Current members
The Swiss Young Academy currently numbers 34 talented scientists and academics with broad interests from over 25 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
Clément Meier
Postdoctoral Researcher
Faculty of Business and Economics
University of Lausanne
Project:
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)
Compassionate Science
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
Projects:
Navigating the media as early career academics
Who Gets Heard? Selecting Scientific Experts in Swiss Legislative Processes
Lauren Clack
Assistant Professor
Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care
University of Zurich
Project:
Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy (SYNESPOD)
Marloes Eeftens
Scientific Project Leader / SNSF Ambizione & ERC StG group leader
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
University of Basel
Project:
Darius Farman
Predoctoral 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
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
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
Projects:
The Spark Podcast
Challenging Inequalities
Luis Velasco-Pufleau
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow
Institute for Musicology / Walter Benjamin Centre
University of Bern
Project:
Science vs Activism? Exploring the Boundary
The Future of Human Rights
The Spark Podcast