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Insight into research and innovation in Kenia and Tanzania

In November 2024, State Secretary Martina Hirayama led a scientific delegation to Kenya and Tanzania. The trip provided an opportunity to reinforce research and innovation cooperation with these two countries.

06/12/2024 Dércio Afonso da Silva, …

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Photographic portrait of psycholinguist Pascal Gygax in a lecture hall.

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Pascal Gygax, the psycholinguist aiming to demasculinise society through language

For the past twenty years, the psycholinguist Pascal Gygax has studied the links between language and gender representations. He has shown how the predominance of the grammatical masculine form in languages influences, consciously or not, our way of seeing the world. In November 2024, he was awarded the Marcel Benoist Swiss Science Prize for his research.

19/11/2024 Aurélia Robert-Tissot, …

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(Inter-)national cooperation in programmes and organisations: working together brings added value

Some things are more easily achieved as a team – whether it is building a house, playing football or delving into the quantum structure of space-time. This principle also applies at international level in the area of education, research and innovation (ERI).

08/10/2024 Michael Gerber

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