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The Call offers project grants for pluri-disciplinary teams working on international studies. Application deadline is 20 January 2022.
44 applications were submitted to the first call for proposals with Vietnam. Ten projects by Swiss and Vietnam scientists will be funded.
Erkenntnisse aus dem Faktenblatt "Kleiner Staat, Grosse Unternehmen" und dem Bericht "Nachhaltiges Unternehmenshandeln in Ländern des globalen Südens" sind in den Wikipedia-Eintrag zu Unternehmensverantwortung eingeflossen.
The Award is a prestigious prize that encourages scientists to reach out to policy makers. Submission deadline is 28.10.2021.
ETH Zurich and UNIGE establish an interdisciplinary unit dedicated to science in diplomacy in the heart of international Geneva. This joint lab will bring scientific insights and methods into diplomatic, international conflict resolution and help address the global challenges our societies are facing.
Image : Photograph: UNIGE/Marco Cattaneo
EADI BLOG by Linda Johnson and Rodrigo Mena
This platform is the product of an international research collaboration between the University of Bern, the University of Applied Sciences Eastern Switzerland, swisspeace, SwissTPH, PH Bern, CETRAD and the Water and Land Resource Center.
Co-creation of research knowledge between academics and non-academic stakeholders, contributes to sustainable development and societal transformation. Based on a survey conducted among 43 international research partnership projects, this policy brief recommend an active engagement with non-academic actors, especially from vulnerable groups and local enterprises, from the start of a research endeavour.
Research that takes a pro-active role in bridging science and practice holds promise to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. While passing on best practices outside of academia, inspiration can be drawn from pressing global challenges. Using Swiss research institutions that maintain partnerships with low- and middle-income countries as a case study, the purpose of this study was to identify synergies between research and services for development (R&S4D).
Wie schweizerische KMU dieses Ziel zu erreichen versuchen und der Bund sie darin (noch) besser unterstützen könnte. Erkenntnisse aus einem Stakeholder-Dialog der KFPE.
Many words common to science have never been written in African languages. Now, researchers from across Africa are changing that.
La DDC et le SECO décernent pour la deuxième fois le prix Jeunesse et futur «Together we’re better»
Die KFPE hat eine neue Seite zu Auswirkungen der COVID-19 Pandemie auf die Nord-Süd Forschung und deren Beitrag zur Bewältigung der Krise.
Global scientific partnerships should generate and share knowledge equitably, but too often exploit research partners in low-income countries, while disproportionately benefitting those in higher-income countries. Here, I outline my suggestions for more-equitable partnerships.
Christopher H. Trisos, Jess Auerbach & Madhusudan Katti
The ICCA report highlights the importance of recognising Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights and governance systems for effective and equitable conservation.
African researchers are suffering from power dynamics that favour global North collaborators. While some initiatives are helping build local capacity, others undervalue African collaborators. COVID-19 is aiding the creation of a foundation for future North-South collaborations. SciDevNet Blog by Laura Owings.
The Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) and Swissnex launched the new platform research.swiss showcasing scientific and technological cooperation opportunities between Switzerland and the rest of the world.
UKCDR and ESSENCE launched a new Equitable Partnerships Resource Hub, which brings together guidance, tools and principles on equitable partnerships from across the world.
The ETH project “Science Action in Schools for Sustainable Development (SAS4SD)” has ended. As an outcome, teaching materials on “Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation” and “Climate Smart Cocoa Production” are now available.
A new open access publication on how to improve research impact for development by the Impact Initiative for International Development Research, University of Cambridge.
Le message relatif à l’encouragement de la formation, de la recherche et de l’innovation pour les années 2021 à 2024 prévoit la poursuite des programmes de coopération lancés en 2008 avec les partenaires extras-européens. Ces programmes jouent un rôle important dans la diversification des collaborations internationales en matière de recherche et entraînent une nette augmentation du nombre de co-publications scientifiques entre acteurs suisses et partenaires extra-européens, comme le confirme une évaluation internationale de 2020. Suite à la signature de conventions de prestations avec cinq Leading Houses, l’instrument d’encouragement a été reconduit pour quatre années supplémentaires.
Two new issues of MRD are complete. Vol 40, No 2 focuses on the role of mountain biodiversity for sustainable development. Papers from various world regions offer further evidence of mountain species’ importance for human livelihoods and wellbeing, and call for effective conservation and management approaches. Vol 40, No 1 also contains several biodiversity-related articles; further studies address tourism development in the South Caucasus and other topics.
