Current members
The Swiss Young Academy currently numbers 42 talented scientists and academics with broad interests from over 30 different disciplines, who work at over 20 different universities and research institutions. Their fields of research and work range from archaeology, film, computer science, psychology and molecular biotechnology to civil-society projects. Together, they use the space for creativity and innovation and for five years implement inter- and transdisciplinary projects that are relevant to science and society and particularly relevant to young researchers.
2025-30
Marion Badi
R&D Project Lead / Guest lecturer
Helbing Technik Bern / Haute école de paysage, d’ingénierie et d’architecture de Genève (HEPIA)
Mosè Cometta
Postdoc
Institute of Urban and Landscape Studies / Accademia di architettura
Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)
Mélodie Derome
Postdoctoral fellow
Translational Research Center
University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
University of Bern
Celestin Mutuyimana
Postdoctoral Researcher and Psychotherapist
Collegium Helveticum
University of Zurich
2024-29
Mohammad Peydayesh
Senior Assistant and Lecturer
Laboratory of Food and Soft Materials
ETH Zurich
Project:
Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy (SYNESPOD)
2023-28
Marco Cavallaro
Swiss National Contact Point for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Euresearch
Bern
Projects:
Innovative Policies for Fostering Academic Careers in Switzerland
Pamela Delgado
Assistant Professor
Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (HES-SO)
Projects:
Benjamin Hofmann
Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer
Department of Environmental Social Sciences
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)
Project:
Innovative teaching formats at the Science-Society Interface
Nawal Kinany
Head of Research and Innovation Programs with Emerging Countries
Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (HES-SO)
Project:
Emmanuel Senft
Research Scientist / Group leader
Human-centered Robotics and AI Group
Idiap Research Institute
Project:
2022-27
Jovana Milić
Assistant Professor
Adolphe Merkle Institute
University of Fribourg
Project:
Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy (SYNESPOD)
Sofie Behluli
Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer
Department of English
University of Bern
Project:
Julia Venturini
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Astronomy
University of Geneva
Project:
Clara Zemp
Assistant Professor
Institute of Biology
University of Neuchâtel
Projects:
Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy (SYNESPOD)
Science vs Activism? Exploring the Boundary
Innovative teaching formats at the Science-Society interface
2020-25
Odile Ammann
Associate Professor
Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice, and Public Administration
University of Lausanne
Project:
Elisa Araldi
Assistant Pofessor
Department of Medicine and Surgery (DiMeC)
Università degli Studi di Parma
Sandra Bärnreuther
Assistant Professor
Ethnological Seminar
University of Lucerne
Project:
Innovative teaching formats at the Science-Society Interface
Stefanie Boulila
Lecturer and project manager
Institute of Sociocultural Developement
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Project:
Science vs Activism? Exploring the Boundary
Alexandre Bovet
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
University of Zurich
Projects:
AI in Science and Society
Lauren Clack
Assistant Professor
Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care
University of Zurich
Estefania Cuero
Doctoral student
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Lucerne
Marloes Eeftens
Scientific Project Leader / SNSF Ambizione & ERC StG group leader
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
University of Basel
Florian Egli
Assistant Professor
Group Head Public Policy for the Green Transition
Technical University of Munich
Anna Magdalena Elsner
Associate Professor
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
University of St. Gallen
Darius Farman
Co-director
foraus – Forum Aussenpolitik
Geneva
Project:
Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy (SYNESPOD)
Charles Gottlieb
Assistant Professor
School of Economics and Political Science
University of St.Gallen
Robbie I'Anson Price
Postdoctoral Researcher
International Centre of Affective Sciences
University of Geneva
Project:
Unveiling the Leaky Pipeline in STEM (UPSTEM)
Anna Jobin
Senior Researcher & Lecturer
Human-IST Institute
University of Fribourg
Project:
Navigating the media as early career reseacher
Sabrina H. Kessler
Senior Researcher and Teaching Associate
Departement of Communication and Media Research
University of Zurich
Projects:
AI in Science and Society
Science vs Activism? Exploring the Boundary
Silvia Maier
Founder & CEO
causable GmbH
Research, Training, Coaching & Consulting
Project:
Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy (SYNESPOD)
Lucas Mueller
Senior Research Associate
Department of Geography and the Environment
University of Geneva
Project:
Innovative Policies for Fostering Academic Careers in Switzerland
BinBin Pearce
Assistant Professor
Department of Multi-Actor Systems, Policy Analysis Section
Delft University of Technology
Gustavo Augustin Ruiz Buendia
Bioinformatician
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB)
Lausanne
Project:
The Spark Podcast
Stefan Schlegel
Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer
Institute of public law
University of Bern
Project:
Science vs Activism? Exploring the Boundary
Luis Velasco-Pufleau
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow
Institute for Musicology / Walter Benjamin Centre
University of Bern
Project:
Science vs Activism? Exploring the Boundary
Aimée Zermatten
Lecturer
Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology
University of Bern
Project:
Navigating the media as early career reseacher