A new report titled “On Science for Policy and Diplomacy Education in Switzerland and Beyond: A Brief Overview” has just been released, offering timely insights into the growing field at the intersection of science, policy, and diplomacy. Published by the Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy (SYNESPOD) of the Swiss Young Academy, in collaboration with the Geneva Science-Policy Interface (GSPI) and the Franxini Project of Reatch, the report maps educational opportunities for early-career researchers and professionals in Switzerland, Europe, and globally.

A new report titled “Systematizing science-policy interactions: A description of formats from Switzerland and Finland” has been released as part of the ETH Joint Initiative Engage. It contains a framework to systematically capture formats for science-policy interactions and contextualizes them in the larger science-policy ecosystem. Based on expert interviews and case studies from Switzerland and Finland, 10 exchange formats are described and analyzed in detail.