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2-day workshop on Social media for scientists
16 Apr 2024
Workshop
University of Bern
PhDs and postdocs have explored how to use social media to further their career and how to do it efficiently and safely. The 2-day workshop "Social media for scientists" took place within the Transferable Skill's program at the University of Bern.
Article on new paediatric hospitals
4 Mar 2024
Article
Bulletin des médecins suisses
New children's hospitals will open in Zurich, Lausanne, Saint-Gall, Chur, Lucerne and Geneva in the next few years. They follow a new paradigm: making children feel comfortable and integrating their families as therapy partners. I have looked at projects in Lausanne and Geneva for the Bulletin des médecins suisses
Article on medfluencers
9 Feb 2024
Article
Bulletin des médecins suisses
Medical influencers active on Tiktok, Instagram or Youtube, explain diseases, talk about treatments, and report on the daily life as a doctor or a nurse. Most deliver serious content, others are less thorough. I have written about these “medfluencers” for the Bulletin des médecins suisses.
Article on peer review
11 Dec 2023
Article
Horizons
How do scientists perform PeerReview, this essential cog in the workings of science? Here are the insights of three researchers that I have gathered for Horizons, the magazine of the SNSF Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences.
Input on media relations for scientists
30 Nov 2023
Workshop
Reatch
I gave a crash course in how to communicate with the media during Reatch's "Cours de politique pour chercheur·ses" co-organised with the SNSF Swiss National Science Foundation. It provides great insights into how authorities gather scientific evidence in decision- and law-making.
Social media workshop in energy research
25 Nov 2023
Workshop
Swiss Federal Office of Energy
How can research initiatives maximize the impact of using LinkedIn with limited resources? This is what I have explored in a workshop with the social media managers of 8 energy research consortia financed by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy’s SWEET programme.
Science communication workshops series
21 Nov 2023
Workshop
Liser
I gave three online science communication workshops to scientists from the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and the University of Luxembourg. They covered effective writing, dealing with the media and using social media in science.
Article on precision medicine
19 Nov 2023
Article
Bulletin des médecins suisses
Precision medicine is well established and is going more and more beyond oncology, especially in pharmacology. I report on a few current research projects in Switzerland for the Bulletin des médecins suisses, published by the FMH.
Media reports on the Marcel Benoist laureate 2023
31 Oct 2023
Media relations
Marcel Benoist Foundation
A number of media reports highlight the fascinating research of Ted Turlings, of the Université de Neuchâtel, who was laureate of the Marcel Benoist Prize 2023. I support the Marcel Benoist Foundation in their communication and media work.
Moderation of a panel discussion on dual use in research
25 Oct 2023
Moderation
Deutsche Botschaft
The results of scientific research can be misused by autocratic governments and rogue actors, an issue known as dual use. I moderated a panel discussion in German on this topic organized by the German Embassy in Switzerland.
Report on decentralized financed
1 Sept 2023
Report
Center for Digital Trust
Cryptofinance could disrupt traditional markets by removing intermediaries. But is it really decentralized, anonymous and efficient? Not always, explains the report on decentralized finance that I wrote for Center for Digital Trust at EPFL.
Report of cybersecurity of the software supply chain
15 May 2023
Report
Center for Digital Trust
What type of cyberattacks have increased 1000% in 2021? Attacks on the software supply chain, such as injecting malicious code in open-source libraries or creating update packages with similar names to confuse users. I have summarized the conference by C4DT on this phenomenon.
Workshop on science advising in Luxembourg
22 Apr 2023
Workshop
FNR Luxembourg
What do scientists need to know when interacting with politics? How can they make sure their message is understood correctly? I gave two workshops on science advising to 12+ participants from academics institutions in Luxembourg.