This article spans issues of international student mobility, inequalities in higher education, and spaces for transformative learning for sustainable development.
Unter dem Motto «Unser Klima unsere Zukunft. Klimakommunikation in Krisenzeiten» werden am K3 Kongress die neusten Erkenntnisse aus der Forschung aufgezeigt und sogleich in interaktiven Werkstätten in die Umsetzung gebracht. Sie können sich jetzt um einen der 21 Workshopplätze bewerben! Gesucht sind Konzepte von hoher Themenrelevanz und methodischer Vielfalt. Eingabefrist: 29. März 2021.
Based on insight generated from Swiss academic and research entities, this Policy Brief aims to highlight the importance of bringing R&S4D closer, at research entities in Switzerland and elsewhere, and how to go about doing it.
A synthesis of twelve years (2007-2019) of the long-term farming systems comparisons in the tropics (SysCom)
Covid-19 has changed the way we do almost everything. There is significant hope this is temporary, but while we continue to live under various lockdowns and restrictions, how can we carry out research that ensures the safety of the participants and researchers above all else?
The Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE) recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. This milestone affords us the opportunity to look back on – and take stock of – the commission’s experiences, as they may hold important lessons for the future.
Synthesis report on how to measure the coherence of Switzerland's development policy.
The fair research contracting self-assessment tool supports institutions to engage in fair and equitable negotiation processes for formal contracts despite recognised imbalances in institutional contracting capacities.
La Suisse a désormais la possibilité d’obliger de manière indépendante les sociétés multinationales résidentes à faire preuve de diligence raisonnable, tant que des réglementations transnationales n’ont guère été établies, concluent Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi et Alex Gertschen, tous deux de l’Université de Berne, dans leur analyse historique et juridique. La pression pour utiliser des règles transnationales afin de rendre l’économie mondiale plus juste et plus durable va probablement augmenter, affirment les auteur·e·s dans la nouvelle fiche d’information de l'Académie suisses des sciences naturelles (SCNAT).
Depuis des millénaires, la sécurité alimentaire et la résilience de l’humanité sont assurées par des milliers d’espèces de plantes cultivées, des dizaines d’espèces animales domestiquées et la biodiversité dont elles proviennent. Mais la mondialisation de l’agriculture industrielle et les systèmes alimentaires normés ont fait chuter l’agrobiodiversité : trois espèces végétales fournissent la moitié des calories végétales et quatre espèces animales produisent presque toute la viande. Il est donc crucial de restaurer l’agrobiodiversité – qui représente la richesse de ce que nous cultivons, élevons, consommons et protégeons dans la nature – afin de conserver des systèmes alimentaires résilients, dans un contexte de changement climatique. Il faut d’abord sauvegarder les conditions de vie des « gardiens de l’agrobiodiversité », les quelques 500 millions de petites fermes dans le monde, surtout dans les pays du Sud. Cette fiche d’information définit les causes et conséquences de la perte d’agrobiodiversité, les domaines prometteurs et les opportunités pour les politiques et la recherche.
Doing research in conflict contexts is crucial. But how do you best conduct research in conflict-affected contexts? These guidelines are designed for all levels of researchers – from research student to professor – who conduct research in settings that are conflict-affected.
International Conference of SUDAC – swissuniversities Development and Cooperation Network and KFPE. The focus was placed on research partnerships in and with the Global South. With its programmes Consortia for Education and Research (COFERs) and Clusters of Cooperation in the Global South (CLOC), swissuniversities provides important instruments to foster these research partnerships.
In September 2018, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the KFPE held a joint workshop in Tanzania. The purpose of which was to bring together researchers and stakeholders from the Global South to identify: (1) What constitutes best practice in research partnerships (2) How to engage researchers and governments from the Global South in research programme agenda setting (3) How to translate research outputs into development impact.
More than 70 high-level decision makers, scientists, NGO and funding agency representatives gathered to celebrate 20 years of KFPE Guidelines at the conference “Leveraging Research Partnerships for Global Challenges”. A series of talks presented in three separate sessions addressed the following topics: (i) new roles and tasks of science in general and research partnerships in particular; (ii) regional adaptation of scientific systems; and (iii) how science policies and funding systems can support transformative research. Participants were left with one clear conclusion at the end of the 22 November meeting: stronger integration and dialogue between science and society, including policy and business, is essential if we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
