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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming research, teaching and science communication. Against this backdrop, the newly released publication Impact of AI on Early Career Researchers: Challenges, Opportunities, and Responsibilities offers a timely and interdisciplinary reflection on how AI is reshaping academic work, with a particular focus on Early Career Researchers (ECRs). 

Are you interested in interdisciplinary issues or transdisciplinary collaboration? Do you have an academic connection to Switzerland and would you like to get actively involved in projects at the interface between science and society? Then apply for a five-year membership of the Swiss Young Academy by 28 February 2026.

The Swiss Young Academy (SYA) is pleased to announce the release of its new publication, “Innovative Teaching Formats at the Science-Society Interface: Reflections and Future Directions in Swiss Higher Education.” The report by SYA members Benjamin Hofmann, Clara Zemp, Sandra Bärnreuther and Project Assistant Morgane Genin highlights how innovative teaching approaches can mobilize students to engage with societal partners - an essential step in promoting science-society dialogue needed for addressing today’s complex societal challenges.

Philosopher and educationalist Lerato Posholi – a member of the Young Academy – wants to incorporate non-European thinking more strongly into the global discourse. In this portrait, she talks about the place of African ideas, her own path and the question of what is philosophical.