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Encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration, streamlining regulations, and giving people the freedom to research: These are some of the goals Michael Schaepman hopes to achieve as new President of the University of Zurich.
The Swiss universities are negotiating with the world’s three largest scientific publishers for fair – in other words affordable – terms of access. Michael Hengartner, president of swissuniversities and UZH, explains the background.
Around half of researchers already publish their work with open access, according to a comprehensive survey carried out by the Main Library of the University of Zurich. Besides a number of positive results, the survey also revealed a need for more information.
Lutz Jäncke and Lawrence Rajendran talk about the crisis in the publication process and new solutions.
The digital transformation of healthcare is creating major opportunities to better understand disease and effective therapies. But it also poses ethical and legal challenges. A conference organized by the Health Ethics and Policy Lab at UZH addressed some of the current issues.
Health Ethics and Policy Lab of the University of Zurich invites you to explore some of the most controversial issues in digital health.
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Nachwuchsforscher stehen unter hohem Druck: Gefragt sind Publikationen und Mobilität, Freiräume dagegen sind rar. Die Akademien der Wissenschaften der Schweiz machen die schwierige Situation zum Thema einer Tagung an der Universität Zürich.
Neues Förderungsprogramm ermöglicht Nachwuchsforschenden in der Medizin, ihre Arbeit in der Klinik zu reduzieren. Zugunsten ihrer Forschung.
Neben dem SNF sind EU-Fördergelder die wichtigste Finanzierungsquelle für Schweizer Forscher. Das neue EU-Rahmenprogramm für Forschung und Innovation, "Horizon 2020", wird auch die Schweizer Forschungslandschaft beeinflussen. Michael Hengartner geht davon aus, dass die EU in Zukunft verstärkt in die angewandte Forschung investiert.
