Boundary
The Future of Human Rights
Aimée Zermatten
Lawyer
Federal Office of Justice
Bern
Projects:
Navigating the media as early career academics
The Future of Human Rights
The Spark Podcast
2020-24
Fanny Georgi
Scientific Officer
Swiss National Science Foundation
Bern
Projects:
Jutzeler Catherine
Assistant Professor
Departement of Health Sciences and Technologies
ETH Zurich
Project:
The Future of Human Rights