Abstract

Sabine Süsstrunk Elected Swiss Science Council President

(EPFL, August 13, 2020)

The Federal Council recently elected Sabine Süsstrunk, Professor at the EPFL School of Computer and Communication Sciences, as President of the Swiss Science Council (SSC). Expert of the Swiss educational, research and innovation system within the international networks, Süsstrunk is familiar with the promotional instruments and practices in these domains, and will succeed Gerd Folkers, who has been President of the SSC since 2016, as of January 1, 2021. The SSC is an extra-parliamentary commission that advises the Federal Council on its own initiative, or on behalf of the Federal Council or the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, on all matters relating to research and innovation policy. It currently consists of 15 members with recognized interdisciplinary expertise in science, education, and innovation.



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