CosmoVision Arts Call for Authors launched

Background
CosmoVision Arts explores how artistic and collaborative methods in transdisciplinary research can bridge local and scientific worldviews. By combining science and the arts, the project seeks to foster dialogue across disciplines and culture, empower diverse knowledge holders and recognize the pluriverse and epistemological diversity.

Rooted in the philosophy of CosmoVision (Vivir Bien), the initiative emphasizes harmony with nature and one another, understanding the earth as a sacred, interconnected whole.

We invite teams of at least one scientist/researcher and one artist/practitioner to co-create works that merge analytical and creative perspectives. Submissions should reflect collaborative processes and make knowledge accessible across disciplines and audiences. 15 contributions will be selected and each team will receive 250 CHF.

Formats

• Collaborative essays (1,500 words)

• Dialogues/interviews (1,500 words)

• Visual/multimodal essays

• (up to 10 images + 800-1,200 words)

• Poetry, short prose, performative texts (up to 1,000 words)

• Experimental formats

• (sound, video, illustration, maps, performance, with short text)

Key Themes (indicative)

• Cosmologies & worldviews of human-environment relations

• Indigenous, local & scientific ways of knowing

• Art as knowledge production

• Storytelling, imagination & myth in science-society dialogue

• Ecological transitions & sustainable futures

• Aesthetics, ritual & performance in knowledge exchange

Timeline

• Abstracts/proposals due: 30 Nov 2025

• Notification: 15 Dec 2025

• Full contributions: 15 Jan 2026

• Editorial feedback: 15 Feb 2026

• Final version: 15 Mar 2026

• Publication & Science Art Café launch: May 2026

Submission

Send a single PDF including:

1. Abstract/proposal (max. 500 words)

2. Short bios of team members

3. Portfolio/relevant examples

to cosmovision@swissyoungacademy.ch



Selection Committee

Prof. Hugues Abriel, Professor of Molecular Medicine, Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation; University of Bern,

Dr. Mirko Bischofberger, Owner and employee at Science Studios GmbH, lecturer at EPFL,

Prof. Susan Thieme, Professor of Geography and Critical Sustainability Studies, Co-Director of the Institute of Geography, Co-Director of the mLAB; University of Bern;

Dr. Sindy Schmiegel Werner, Deputy Managing Director a+ and Head of External Relations and Network.