SARAGA COMMUNICATIONS

I ran a role-playing workshop on policymaking and on presenting scientific evidence to politicians during the ScienceComm24 conference. Participants played politicians and scientists, and crafted a new AI law.

Unending "wars over water" are more myth than reality. I have coordinated an infographic and written an article about international water treaties for Horizons.

When do we trust our doctor, when not? I have spoken to medical education specialist Raphael Bonvin for Universitas, the magazine of University of Fribourg

I moderated a panel discussion on economic research and gave a workshop on media relations during the HES-SO's Research Day held at EHL.

I have reported on the Clock of the Long Now for the magazine Europa Star. This device aims at keeping track of time for the next 10 000 years.

I have investigated for the magazine L’environnement how Swiss cities are integrating vegetation and a natural water cycle to implement the vision of green-blue cities.

What’s like to retire from a lifelong career in research? I wrote for Horizons portraits of two former scientists: a pioneer in building physics and a software engineer for international space telescope collaborations.

The skin research consortium Skintegrity.ch invited me to talk about science communication during their annual retreat.

I gave a workshop teaching how to deal with the media for a dozen of scientists and staff at Idiap, a research center dedicated to artificial intelligence.

Western societies are not as polarized as popular opinion suggests. I summarized the current scientific evidence on political and societal polarization for science.lu, the news portal of FNR Luxembourg.

I gave two courses online and two workshops in Luxembourg on science advising to politicians. They explored the interaction of science and politics and gave tips on how to write policy briefs.

The Swiss National Science Foundation has announced the 18 winning images of its yearly scientific image competition, which I contribute to plan and organize.

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.

Academia has often been reactive and discreet about animal research. Not so anymore: they are now pledging to communicate proactively and openly. I wrote about this for Universitas, the magazine of the University of Fribourg.

How to best communicate uncertainty? I gave a few possible answers in a short chapter published in an open-access book summarizing 50 tips on science communication.

Horizons published my portrait of Edy Portmann, a computer scientist who promotes fuzzy logic in his work at the University of Fribourg. He is a clever, endearing self-doubter with a penchant for philosophy.

I have written 10 pieces exploring the science of time from physics to biology, linguistics and psychology. The series has been published in the watchmaking industry magazine Europastar.

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

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.

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.

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.

I moderated the official part of the Fête des maths at EPFL with the participation of two Fields medalist and a state councilor.

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.

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.

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.

I support the SNSF in organizing its annual photography and video competition.

My article on psychedelic therapies published by the Bulletin des Médecins suisses was reprinted in “Ausgesucht”, the magazine of Basel’s health department

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.

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.

The 2023 exhibition of the SNSF Scientific Image Competition is shown at the Ports Francs in Geneva

I gave a crash course in how to communicate with the media during Reatch's "Franxini Boot Camp”.

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.

Two large national research programmes are investigating biomedical and social aspects of Covid-19. I wrote a double interview for the Bulletin des Médecins suisses.

I gave give an introduction to effective communication and dealing with the media at the University of Bern during Reatch’s Franxini Boot Camp

Switzerland has a largely fragmented system to detect scientific misconduct, make investigations and impose sanctions. This is what I found out writing an article for Horizons, the magazine of the SNSF and the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences.

I led a workshop on effective writing and communication strategy for Swissnex in China and staff from the Swiss Embassy in China.

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.

I investigated on the impact of staffing shortage in Swiss medical institutions for the Bulletin des Médecins suisses

I launched an online series of communication workshops for scientists

The 2023 winners of the SNSF Scientific Image Competition have been announced and are presented in the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography. I support the SNSF with the organization of the competition

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.

I have looked at the progress of psychedelic psychotherapy in Switzerland for the Bulletin des médecins suisse, the magazine of FMH.

I moderated a C4DT event on the cybervulnerabilities of the software supply chain.

I moderated the Café scientifique on nuclear energy in Switzerland at the Université of Neuchâtel

I interviewed Field medallist Maryna Viazovska from EPFL for Horizons, the magazine of the SNSF

I co-edited and co-wrote the summary of the NRP 75 “Big Data” research programme, which from 2017 to 2021.

How bad is the microplastic pollution? Pretty bad. Is it dangerous to human health? Not so clear. I looked at the current scientific evidence for science.lu, the news portal of FNR Luxembourg.